Programme for the “Pledez pentru Tine(ri)” Theatre Festival in Piatra Neamț

The “Pledez pentru Tine(ri)” Theatre Festival will take place in Piatra Neamț from 18 October 2010, marking its XXV edition. This festival is the country's longest-running event of its kind and aims to support the younger generation of artists. It also seeks to introduce audiences to notable productions from across the country, created with and by young artists.

The “Pledez pentru Tine(ri)” Theatre Festival Piatra Neamț runs for 13 days, during 18–30 October 2010. The festival will feature 32 performances. There are 24 productions entered in the competition: 10 in the Theatre Schools section and 14 in the Professionals section. Outside the competition, audiences can see 5 invited productions and three productions by Teatrul Tineretului.

Performances will follow this programme:

Monday, 18 October

17.30 – Teatrul Tineretului – Rotunda Book launch – Funda?ia Culturala “Camil Petrescu” – Presented by: Florica Ichim, Miruna Runcan

Miruna Runcan – Habarnam în orasul teatrului. Universul spectacolelor lui Alexandru Dabija, accompanied by an interview conducted by Olivia Grecea

19.00 – Teatrul Tineretului – OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL Yerma by Federico Gargía Lorca, directed by Béres László, choreography by András Lóránt; Teatrul Tineretului Piatra Neam?

Tuesday, 19 October

10.00 – Teatrul Tineretului În container by Constantin Cheianu, directed by Radu Ghilas; Universitatea de Arte George Enescu Iasi in collaboration with Teatrul National Vasile Alecsandri Iasi; Free admission

12.00 – Teatrul Tineretului – Rotunda Book launch – Funda?ia Culturala “Camil Petrescu” – Presented by: Florica Ichim, Andreea Dumitru

Chisinau, 7 aprilie. Edited by Andreea Dumitru, foreword by Doina Jela, preface by Vitalie Ciobanu

Teatru spaniol contemporan 2, an anthology by Ioana Anghel (Plays by Angelica Liddell, José-Ramón Fernández, Ignacio del Moral, Juan Mayorga)

Goran Stefanovski – Povesti din Estul Salbatic, anthology, translation and preface by Ioana Ieronim; Citindu-l pe Shakespeare by Andrzej Zurowski, translated by Cristina Godun

17.00 – Teatrul Tineretului Exhibition opening: Photography by Tudor Platon

21.00 – Club Tonique G.O.D., a production by Marcel Top, based on texts by Eric Bogosian; Teatrul LUNI at Green Hours, Bucuresti; Free admission

19.00 – Teatrul Tineretului România, te pup! by Bogdan Georgescu, directed by David Schwartz; Teatrul National Vasile Alecsandri Iasi

Wednesday, 20 October

17.00 – Teatrul Tineretului Ca pe tine însuti by Maria Manolescu, directed by Radu Apostol; Teatrul Mic Bucuresti

12.00 – Teatrul Tineretului – Rotunda Book launch – Fundatia Culturala “Camil Petrescu” – Presented by: Florica Ichim, Andreea Dumitru

Ariane Mnouchkine. Arta prezentului by Fabienne Pascaud, translated from French by Daria Dimiu

Ariane Mnouchkine, introduction, selection and presentation by Béatrice Picon-Vallin, translated from French by Andreea Dumitru

23.00 – Teatrul Tineretului, tiered seating Faceti loc! by Mihaela Michailov, directed by David Schwartz; Teatrul LUNI at Green Hours, Bucuresti

Thursday, 21 October

10.00 – Teatrul Tineretului Woyzeck by Georg Büchner, directed by Alexandru Pamfile; Universitatea Nationala de Arta Teatrala si Cinematografica Ion Luca Caragiale Bucuresti; Free admission

17.00 – Teatrul Tineretului Cântareata cheala by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Alexandru Dabija; Teatrul German de Stat Timisoara; Performance in German, with translation

19.00 – Club Tonique (CU)CUIEINFRUNTE by Eric Bogosian, directed by Radu Iacoban, Tudor Aaron Istodor; Teatrul LUNI at Green Hours, Bucuresti; Free admission

22.00 – Teatrul Tineretului, tiered seating Play Strindberg by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, directed by Professor Hatházi András; Universitatea Babes-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca; Free admission Performance in Hungarian, with translation

Friday, 22 October

10.00 – Teatrul Tineretului, tiered seating Omul perna by Martin McDonagh, directed by Professor Dr Adrian Titieni; Universitatea Nationala de Arta Teatrala si Cinematografica Ion Luca Caragiale Bucuresti; Free admission

