The Incomparable Story of Abul Hossein the Yemeni and His Flight into the Desert (based on One Thousand and One Nights)

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Directed by: Silviu Purcărete
Set design: Dragoș Buhagiar
Original music: Vasile Șirli
Assistant director: Sanda Anastasof
Technical direction: Nicușor Văcariu
Sound: Cătălin Scheau
Lighting: Sergiu Pașcalău
Props: Ana Dumitru and Nicolae Dogaru
Machinists: Iliu Gheorghe și George Tudorache
Cabinets: Elena Hărșan and Angelica Ognean
Project managers: Claudia Maior, Daria Ciobanu, Denisa Bar

Cast: Johanna Adam, Veronica Arizancu, Ada Bicfalvi, David Cristian, Radu Costea, Ioana Cosma, Ali Deac, Antonia Dobocan, Crina Dumitrașcu, Horia Fedorca, Mădălina Foficaș, Andrei Gîlcescu, Viviane Havrilla, Raluca Iani, Diana Lazăr, Alexandru Malaicu, Mihai Mocanu, Adrian Neacșu, Cătălin Neghină, Oana Noja, Gabriela Pîrliteanu, Eduard Pătrașcu, Ania Petrean, Fabiola Petri, Cristina Ragoș, Viorel Rață, Gyan Ros, Cristian Stanca, Cristina Stoleriu, Arina Ioana Trif, Cendana Trifan, Iustinian Turcu, Ștefan Tunsoiu, Codruța Vasiu, Pali Vecsei, Liviu Vlad

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The Incomparable Story of Abul Hossein the Yemeni and His Flight into the Desert, directed by Silviu Purcărete, brings to the stage an almost forgotten history from the vast tapestry of One Thousand and One Nights: the story of a lost story, one that the sultan himself—wearied by endless tales—demands with a childlike curiosity. For what is no longer told acquires a special radiance, and its rediscovery becomes the pretext for a theatrical adventure.

Together with set designer Dragoș Buhagiar and composer Vasile Șirli, director Silviu Purcărete opens, through this production, a choral universe—alive and in constant vibration. The actors become storytellers, musicians, spirits, witnesses, and accomplices, woven into a scenic fabric in which music, rhythm, and improvisation give birth to the world itself. Their voices merge, clash, harmonize, and unravel, evoking the pure pleasure of storytelling—that ancient, vital joy from which all of the One Thousand and One Nights were born.