Program & Tickets
EduTNRS
Blog
FITS
Digital Stage
Menu
Loading
RO
EN
DE
Tickets & Performances
Program & Tickets
Performances
Culture & Community
Premieres 2023-2024
Tours
Archive
Projects
FITS
Digital Stage
European Projects
Walk of fame
Performing Arts Market
Therme Forum
Doctoral Platform
The Volunteer Program
Micro-Folie Sibiu
visual arts platform
Team
Actors & Directors
Staff
Information
Ticket information
Public information
Theater
History
Noutati
Blog
Photo & Video Gallery
Performances Halls
Contact
National Theater Radu Stanca Sibiu
Bvd. Corneliu Coposu nr. 2
550245 Sibiu
Romania
Email: secretariat@sibfest.ro
Tel: 0269 210 092
Fax: 0269 210 532
Loading
Menu
RO
EN
DE
Tickets & Performances
Program & Tickets
Performances
Culture & Community
Premieres 2023-2024
Tours
Archive
EduTNRS
Blog
FITS
Digital Stage
Projects
FITS
Digital Stage
European Projects
Walk of fame
Performing Arts Market
Therme Forum
Doctoral Platform
The Volunteer Program
Micro-Folie Sibiu
visual arts platform
Team
Actors & Directors
Staff
Information
Ticket information
Public information
Theater
History
Noutati
Blog
Photo & Video Gallery
Performances Halls
Contact
National Theater Radu Stanca Sibiu
Bvd. Corneliu Coposu nr. 2
550245 Sibiu, România
Email: secretariat@sibfest.ro
Tel: 0269 210 092
Fax: 0269 210 532
Program & Tickets
EduTNRS
Blog
FITS
Digital Stage
Menu
Loading
RO
EN
DE
Tickets & Performances
Program & Tickets
Performances
Culture & Community
Premieres 2023-2024
Tours
Archive
Projects
FITS
Digital Stage
European Projects
Walk of fame
Performing Arts Market
Therme Forum
Doctoral Platform
The Volunteer Program
Micro-Folie Sibiu
visual arts platform
Team
Actors & Directors
Staff
Information
Ticket information
Public information
Theater
History
Noutati
Blog
Photo & Video Gallery
Performances Halls
Contact
National Theater Radu Stanca Sibiu
Bvd. Corneliu Coposu nr. 2
550245 Sibiu
Romania
Email: secretariat@sibfest.ro
Tel: 0269 210 092
Fax: 0269 210 532
Loading
Menu
RO
EN
DE
Tickets & Performances
Program & Tickets
Performances
Culture & Community
Premieres 2023-2024
Tours
Archive
EduTNRS
Blog
FITS
Digital Stage
Projects
FITS
Digital Stage
European Projects
Walk of fame
Performing Arts Market
Therme Forum
Doctoral Platform
The Volunteer Program
Micro-Folie Sibiu
visual arts platform
Team
Actors & Directors
Staff
Information
Ticket information
Public information
Theater
History
Noutati
Blog
Photo & Video Gallery
Performances Halls
Contact
National Theater Radu Stanca Sibiu
Bvd. Corneliu Coposu nr. 2
550245 Sibiu, România
Email: secretariat@sibfest.ro
Tel: 0269 210 092
Fax: 0269 210 532
Mărește fontul
Micșorează fontul
Alb și negru
Inversează culorile
Evidențiază legăturile
Font normal
Resetează
Home
Theater
Drama
The Scarlet Princess
The Scarlet Princess
script by Silviu Purcărete, inspired from Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshô, by Tsuruya Namboku IV
Directed by: Silviu Purcărete
Translation: Eugen Gyemant
Original Music: Vasile Şirli
Scenography: Dragoş Buhagiar
Assistant director: Eugen Gyemant, Sanda Anastasof
Assistant scenographer: Iuliana Gherghescu
Face designer: Minela Popa
Music preparation: Vlad Robaș
Make-up: Elena Vlad, Corina Predescu, Bogdan Dobre
Project manager: Claudia Maior
Marketing coordinator: Eliza Ceprăzaru
Cast: Ofelia Popii, Iustinian Turcu, Dana Taloş, Adrian Matioc, Diana Văcaru-Lazăr, Cristian Stanca, Diana Fufezan, Raluca Iani, Mariana Mihu – Plier, Adrian Neacşu, Pali Vecsei, Vlad Robaș, Emőke Boldizsár, Cristina Stoleriu, Alexandru Malaicu, Codruţa Vasiu, Serenela Mureşan, Johanna Adam, Cristina Ragos, Cendana Trifan, Antonia Dobocan, Veronica Arizancu, Arina Ioana Trif, Fabiola Petri, Gabriela Pîrlițeanu, Monica Vîlcu, Ioana Cosma, Cristina Blaga-Tomuș, Oana Brânzan, Eduard Pătrașcu, Mihai Coman, Viorel Rață, Liviu Vlad, Cătălin Neghină, Ștefan Tunsoiu, Andrei Gîlcescu, Horia Fedorca
Strobe lighting effects used during this performance can cause seizures in persons who may suffer from photosensitive epilepsy.
