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The week in Cluj · 26 October – 1 November
The week in Cluj, 26 October–1 November: Romeo, Alternosfera
The week’s programme includes theatre, concerts, exhibitions, launches and a folklore festival-competition. Events take place at Casa de Cultură a Studenților, the Hungarian State Theatre of Cluj, Form Space, the Cluj-Napoca Art Museum and other venues in the city.
Theatre
ROMEO SI JULIETA is a staging of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, directed by Toma Enache, with Andrei Neagoe as Romeo and Ioana Brumar or Gia Țițoiu as Juliet. It is at Casa de Cultură a Studenților on Monday 26 October at 7pm; the production uses 8 projection screens and 3 video projectors.
Elsötétítés is a performance of Spiró György’s play, directed by Vlad Massaci. It is at the Hungarian State Theatre of Cluj, in the Stúdió, on Monday 26 October at 8pm, with Dimény Áron and Imre Éva in the cast, RO/EN subtitles, 14+, 2h without interval.
Marile A · Un cabaret despre adicție is a cabaret about addictions, pleasures and the things we have a hard time letting go of. It is at Stația Teatru / Muzical on Tuesday 27 October.
Ața și năvodu’ ei… de viață is a comedy about love, betrayal and choices. It is at Casa de Cultură a Studenților on Tuesday 27 October at 7pm, with Constantin Cotimanis, Tania Popa, Iulia Dumitru and Tomi Cristin, and original music by Adrian Daminescu.
Marile A · Cabaretul despre adicții is a cabaret about addiction, with MC Pasiune from “Marele B – cabaretul despre burnout”, now dealing with substance use. It is at Stația Teatru / Muzical on Tuesday 27 October at 8pm; tickets from 50 lei.
Music and concerts
Cursuri de măiestrie · Canto is a vocal masterclass led by Italian tenor Giuseppe Sabbatini at the Gheorghe Dima National Academy of Music. The programme runs for three days, from Tuesday 27 October at 8am to Thursday 29 October, and focuses on vocal training for students.
The “AUTENTIC ROMÂNESC” National Folklore Festival-Competition features young Romanian folk singers from across the country at Cinema Florin Piersic on Thursday 29 October at 5pm. They perform with the National Valahia Orchestra, conducted by Marius Zorilă; recitals include Veta Biriș, Grigore Leșe and Lavinia Goste. Tickets from 99 lei.
Alternosfera: “Orașul 511 · 20 de ani de la lansare” is a concert marking 20 years since the release of “Orașul 511”. It is at Form Space on Thursday 29 October at 7pm; tickets from 168 lei.
Nuante · Lansare de album is a Nuanțe concert marking the release of the album “Peren” at Form Space. It is on Friday 30 October at 7pm; tickets from 83 lei.
Exhibitions and galas
Gala 252 “Medicină, Artă, Cultură”: Special In Memoriam Prof. Dr. Nicolae Miu edition is at the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania on Wednesday 28 October. The programme includes the launch of “Magistrul” by Prof. Dr. Mircea Gelu Buta and a recital by Orchestra Medicilor “Victor Papilian”.
Vicky Tsalamata. La comédie humaine. The Human Condition in the 21st Century is a graphic art exhibition about time and the human condition. It is at the Cluj-Napoca Art Museum from Wednesday 28 October to Sunday 1 November, curated by Dan Breaz.
Launches
AURA POENAR: JÚLIA KIRKÓSA · KÖNYVBEMUTATÓ / LANSARE DE CARTE is a book launch in the upstairs foyer of the Hungarian State Opera Cluj. It takes place on Thursday 29 October at 6.30pm, during the first interval of Don Carlos.
How this was made
The selection comes from the programme BestCluj collects every night from the venues’ websites, pages and box offices, and the text is written automatically from that data. Times and prices can change: check each event’s page, linked below. Corrections: [email protected].
The events in this piece
- Mon 26 Oct, 19:00 ROMEO SI JULIETA Casa de Cultură a Studenților
- Mon 26 Oct, 20:00 Elsötétítés Teatrul Maghiar de Stat Cluj
- Tue 27 Oct Marile A · Un cabaret despre adicție Stația Teatru / Muzical
- Tue 27 Oct, 08:00 Cursuri de măiestrie · Canto Academia Națională de Muzică Gheorghe Dima
- Tue 27 Oct, 19:00 AȚA ȘI NĂVODU' EI... DE VIAȚĂ // CASA STUDENȚILOR CLUJ NAPOCA // 27 OCTOMBRIE Casa de Cultură a Studenților
- Tue 27 Oct, 20:00 Marile A · Cabaretul despre adicții Stația Teatru / Muzical
- Wed 28 Oct Gala 252 „Medicină, Artă, Cultură”: Ediție specială In Memoriam Prof. Dr. Nicolae Miu Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei
- Wed 28 Oct, 10:00 Vicky Tsalamata. La comédie humaine. The Human Condition in the 21st Century Muzeul de Artă Cluj-Napoca
- Thu 29 Oct, 17:00 Festivalul-Concurs Național de Folclor „AUTENTIC ROMÂNESC” · Ediția I Cinema Florin Piersic
- Thu 29 Oct, 18:30 AURA POENAR: JÚLIA KIRKÓSA · KÖNYVBEMUTATÓ / LANSARE DE CARTE Opera Maghiară de Stat Cluj
- Thu 29 Oct, 21:00 Alternosfera: „Orașul 511 · 20 de ani de la lansare” Form Space
- Fri 30 Oct, 21:00 Nuante · Lansare de album Form Space
What this is about
- Casa de Cultură a Studenților →
The hall on Piața Lucian Blaga, one of the most-used event spaces in the centre.
- Teatrul Maghiar de Stat Cluj →
The city's Hungarian-language theatre, on Emil Isac. 390 searches a month.
- Stația Teatru / Muzical →
An independent contemporary music-theatre company in Cluj, with shows in Romanian and Hungarian and tickets on Eventbook.
- Academia Națională de Muzică Gheorghe Dima →
The city's conservatory, on Bucium street. The musicians you see everywhere else in town come from here.
- Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei →
The richest collection of traditional craft in the region — and the natural starting point for any conversation about the Romanian blouse, pottery or weaving.
- Muzeul de Artă Cluj-Napoca →
The city's art museum, housed in the Bánffy Palace. A thousand searches a month — the second art destination in Cluj after the theatre.
- Cinema Florin Piersic →
The largest cinema in central Cluj and the home of TIFF's big screenings.
- Opera Maghiară de Stat Cluj →
One of the city's two operas, with its own building on Emil Isac and 1,000 searches a month.
- Form Space →
The most-searched concert venue in Cluj, at 3,600 searches a month, peaking in October.