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The weekend in Cluj · 13 November – 15 November
The weekend in Cluj, 13–15 November: Mozart’s Requiem, Happy Feet
From Friday to Sunday, the programme includes theatre, performance, exhibitions, a vocal-symphonic concert and film. The only listed price is for Povești pe răzătoare 2, from 100 lei.
Theatre and workshops
Felnőtteknek szóló ESziK vagy isszák? foglalkozások az Interferenciákon takes place at the Hungarian State Theatre Cluj on Friday 13 November at 3.30pm. The adult theatre education workshops accompany Az otthon angyala and A kopasz énekesnő at Interferences; each session lasts two hours and is in Hungarian.
Povești pe răzătoare 2: Băiețelul care se putea mușca de nas 5+ is a performative reading from the Povești pe răzătoare series, at Reactor de Creație și Experiment on Friday 13 November at 5pm. Oana Mardare tells the story of a boy who can bite his own nose; it runs 35-40 minutes, ages 5+, and tickets start at 100 lei.
Nem vagyok itt is at the Hungarian State Theatre Cluj, in the Studio, on Friday 13 November at 5.30pm. The performance is based on Karácsonyi Zsolt’s Belső tízezer, adapted by Gyarmati Kata and Mezei Kinga and directed by Mezei Kinga; it has RO/EN surtitles, is +14, and runs 1h45 without interval.
CE-O FI, O FI! · PREMIERA cu Doru Octavian Dumitru is at Casa de Cultură a Studenților on Saturday 14 November at 7pm. It is a comedy show with improvisation, stories and observations about life.
REST/ODIHNĂ //premieră is at NON Centru de Arte Performative on Saturday 14 November at 7pm. The performance is about work, exhaustion and the body, with Diana Ștefania Maioru, Grigore Avram and Roxana Florescu; it runs 50 minutes and is recommended 16+.
Music and dance
Concert vocal-simfonic · Recviemul de Mozart is at the Transilvania State Philharmonic, in the Academic College, on Friday 13 November at 7pm. The programme is Mozart’s Requiem, completed by Franz Xaver Süssmayr, with the Choir and Orchestra of the Transilvania State Philharmonic, conducted by Toby Thatcher.
404: Noise · Dans is at NON Centru de Arte Performative on Friday 13 November at 7pm. The performance by NøN-grupul is about perception and the stimuli around us, with the audience invited to interact with the environment, object, image and reality.
Exhibitions
Részegh Botond: Látod? · Vezi? · See? · Interferences 10 is an exhibition at Cluj-Napoca Art Museum, open from Friday 13 November until Wednesday 2 December. It can be visited from Wednesday to Sunday.
Achraf Touloub: Pleiades is an exhibition at Galeria Plan B on Saturday 14 November. The works use repeated, comma-like strokes and refer to archaic pictorial strategies such as Persian miniature.
Film
Proiecție aniversară Happy Feet (2006) · 20 de ani de la lansare, miniTIFF 8+ ani is at Cinema Victoria on Sunday 15 November at 5.30pm. The anniversary screening of Happy Feet: Mumble, cel mai tare dansator (2006) is part of miniTIFF and is recommended 8+.
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
- Fri 13 Nov, 13:00 Részegh Botond: Látod? · Vezi? · See? · Interferences 10 Muzeul de Artă Cluj-Napoca
- Fri 13 Nov, 15:30 Felnőtteknek szóló ESziK vagy isszák? foglalkozások az Interferenciákon Teatrul Maghiar de Stat Cluj
- Fri 13 Nov, 17:00 Povești pe răzătoare 2: Băiețelul care se putea mușca de nas 5+ Reactor de Creație și Experiment
- Fri 13 Nov, 17:30 Nem vagyok itt Teatrul Maghiar de Stat Cluj
- Fri 13 Nov, 19:00 Concert vocal-simfonic · Recviemul de Mozart Filarmonica de Stat Transilvania
- Fri 13 Nov, 19:00 404: Noise · Dans NON Centru de Arte Performative
- Sat 14 Nov Achraf Touloub: Pleiades Galeria Plan B
- Sat 14 Nov, 19:00 CE-O FI, O FI! · PREMIERA cu Doru Octavian Dumitru Casa de Cultură a Studenților
- Sat 14 Nov, 19:00 REST/ODIHNĂ //premieră NON Centru de Arte Performative
- Sun 15 Nov, 17:30 Proiecție aniversară Happy Feet (2006) · 20 de ani de la lansare, miniTIFF 8+ ani Cinema Victoria
What this is about
- 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.
- Teatrul Maghiar de Stat Cluj →
The city's Hungarian-language theatre, on Emil Isac. 390 searches a month.
- Reactor de Creație și Experiment →
An independent theatre and performance space, open since 2014. The most visible home in Cluj for new writing.
- Filarmonica de Stat Transilvania →
One of Romania's principal philharmonics, founded in 1955. The most-searched cultural institution in Cluj without a hall of its own on the map.
- NON Centru de Arte Performative →
The most-searched independent art space in Cluj: 260 searches a month locally, 320 nationally. A twelve-person company, every name and role published, working in dance, performance and theatre.
- Galeria Plan B →
Founded in 2005 by Mihai Pop and Adrian Ghenie. Has had a permanent Berlin space since 2008. The bridge between the Cluj scene and the international market.
- Casa de Cultură a Studenților →
The hall on Piața Lucian Blaga, one of the most-used event spaces in the centre.
- Cinema Victoria →
The cinema on Bulevardul Eroilor, 1,300 searches a month.