RADU STANCA NATIONAL THEATRE, Romania
The Radu Stanca National Theatre’s production is an adaptation of Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus and Oedipus Rex, capturing director Silviu Purcărete’s staging with the force of an almost cinematic approach , which blends reality with imagination, developing a poetics of excruciating detail. It is a painting of dismay, premonitions, and wretchedness, in the spirit of the great masters, a
contemporary interpretation of a legendary destiny.
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Oedipus, King of Thebes: Constantin Chiriac
Jocasta, wife of Oedipus / Antigone, daughter of Oedipus:
Ofelia Popii
Ismene, daughter of Oedipus: Diana Fufezan
Tiresias, an old blind prophet / An old shepherd / Theseus,
King of Athens : Diana Văcaru Lazăr
Creon, brother of Jocasta: Cristian Stanca
Polyneices, son of Oedipus: Ioan Paraschiv
Messenger: Adrian Matioc
Messenger from Corinth: Pali Vecsei
Choir: Veronica Arizancu, Emőke Boldizsár, Florin Coşuleţ,
Diana Fufezan, Adrian Matioc, Ioan Paraschiv, Eduard Pătraşcu,
Ofelia Popii, Cristina Ragos, Cristian Stanca, Cristina Stoleriu/
Serenela Mureșan, Diana Văcaru Lazăr, Pali Vecsei.
Directed by
SILVIU PURCĂRETE
Set and costume design: Dragoș Buhagiar
Music: Vasile Șirli
Director’s assistant: Sanda Anastasof, Crista Bilciu
Light design: Dragoş Buhagiar, Silviu Purcărete