Tag: Lasi Romania 2019

Displaced and Discouraged: Bun de Export a Troubling, Beautiful Look at Romanian Diaspora

Displaced and Discouraged: Bun de Export a Troubling, Beautiful Look at Romanian Diaspora


Photo thanks to the International Theatre Festival in Lasi,  Romania

That the hallway beside the theatre is filled to its breaking point is a good sign; artists, critics, adults, and teenagers alike revel in a common ground of theatre-going, of festivity, and of imminent political discourse. We siphon ourselves into the newly-transformed Teatrul Luceafărul; once a large proscenium space, it has been modulated into a smaller, more intimate venue, with barely one hundred seats. Before us, two words are illuminated in a trendy, neon glow: import and export.

Darkness.

Four shadowy figures make their way to pre-set stools across the back of the playing space.

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