Synopsis
Awards
Tours
Photo Gallery
“The Scarlet Princess” is based on an original script by Silviu Purcărete, which is built on Tsuruya Namboku the fourth’s kabuki play.
Kabuki is one of the most important styles of Japanese theatre, characterized by visual elegance and a complex set of conventions.
The origin of Kabuki theatre stems from sensual and comical scenes interpreted by priestess Okuni and her group of actresses. Okuni adapted the ritual performance style which used to be practiced in temples into scripts tackling secular, often lewd topics.
The plays’ success was mainly due to the erotic scenes, which often led to spectators brawling over actresses, who also engaged in prostitution. Because of this, women were prohibited to play in kabuki shows, and were replaced by young men. Twenty years later, when it was discovered that the young men did the same, they were also excluded. Therefore, all the roles in kabuki shows were played by mature men. Inspired by this theatre tradition, Silviu Purcărete aims at creating a European performance, following the Kabuki text, rules and space, but reinterpreted in his personal manner.
Over time, the story of Princess Sakura (cherry blossom) has undergone many transformations, from the original version, dating from 1817, to the most well-known variant, the one played by the Tokyo National Theatre in 1967.
In the last 25 years of his life, Tsuruya Namboku IV wrote more than 100 plays, and the story of Princess Sakura is one of the most important.
The author was famous for bringing popular 17th century kabuki plays back to the public’s attention, as well as for innovating the kabuki tradition.
Princess Sakura is the heroine of numerous kabuki and bunraku plays, but Namboku is the first to bring her to the limelight.
The story begins when Seigen, the abbot of a temple, falls in love with his young disciple, Shiragiku. Condemned to a life of impossible love, the abbot and his disciple decide to commit suicide. The young man dies, but the abbot survives. Seventeen years later, when Princess Sakura comes to the temple to become a nun, Seigen recognizes her as the feminine reincarnation of Shiragiku and falls in love again.
“The Scarlet Princess” abounds in tales about obsessive love, murders, reincarnations and revenge. The performance takes on these themes and, with humour and self-irony, creates an effervescent commentary of the dialogue between European and Japanese culture.
“The Scarlet Princess” includes plenty of stories of obsessive love, murders, reincarnation and revenge. The performance approaches these themes with humour and self-irony in order to build a bubbly commentary on the dialogue between European and Japanese culture.
UNITER Prize for best Romanian performance in 2018
UNITER Prize for best actress in a leading role for Ofelia Popii
UNITER Prize for best scenography Dragoș Buhagiar
22-28 October 2018, Sibiu, National Theatre Festival
17, 18, 19 December 2019,Brussels, Belgium, Europalia Festival
15-20 May 2023, World Theater Olympiad, MITEM Festival, Budapest, Hungary
Estimated duration:
2h 30min
Premiere Date:
01-06-2018
Section
romanian
SIMILAR SUGGESTIONS
Theater / Drama
RO
1h 55min
Faust
Text: J. W. Goethe
Directed by: Silviu Purcărete
2 Nov
17:00
“Faust” Hall
Tickets
Theater / Drama
RO
1h 15min
Women
Text: Miro Gavran
Directed by: Raluca Iani
9 Nov
17:00
Studio Hall
Tickets
Theater / Drama
DE
1h 30min
The Trial
Adapted by
Diana Nechit from F. Kafka's novel
Directed by:
Botond Nagy
10 Nov
17:00
Big Hall
Tickets
Theater / Drama
RO
1h
Her Sister
Text: Lot Vekemans
Directed by: Hunor Horvath
14 Nov
19:00
Habitus Cultural Center
Tickets
National Theater "Radu Stanca" Sibiu
Bd. Corneliu Coposu nr. 2, 550245 Sibiu, Romania
Email: secretariat@sibfest.ro
Tel: 0269 210 092, Fax: 0269 210 532
Telefon Agenție: 0369 101 578
Program:
Marți-Vineri 11-18
Sâmbătă 12-18
Privacy policy
Terms & Conditions
Regulation
2024 National Theater "Radu Stanca" Sibiu. All rights reserved.
Autentificare