{"id":11,"date":"2024-08-19T11:59:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T11:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silviupurcarete.art\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:51:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:51:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/silviupurcarete.art\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background-color has-border-color has-base-2-border-color has-white-color has-base-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-822e46a517898719702e9c2cf4e78462 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-77d9e090 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide 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has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:21vh;padding-bottom:21vh\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center has-large-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201e<em>I believe that theatre is something that, beyond craftsmanship and sweat, needs to be made with plenty of joy.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-parallax\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-8 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/silviupurcarete.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SILVIU-PURCARETE.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:500px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Foto: Mihaela Marin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" id=\"about\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-albert-sans-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"Despre\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);\">To celebrate Silviu Purc\u0103rete\u2019s 50 years of work for the theatre, in 2024, the Vis-a-Vis Cultural Association initiated a grand scale project dedicated to the theatre maker: &#8220;Silviu Purc\u0103rete \u2013 50 Years of Theatre\u201c, a photography exhibition, curated by Adriana Moca, and a showcase website dedicated to the director. Both events were made possible through the support of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund \u2013 AFCN. We invite you hereby to discover or revisit a protean personality and the performances imagined by the \u201epoet theatremaker&#8221;, as George Banu called him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-36f65c2d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ef10d34a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-55f3658a wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Purc\u0103rete directs without taking refuge in anonymity, but neither does he narcissistically, conspicuously impose himself. Resistant to excess, he instils his melancholy as a sceptical artist who finds a palliative in the communicative delight of theatre, somewhere beyond existence. A kind of theatre in which I recognize the peaceful and melancholic spirit of a great essayist of our times, of my youth, Roland Barthes. Just like Barthes, Purc\u0103rete cultivates a very nuanced look over the real, as he, too, repudiates intensely emphasized contrasts. If one wrote Le plaisir du texte, the other signs a similar profession of faith throughout his career, which could be defined as The Delight of Theatre. Purc\u0103rete&#8217;s theatre disorganizes genres and adopts the malleability of an oneiric wanderer about the nightmares or errancies of our times. These are the origins of his uniqueness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-albert-sans-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-custom-alt-accent-color\">George Banu<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f15145cb wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silviu Purc\u0103rete envisions aesthetic spaces and impish emotional geographies, sprinkling fine humour even on the most cruel and tragic texts. He is a creator of hypnotic \u2013 though not unreal \u2013 realms. In his performances, he creates impressive galleries of paintings, juxtapositions of shadows and lights. A master of the chiaroscuro and a painter of the destinies from the classical texts he (re)visits with passion and curiosity, Purc\u0103rete appears to be a collector of beauty.<br>This showcase website, as well as the travelling photographic exhibition and other events related to this long and generative life in theatre are, beyond a simple back-up for the imagery of the theatre and opera performances from these 50 years, an opportunity to rediscover the joy of theatre and the spirited generosity of the director Silviu Purc\u0103rete. It is a reverence and an expression of gratitude for such a personality, distinguished with countless important awards. A mandatory admiration practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-right has-albert-sans-font-family has-medium-font-size\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-custom-alt-accent-color\"><strong>Adriana Moca<\/strong><\/mark><\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-accent-5-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-36f65c2d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e5ae4d4a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a6e73e5cd429&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a6e73e5cd429\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded wp-duotone-unset-3 is-style-rounded--2 wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/silviupurcarete.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/foto-expo-sp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1651\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silviupurcarete.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/foto-expo-sp.webp 1000w, https:\/\/silviupurcarete.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/foto-expo-sp-267x400.webp 267w, https:\/\/silviupurcarete.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/foto-expo-sp-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/silviupurcarete.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/foto-expo-sp-768x1152.