Producer: “Fani Tardini” Theatre, Galați

Cast:Oana Mogoș (Valeria, grandmother, Grigore’s daughter), Ciprian Brașoveanu (Lămbiță, grandfather, Valeria’s husband), Dan Căpățână (Grigore, great-grandfather, Valeria’s father), Petronela Buda (Ileana, their daughter), Cristina Uja (Aurora, their daughter), Carmen Albu (Silviana, their daughter), Ama Beschieru (Clara, niece, Ileana’s daughter), Vlad Volf (Norbert, nephew, Silviana’s son), Răzvan Clopoțel (Călin, Aurora’s son), Radu Horghidan (Doru, Aurora’s son), Tamara Constantinescu (Leidididi, the stranger), Elena Ghinea (Tarzan/Crina, possible daughter of Leidididi), Ștefan Forir (Țapul), Flavia Călin (The Cat Mâță), Mihai Păun (The Dog Țuchi), Elena Emandi (The Crested Hen), Elena Anghel (The Owl)

Directed by: Leta Popescu

Set Design: Bogdan Spătaru

Stage Movement: Elena Anghel

Original Music: Csaba Boros

Lyrics: Oana Mogoș

Musical Preparation: Monica Măciuceanu

Duration: 2h (no intermission)

Synopsis:

A contemporary theatre play written and directed by Leta Popescu, The Queen of the Night is a nostalgic comedy set in a lively atmosphere full of humor and irony, with powerful lyrics that carry characters and audience alike on a journey to childhood places of the past, countryside, grandparents’ home. This marks Leta Popescu’s third collaboration with the Galați theatre, following the successes of The Sparrow and Bujor. A production full of wit and beautiful memories, based on a text that stirs strong emotions, amplified by Csaba Boros’s music. The story explores the bittersweet memories of childhood, transporting the audience to a slow-paced village in Moldova, where time seems to flow differently, amidst the scent of queen-of-the-night flowers and the nostalgia of parents and grandparents who have left. THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT is a meeting place with sweet, bittersweet, and humorous memories from the yard of the house where we grew up. The show features 17 characters, 17 stories taking place in a charming Moldovan village, a place smelling of a water-drenched broom, evenings scented with queen-of-the-night flowers, and where time seems to stretch endlessly. A place from which parents and grandparents depart, leaving only their memory behind in the house.

Leta Popescu’s directorial style, marked by critical nuances, highlights the physical dynamics, the psychological makeup of the characters, and their interactions, while Bogdan Spătaru creates the atmosphere with a minimalist space touched by symbolic accents.