AN IMMERSIVE THEATRE PERFORMANCE – ITINERANT. “SALVATIONKIT” IS THE FIRST PART OF A TRILOGY THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE VICINITY OF THIS HYPOTHETICAL MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN BUCHAREST AND ASKS THE QUESTION: “WHO AND WHAT WILL SAVE US?”. “SALVATIONKIT” TAKES PLACE IN THE BUCHAREST OF A NEAR FUTURE WHEN THE AUDIENCE ATTENDING A THEATRE PERFORMANCE SURVIVES A DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE WHOSE CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES BECOME INCREASINGLY CLEAR.

“THE IMMERSIVE EXERCISE TO WHICH WE INVITE THE AUDIENCE IS ACTUALLY A SIMULATION OF A CRISIS SITUATION IN WHICH THE MOST PRONOUNCED IDEOLOGIES OF RECENT YEARS COLLIDE. AS WELL AS AN INTERROGATION OF THE ROLE AND NATURE OF THEATRE – AS A MEETING AND GROUP EXPERIENCE – IN SUCH A CONTEXT. IT IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT THE STORY BEGINS AFTER THE HYPOTHETICAL EARTHQUAKE INTERRUPTED A THEATRE PERFORMANCE IN PROGRESS.”

Peca Ștefan

Immersive/Itinerant Theatre Performance

TEXT: Ștefan Peca
DIRECTOR AND SCENOGRAPHY: Silvia Roman
SOUND DESIGN: Bogdan Balea
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Irina Slate

CAST:
Lavinia Șoimaru – Eliza Păuna
Eugen Fruchter – Vlad Nemeș
Umbra – Irina Slate

PREMIERE DATE: November 11, 2019
ArtHub
DURATION: 1 hour 30 minutes
“ARTHUB Immersive – Season of Contemporary Playwriting” organized by the Association for the Promotion of Contemporary Arts, project co-funded by the National Cultural Fund Administration