17.00 – Teatrul Tineretului, tiered seating Niste fete by Neil Labute, directed by Cristian Juncu; Teatrul George Ciprian Buzau

23.00 – Teatrul Tineretului, tiered seating True West by Sam Shepard, directed by Alexandru Mâzgareanu; Teatrul Nottara Bucuresti

Saturday, 23 October

17.00 – Teatrul Tineretului Supermarket by Theo Herghelegiu, directed by Theo Herghelegiu; Teatrul Inexistent and Teatrul Arca, Bucuresti

20.00 – Teatrul Tineretului Exhibition opening: Paintings by Petrica Diaconu, the Metamorfoze series

22.00 – Tineretului Theatre American Buffalo by David Mamet, a project coordinated by university teaching assistant and doctoral candidate Florin Grigoras, Universitatea Nationala de Arta Teatrala si Cinematografica Ion Luca Caragiale Bucuresti Free admission

Sunday, 24 October

17.00 – Club Tonique Face 2 Face adapted from Jonas Gardell, directed by Andrei Ciobanu. Independent production Free admission 19.00 – Tineretului Theatre Pyramus & Thisbe 4 You adapted from William Shakespeare, directed by Alexandru Dabija, Odeon Theatre București

22.00 – Tineretului Theatre Show IMPROgress – an improvisation performance by Just Push Play

Monday, 25 October

18.00 – Tineretului Theatre In a Container by Constantin Cheianu, directed by Cristian Ban, Odeon Theatre, Bucuresti 22.00 – Tineretului Theatre, tiered seating Woman as a Battlefield in the Bosnian War by Matei Visniec, directed by Anca Bradu and assistant lecturer Dr Diana Fufezan, Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, in collaboration with Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu Free admission

Tuesday, 26 October

17.00 – Tineretului Theatre Playground, a production by Bozsik Yvette, Figura Studio Theatre Gheorgheni

20.00 – Club Tonique Irma Grese: An Angel of Death, based on “Angel: A Nightmare in Two Acts” by Jo Davidsmeyer, directed by Diana Buluga and Cristian Pascariu, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca Free admission 23.00 – Tineretului Theatre, tiered seating Family Stories by Biljana Srbljanovic, directed by Cristian Ban, Andrei Muresanu Theatre, Sf. Gheorghe

Wednesday, 27 October

10.00 – Tineretului Theatre Al matale Caragiale adapted from Ion Luca Caragiale, directed by Rodica Mandache, Universitatea Hyperion Bucuresti, with support from Odeon Theatre Bucuresti Free admission

17.00 – Club Tonique Noile suferinte ale tânarului W., a stage adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ulrich Plenzdorf, directed by Andreea Sovan, Universitatea Babes-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca Free admission

19.00 – Tineretului Theatre Wonderful Mad World by Anthony Neilson, directed by Razvan Muresan, Baia Mare Municipal Theatre

Thursday, 28 October

11.00 and 17.00 – Theatre car park, minibus mady-baby by Gianina Carbunariu, directed by university lecturer B. Fülöp Erzsébet, Universitatea de Arte Târgu-Mures in collaboration with Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre Timisoara. Performance in Hungarian, with translation

13.00 – Tineretului Theatre – Rotunda Launch of issue 3 of ANTITEZE MAGAZINE – Presented by: Cristian Livescu, Vasile Baghiu. A literature and arts magazine published by Societatea Scriitorilor din Neamț County

19.00 – Tineretului Theatre România 21 by Peca Stefan, directed by Pia Furtado, Tineretului Theatre Piatra Neamț

Friday, 29 October

17.00 – Tineretului Theatre, tiered seating 20/20 by Gianina Carbunariu, directed by Gianina Carbunariu, Yorick Studio, Târgu-Mures

22.00 – Tineretului Theatre, tiered seating The Book of the Calf by Codrina Pricopoaia, directed by Dominique Fataccioli, Théâtre du Bourg-Neuf/Cie ACAZA/atbiosphère@biosphère

Saturday, 30 October

11.00 – Tineretului Theatre, tiered seating OO!, a collective creation adapted from Ion Creangă, directed by Alexandru Dabija, Tineretului Theatre Piatra Neamț

19.00 – Tineretului Theatre – PLEDEZ PENTRU TINE(RI) AWARDS CEREMONY Sufletul. Puncte de veghere by Dimitre Dinev, directed by Radu Afrim, Maria Filotti Theatre in Braila