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"evenimente\">EVENTS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&#8220;Silviu Purc\u0103rete &#8211; 50 Years in Theatre\u201c- a photography exhibition<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The photography exhibition &#8220;Silviu Purc\u0103rete &#8211; 50 Years in Theatre&#8221; opened on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at the &#8220;Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i&#8221; Center of the Craiova Art Museum, as a unique collection of images from theatre and opera performances selected out of the director&#8217;s personal archive and authored by Silviu Purc\u0103rete himself and by Mihaela Marin, Drago\u0219 Buhagiar, Helmut St\u00fcrmer, Sean Hudson, Patrick Fabre, Dorian Delureanu, Pierre Borasci, Simon Anannd (Royal Shakespeare Company), Thilo Beu, Rare\u0219 Zaharia, Adi Bulboac\u0103, Alex Condurache, E\u00f6ri-Szab\u00f3 Zsolt, Peter Uhan, Petru Cojocaru, Iulian Ursachi, Nicu Cherciu, Aki Tanaka, Aoi Itoh and others.<br>Adriana Moca, initiator of the &#8220;Silviu Purc\u0103rete &#8211; 50 Years in Theatre&#8221; project and curator of the exhibition, has been part of the artistic team of the &#8220;Marin Sorescu&#8221; National Theater in Craiova and of the casts of Silviu Purc\u0103rete\u2019s performances for nine years and continued to follow his directing activity, documenting it through reviews and articles ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/silviupurcarete.art\/en\/evenimente\/\">EVENTS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center alignfull has-accent-5-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-quote-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dPhotography is a trigger of memory. Its spatio-temporal content activates affective paths that defeat time and revive sequences of the past. They organize our lives in folders containing images. Adriana Moca had the salutary idea of bringing together 50 years of theatre that Silviu Purc\u0103rete is now celebrating in a photography exhibition. It\u2019s been half a century since the director started endowing this world with his visions. Structurally, theatre is about looking, and this artist&#8217;s directorial rhetoric fundamentally relies on the technique of fragmenting into frames as a way of creation. A hedonism of the visual \u2013 this could be the succinct definition of Silviu Purc\u0103rete&#8217;s aesthetic universe.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Olti\u021ba C\u00eentec \u2013<em> A Visual Anthology<\/em><\/strong><br>Suplimentul de cultur\u0103, 28 mai 2024<br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e5ae4d4a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"evenimente\">Itinerary of the exhibition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2024:<br>May 18<\/strong> \u2013 opening at the Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i Center, within the Craiova Art Museum, during the International Shakespeare Theatre Festival<br><strong>September 26<\/strong> \u2013 opening at the Braunstein Palace in Ia\u0219i, within the International Theatre Festival for Young Audiences FITPTI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2025:<br>January<\/strong> \u2013 Cluj Art Museum, Banffy Palace<br><strong>March <\/strong>\u2013 Romanian Peasant Museum, Bucharest<br><strong>August-September<\/strong> \u2013 Constan\u021ba Casino, SEAS<br><strong>October 14-25<\/strong>: Krakow, Cricoteka as part of the Poland-Romania cultural season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a6e73e5ce5f8&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a6e73e5ce5f8\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded wp-duotone-unset-5 is-style-rounded--4 wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" 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Infinite Metamorphoses&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Silviu Purc\u0103rete. Infinite Metamorphoses&#8221; has been launched within the exhibition &#8220;Silviu Purc\u0103rete &#8211; 50 Years in Theatre&#8221; in Craiova. Conceived by Mihaela Marin, a renowned photographer who has been following the artistic activity of important theatre directors for many years, the album contains 270 images from 22 performances directed by Silviu Purc\u0103rete in Romania as well as abroad, including &#8220;Waiting for Godot&#8221;, &#8220;Faust&#8221;, &#8220;Lulu&#8221;, &#8220;Metamorphoses&#8221;, &#8220;A Tempest&#8221;, &#8220;Macbett&#8221;, &#8220;Exit the King&#8221;, &#8220;Lohengrin&#8221;, &#8220;Aleko and Francesca da Rimini&#8221;, &#8220;Antonin Artaud. The Cenci Family&#8221;, &#8221; Gertrude&#8221;.<br>The bilingual volume includes an essay by Sebastian Vlad Popa, titled &#8220;Lucid Bodies \u2013 What I Learn from Silviu Purc\u0103rete&#8217;s Theatre&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">The album is a project of the Vis-a-Vis Cultural Association with the support of a patron who wished to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dThe team of producers is linked to the artist who inspired the album through the long-lasting threads of aesthetic consonances. It is, thus, a look from the inside of a universe that convinced, through the power of fantasy, that the author belongs to the category of memorable artists. Mihaela Marin is gifted with sharp eyes, accurate sense and intuition, functioning as an excellent mediator between Silviu Purc\u0103rete&#8217;s art and us, the viewers, inviting connoisseurs of his work to mentally and emotionally reconstruct seen performances. The photographic image has this quality of being an animator of memory. 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class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-c537dc8d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--9\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/silviupurcarete.art\/en\/cronologie\/\">Timeline<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--10\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/silviupurcarete.art\/en\/photos\/\">Photo Gallery<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--11\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/silviupurcarete.art\/en\/galerie-video\/\">Video Gallery<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--12\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/silviupurcarete.art\/en\/descopera-mai-mult\/\">Further reading<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-4f2ccadb\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a wp-block-paragraph\">Silviu Purc\u0103rete (born April 5, 1950, Bucharest) graduated in 1974 from the Bucharest Institute of Theatre and Cinematographic Art, where he studied theatre directing, under the guidance of Valeriu Moisescu, an admirable professional and mentor. His graduation staging was based on &#8220;Diary of a Madman&#8221; by Gogol while his debut at the Youth Theatre in Piatra Neam\u021b was with a version of &#8220;Romeo and Juliet&#8221;. In 1975 he began to collaborate with the Dramatic Theater in Constan\u021ba, then with the Mic Theater in Bucharest, the Puppet Theatres in Bucharest and Bra\u0219ov. He was invited to work in Timi\u0219oara and Beer-Sheva. In 1985, Gheorghe Goange Marinescu asked him to stage his exceptional ensemble of amateur actors at the Popular Theater in R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea. In 1989, Emil Boroghin\u0103, manager of the National Theatre Craiova, offered him a generous space and time to work, in a propitious artistic atmosphere, which functioned as a revealing substance of Silviu Purc\u0103rete&#8217;s creative force. He then became the director of the L.S. Bulandra Theatre in Bucharest (1992) and, subsequently, the director of the National Drama Centre in Limoges, France (1996).