The most
\nimportant prizes for the Romanian theatre are awarded at the Gala of UNITER -
\nthe Theatre Union in Romania – held in a different city every year. After the
\nwestern city of Timisoara and the central town of Alba Iulia, on Monday night,
\nit was the turn of the central city of Cluj to host the 2019 UNITER Awards
\nGala. Hundreds of guests from Bucharest and the provinces filled the hall of
\nthe National Theatre in the Transylvanian city of Cluj. The city was chosen to
\nmark 100 years since the first play in Romanian was performed on that stage.<\/p>\n
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The UNITER Awards Gala was broadcast live by the Romanian Television and Radio
\nRomania’s Cultural Channel. More than 24 prizes were awarded stirring emotion
\nand reverence. The excellence prize went to the UNTEATRU company of Bucharest.
\nActors Maia Morgenstern and Florin Piersic received lifetime achievement awards.
\nActress Ilinca Tomoroveanu, who died in early May, received a post-mortem prize for her entire
\ncareer. The nominees were selected by a jury made up of theatre critics. <\/p>\n
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The productions
\nwhich the jury looked at were premiered between January 1st and
\nDecember 31st 2018. The Story of the Bewitched Princess based on
\nthe Legend of Princess Sakura by Sakura Hime Azuma and directed by Silviu
\nPurcarete at the Radu Stanca National Theatre in Sibiu was designated the
\nbest production. Dragos Buhagiar got the award for the best set design he had
\nmade for The Story of the Bewitched Princess. Ofelia Popii starring in the
\nlatter performance received the award for the best actress in a leading role. <\/p>\n
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The best leading actor award went to Andrei Hutuleac. Tompa Gabor got the best
\ndirector award for his production The Merchant of Venice by William
\nShakespeare at the Hungarian State Theatre in Cluj. The best radio drama award
\nwas won by Radio Romania’s production The She-Wolf adapted by Domnica Tundrea
\nand directed by Vasile Manta. As every year, the host of the Gala was the
\npresident of UNITER, actor Ion Caramitru, who spoke about the challenges of
\norganizing such an event:<\/p>\n
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If
\nthe people who for years have been involved in organizing the gala and have
\nfallen in love with it didn’t work with devotion, I don’t know what we would
\ndo. All in all, despite the weak points and the late hour when the Gala
\nstarted, the event was a success.<\/p>\n
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Until next
\nyear’s UNITER Awards Gala, all that is left for theatre people is to produce
\nhigh quality shows to be seen by large audiences.<\/p>\n
(translated by Ana Maria Palcu)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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