Shakespeare International Festival '25
October 14, Day 1. Tuesday
12:00-13:00 Press conference
18:00 FESTIVAL OPENING
18:30 – 21:15 A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Mihai Ţărnă
Teatrul Fara Nume, Chișinău, MD
Duration: 145 min / Location: Teatrul Fara Nume /Sfatul Tarii 18 Street/
October 15, Day 2. Wednesday
12:00 – 12:45 Interview with Simion Buia
Location: Teatrul Fara Nume, lobby
13:00 – 14:00 Workshop with Shakespeare scholars
Exploring Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Speaker: Dr Anna Kowalce-Pawlik, Polish Shakespeare Society, Gdansk
Location: Teatrul Fara Nume, 2nd floor, Room 25
16:00 – 17:20 "Date with William" directed by Rostyslav Derzhypilskyi and Nadiia Levchenko
Ivan Franko Drama Theatre, vano-Frankivsk, UA
Duration: 80 min / Location: Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts/ Alexei Matievici 111 Str./
19:00 – 20:20 Feast: A play in one cooking, directed by Philip Paar
Parrabbola, UK
Duration: 80 min / Location: Teatrul Fara Nume
October 16, Day 3. Thursday
12:00 – 12:45 Interview with Simion Buia
Location: Teatrul Fara Nume, lobby
13:00 – 14:00 Workshop with Shakespeare scholars
Shakespeare’s Female Characters: Between Myth and Subversion
Speaker: Dr. Sorin Cazacu, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Letters, University of Craiova
Location: Teatrul Fara Nume, 2nd floor, Room 25
17:00 – 18:20 "Hamlet Mortuus Est", directed by Levente Kocsárdi and Mona Donici
Arte Factum, Timișoara, RO
Duration: 60 min / Location: Teatrul Fara Nume
19:00 – 22:00 "Richard III " directed by Albu István
Northern Theatre Harag György Company, Satu Mare, RO
Duration: 180 min / Location: Russian Drama Theatre A. Chekhov /Vlaicu Pircalab, 75 Street/
October 17, Day 4. Friday
12:00 – 12:45 Interview with Simion Buia
Location: Teatrul Fara Nume, lobby
13:00 – 14:00 Workshop with Shakespeare scholars
Richard III: actor, monster, leader
Speaker: Prof. dr. Petru Golban, Namık Kemal UniversityTekirdağ
Namık Kemal University, Tekirdağ
Shakespeare at the crossroads of culture: translation, adaptation, stage production
Speaker: Emeritus Prof and Member of Romanian Union of Translators, George Volceanov
Location: Teatrul Fara Nume, 2nd floor, Room 25
16:00 – 17:15 "Hamlet", choreography by Ina Broeckx,
imPerfect Dancers, Italy
Duration: 70 min / Location: Russian Drama Theatre A. Chekhov /Vlaicu Pircalab, 75 Street/
19:00 – 21:00 "Macbeth" directed by Alfonso Zurro
Teatro Clásico de Sevilla, Spain
Duration: 120 min / Location: Teatrul Fara Nume
October 18, Day 5. Saturday
12:00 – 12:45 Interview with Simion Buia
Location: Teatrul Fara Nume, lobby
13:00 – 14:00 Workshop with Shakespeare scholars
Macbeth: One tragedy, Different directorial takes
Speaker: Prof dr Tatiana Golban, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University
Workshop: Prof dr Jacek Fabiszak on Macbeth in European performance
Location: Teatrul Fara Nume, 2nd floor, Room 25
16:00 – 17:00 "Shakespeare and the Masks" directed by M. Fusu, Chisinau, MD
Students performance
Duration: 60 min / Location: Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts/ Alexei Matievici 111 Str./
18:00– 19:30 "Desdemona’s Handkerchief" directed by Anca Sigartău
Shakespeare Imaginarium, Bucharest, RO
Duration: 90 min / Location: TFN
21:00 – 23:00 Festival Club Networking
October 19, Day 6. Sunday
12:00 – 12:45 Interview with Simion Buia
Location: Teatrul Fara Nume, lobby
13:00 – 14:00 Workshop with Shakespeare scholars
Speaker: Prof dr Nicoleta Cinpoeş, Professor of Shakespeare Studies University of Worcester
Workshop: Prof dr Nataliya Torkut, Member of the Ukrainian Academy, Honorary Fellow of the University of Birmingham,
Head of the Ukrainian Shakespeare Centre.
Location: Teatrul Fara Nume, 2nd floor, Room 25
17:00 – 19:00 "Hamlet" directed by Declan Donnellan
National Theatre “Marin Sorescu”, Craiova, RO
Duration: 120 min / Location: National Theatre of Opera and Ballet Maria Bieşu /Stefan cel Mare si Sfant Bd 152/
"United Shakespeare International Festival 2025' is a festival that bring together actors, directors, critics, Shakespeare scholars, students, and spectators from different corners of Europe to speak through Shakespeare's work about the world today. In a threatened Europe, unity is needed. Not just a political unity, but also a spiritual, emotional, cultural, and artistic one. The multinational nature of Shakespeare's work has this power—to unite what belongs to the spirit and emotion." MIHAI ȚĂRNĂ, President of the festival, Chief Director of the "Teatrul Fără Nume" Theater.
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Event organized under the patronage of the President of the Parliament, Igor Grosu, the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova. |