Purcărete Week begins on Monday, April 13, 2020, at 19:00, with the production Dwarf from the Summer Garden , by D. R. Popescu, and on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at 19:00, the spectators have the opportunity unique to see Phaedra , after Euripides and Seneca - one of the greatest successes of Romanian theater in the world, with an international career unmatched to date.
The show was a phenomenon, with a record number of performances: 172, of which 100 abroad, in the most important festivals in the world, making the rounds of the Earth: Austria, Great Britain, South Korea, Belgium, Portugal, France, Poland , Hungary, Italy, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Holland, Spain, Greece, Norway, Denmark, Macedonia, Germany.
About "Phaedra", Purcărete has repeatedly stated that it is his most accomplished show, and about the actress in the main role, Leni Pinţea-Homeag it has been written repeatedly in the international chronicle that she is "sensational".
Purcărete Week continues with three other productions that also had a spectacular international run: Titus Andronicus , by William Shakespeare, will be broadcast on Wednesday, April 15, also from 19.00. In 1993 it was awarded at the Festival of the Americas in Canada, in 1994 at the Sao Paolo Festival, and in 1997 at the European Theater Convention Festival in Stockholm.
On Thursday, April 16, Ubu Rex with Macbeth Scenes is scheduled, after Alfred Jarry and William Shakespeare, awarded in 1991 at the Edinburgh International Festival, and the last show directed by the great Piglet presented this week will be Danaidele , after Aeschylus - Sunday, April 19 - a show with an impressive cast and emanating an extraordinary force, one of the few Romanian shows that reached the ocean. The New York Times wrote at the time, "Piglet is an unforgettable name."
The performances will be broadcast on the official Facebook page of the “Marin Sorescu” National Theater: https://www.facebook .com / tncms.oficial / , on the mentioned dates, from 19.00.
The online program of the “Marin Sorescu” National Theater - #teatruNcasAcasateatru is completed by Leapșa Digitala, VideoPoezia, SpectActor Interviews, Reading Supplement, Home Coffee, Theater Facades and Director on the Ramp, concepts created to it helps us get through this period more easily.