<br>With his productions at the National Theatre in Craiova began an international career that continues today, his stagings for the theatre, opera, puppet theatre and his films participated in and were awarded at prestigious festivals in Avignon, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bath, Brussels, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Glyndebourg, Gdansk, Melbourne, Montreal, Milan, Naples, Parma, Sarajevo, Sao-Paolo, Tokyo, Vienna, Varna and many more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a wp-block-paragraph\">In 2002 he founded his own company in France. Since 2003, Silviu Purc\u0103rete has been a personal member of the Union of European Theatres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-1cacd481\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Awards and Distinctions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0009407c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-9d1f8957\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d525a65d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Critics&#8217; Award and Hamada Foundation Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">for Artistic Excellence for &#8220;Ubu Rex with Scenes from Macbeth&#8221;, Edinburgh International Theatre Festival, 1991<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Best Director<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Best Set Design and Best Female Debut for &#8220;Titus Andronicus&#8221;, UNITER Gala (National Awards offered by the Romanian Theatre Union), 1992<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d525a65d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Grand Prize <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">and Trophy of the City of Bucharest, Award for Best Director, for Best Set Design, for Best Male Performance, Best Female Performance and Special Jury Prize for &#8220;Titus Andronicus&#8221; &#8211; Romanian National Theatre Festival, 1992<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Best Foreign Performance Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">at the Montreal Festival of the Americas, for &#8220;Titus Andronicus&#8221;, 1993<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d525a65d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Golden Globe Peter Brook Prize<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">for Best Theatre Director, for \u201cThe Tempest\u201d &#8211; Nottingham Playhouse, 1995<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Critics&#8217; Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">at the Dublin Theatre Festival, 1996, for &#8220;The Danaides&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d525a65d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Excellence Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">UNITER Gala (National Awards offered by the Romanian Theatre Union), 1997<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Best director Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">UNITER Gala (National Awards offered by the Romanian Theatre Union) for &#8220;Twelfth Night (As You Wish or the Night after the End of the Fair)&#8221;, 2005<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d525a65d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Special Jury Prize<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">at the International Shakespeare Festival, Gdansk, for &#8220;Twelfth Night (As You Wish or the Night after the End of the Fair)&#8221;, 2006<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Excellence Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">together with Helmut St\u00fcrmer, Lia Man\u021boc, Vasile \u015eirli and Andu Dumitrescu, for the international impact of &#8220;Faust&#8221; at the Edinburgh Festival 2009, UNITER Gala (National Awards offered by the Romanian Theatre Union), 2010<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d525a65d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Herald Angel Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">at the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival for &#8220;Gulliver&#8217;s Travels&#8221;, 2012<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Multiple awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">GOPO Awards for Romanian Cinema 2013, for &#8220;Somewhere, in Palilula&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d525a65d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Best Debut Feature<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">for &#8220;Somewhere, in Palilula&#8221;, Film Southeast European Film Festival Los Angeles, 2013<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Special Prize<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Premio Europa per il Teatro, Craiova 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d525a65d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Lifetime Achievement Award (Director)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">UNITER Gala (National Awards offered by the Romanian Theatre Union) 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Best Director Award (&#8220;Lucian Pintilie&#8221; Award)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">for &#8220;Antonin Artaud. The Cenci Family&#8221;, UNITER Gala (National Awards offered by the Romanian Theatre Union), 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d525a65d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Doctor Honoris Causa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">of the University of Bucharest, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Doctor Honoris Causa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">of the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d525a65d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Order of the Star of Romania<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">in the rank of Commander, 2000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-da384c3e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">France, 1996<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7ac3b26d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-albert-sans-font-family has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.2\"><em>\u201eA magnificent production!