Moliendo café
2 theatres, 36 actors, 44 chairs, 12 tables, 20 coffee sacks, 2 months of intensive improvisation, the joy of acting and a collective creating process. The mosaic structure built around the flavor, the scent, the mood, the tone of coffee, the history and the culture of this drink brings us to the world of illusion and magic. This original theatrical language is understood and can be savoured by everyone. It is theatre with true emotions, organic musical composition, remarkable acting, sets full of inspired images. It brings to life our senses, mind, and fantasy.
Silviu Purcărete (1950, Bucharest) graduated at the Academy of Performing Arts and Cinematography in Bucharest in 1974, where he studied directing. In 1978 he became the director of Teatrul Mic and also started teaching at his former university. In 1986 he received his first award at the National Theatre Festival from Bucharest (FNT) for his production of The Little Square by Goldoni. He became reknown internationally in 1990s, and is considered to be one of Romania’s most important cultural brands. His works are peculiar mixes of great theatrical masterwork and remarkable simplicity.
On 1st January 1953, the Department in German language of the State Theatre in Timişoara was founded, and the inaugural show was performed on 27 June 1953 with the play Die Karlsschüler (The Students of Karl School), by Heinrich Laube. Three years later, the German department separated from the administrative structure of the State Theatre and became the German State Theatre Timișoara. Since its founding, the theatre has produced over 400 shows and held performances before over 2.5 million spectators. It has held performances in almost all Romanian towns with German communities, but also in the former German Democratic Republic. An important part of the theatre’s strategy is producing shows for children and young people, as well as theatrical education programmes. Every year, the theatre hosts the International Youth Theatre Festival in German language, organised in collaboration with the Nikolaus Lenau Theoretical High School in Timișoara. Apart from the activity at its headquarters, the theatre is regularly on tour or at festivals across the country and abroad. Since 2009, the German State Theatre is the organiser of the European Theatre Festival Eurothalia, which brings to Timișoara, each Autumn, some of the most interesting shows from Romania and other European countries.
Directed by: Silviu PurcăreteSilviu Purcărete (1950, Bucharest) graduated at the Academy of Performing Arts and Cinematography in Bucharest in 1974, where he studied directing. In 1978 he became the director of Teatrul Mic and also started teaching at his former university. In 1986 he received his first award at the National Theatre Festival from Bucharest (FNT) for his production of The Little Square by Goldoni. He became reknown internationally in 1990s, and is considered to be one of Romania’s most important cultural brands. His works are peculiar mixes of great theatrical masterwork and remarkable simplicity.
On 1st January 1953, the Department in German language of the State Theatre in Timişoara was founded, and the inaugural show was performed on 27 June 1953 with the play Die Karlsschüler (The Students of Karl School), by Heinrich Laube. Three years later, the German department separated from the administrative structure of the State Theatre and became the German State Theatre Timișoara. Since its founding, the theatre has produced over 400 shows and held performances before over 2.5 million spectators. It has held performances in almost all Romanian towns with German communities, but also in the former German Democratic Republic. An important part of the theatre’s strategy is producing shows for children and young people, as well as theatrical education programmes. Every year, the theatre hosts the International Youth Theatre Festival in German language, organised in collaboration with the Nikolaus Lenau Theoretical High School in Timișoara. Apart from the activity at its headquarters, the theatre is regularly on tour or at festivals across the country and abroad. Since 2009, the German State Theatre is the organiser of the European Theatre Festival Eurothalia, which brings to Timișoara, each Autumn, some of the most interesting shows from Romania and other European countries.
Set and costume designer: Dragoş Buhagiar
Composer: Vasile Şirli
Assistant director: Blénessy Enikő
Chorus master: Valentina Peetz
Assistant set and costume designer: Ioana Popescu
Cast:
Aszalos Géza
Baczó Tünde
Balázs Attila
Bandi András Zsolt
Isa Berger
Enikő Blénessy
Borbély B. Emília
Dana Borteanu
Aljoscha Cobeţ
Isolde Cobeţ
Csata Zsolt
Éder Enikő
Richard Hladik
Rareş Hontzu
Ioana Iacob
Kiss Attila
Kocsárdi Levente
Lőrincz Rita
Magyari Etelka
Mátray László
Mátyás Zsolt Imre
Molnár Bence
Molnos András Csaba
Georg Peetz
Puzsa Patrícia
Horia Săvescu
Tatiana Sessler
Simó Emese
Tar Mónika
Tokai Andrea
Daniela Török
Silvia Török
Oana Vidoni
Radu Vulpe
Anne-Marie Waldeck
Harald Weisz
Piano: Valentina Peetz
Saxofone: Cosmin Hărşian
Running time: 95 minutes