\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e42cfab0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:0\">Bernard Faivre D\u2019Arcier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-3-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">director of the Festival of Avignon 1993-2003<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-contrast-color has-base-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-60d430279e072b6c70827e401aa92607 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b599e22f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-color has-text-color has-albert-sans-font-family has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.2\"><em>\u201ePurc\u0103rete\u2019s show has been one of greatest hits of the Festival, an original and powerful production.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e42cfab0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:0\">Frank Dunlop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">director of the Edinburgh International Festival 1984-1991<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7ac3b26d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-albert-sans-font-family has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.2\"><em>\u201e<strong>Ubu Rex<\/strong>&nbsp;and <strong>Titus Andronicus<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>are doubtlessly masterpieces. <br>Both productions are truly brilliant, powerful and free.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e42cfab0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:0\">Marie-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Falcon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-3-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">director of the Th\u00e9atres des Ameriques Festival, 1985-2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-contrast-color has-base-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-349fe0830955b8f51196d1f3057274ba has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b599e22f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-color has-text-color has-albert-sans-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.929rem, 0.929rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.785), 1.4rem);line-height:1.2\">\u201e<em>So ravishing that you\u2019re almost prepared to sell your soul to the devil to keep the succession of lush images coming, Silviu Purcarete\u2019s version of <strong>Goethe\u2019s Faust<\/strong> is such a seductive visual fantasia that you might not notice it has sold its own soul to spectacle. But what a mighty spectacle it is, with a series of eye-popping illusions and conjuring tricks that make you feel as if you\u2019ve fallen into a waking dream \u2013 or a nightmare. You leave the theatre hungover from having binged so greedily on the rich visuals, but almost entirely unmoved by the simple purity of unaccompanied voices and the  weet songs of the doomed Gretchen, whose love redeems Faust. In Purcarete\u2019s vision, hell is so much more exciting than heaven. \u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e42cfab0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:0\">Lyn Gardner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\"><strong>The Guardian<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7ac3b26d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-contrast-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-albert-sans-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.929rem, 0.929rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.785), 1.4rem);line-height:1.2\"><em>\u201ePurc\u0103rete&#8217;s talent for creating images shines through from the very first seconds of the first part, <strong>Agamemnon<\/strong>, with the appearance of the messenger, suspended in the sky, then of the chorus of obese old men wearing suits and ties. The sumptuous grey lighting, the violence of the murder, a bloody Clytemnestra facing Agamemnon&#8217;s corpse thrust into a zinc bathtub, the poetry of a scene lit entirely by candlelight&#8230; For two hours and forty minutes, Purc\u0103rete displays an impressive mastery of stagecraft.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e42cfab0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:0\">Ren\u00e9 Solis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-3-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Lib\u00e9ration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-contrast-color has-base-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-fd1ffd24e09afdd29369c8b4c5a0daf0 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b599e22f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-color has-text-color has-albert-sans-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.929rem, 0.929rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.785), 1.4rem);line-height:1.2\">\u201e<em>Silviu Purc\u0103rete is a director-poet. Double identity, communion of two roles, which interfere and give him his own status. On the stages of this world, his theatre is the expression of the presence of an artist, but also that of an interpreter: this is where his unique role comes from. It\u2019s a double role manifesting itself with various accents in the performances, one by one, one never to eliminate de other, different side; Purc\u0103rete is seduced by cohabitation, by the cohabitation between reading the texts and their poetic treatment on a theatre stage. Purc\u0103rete exerts a relative freedom, recognizable, but not predetermined, because he maintains a consensual relationship with the text, an affective rather than strictly interpretative one. This is why, in his case, the stage bears the trademark of the artist&#8217;s signature, but, at the same time, it does not absolutely exclude the impact of the written work. This relationship modifies with each of the performances he creates, but it does not disappear: the poet&#8217;s freedom and the director&#8217;s reading. 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