Interferences International Theatre Festival 2026 takes place in Cluj-Napoca from 10 to 17 November, with performances at the Hungarian Opera, the "Lucian Blaga" National Theatre and the Auditorium Maximum Hall (5 Mihail Kogălniceanu Street). On 10 November at 7:00 pm, the Main Hall hosts "Alma Mahler" by Sasho Dimoski, directed by Dejan Projkovski, produced by the "Stoyan Bachvarov" State Drama Theatre in Varna (Bulgaria); tickets: huntheater.biletmaster.ro/.../36003062/Alma-Mahler.
On 11 November at 5:00 pm and 9:00 pm, the Studio Hall stages "Nighttime" after Pilinszky János, directed by Kinga Mezei, Hungarian Chamber Theatre of Senta, Serbia (tickets: huntheater.biletmaster.ro/.../360471/Nighttime), while at the "Lucian Blaga" National Theatre, Main Hall, "Chotto Desh" by Karthika Naïr, Sue Buckmaster and Akram Khan, directed by Sue Buckmaster, is performed by the Akram Khan Company from London, United Kingdom (tickets: huntheater.biletmaster.ro/.../36003064/Chotto-Desh).
On 12 November at 5:00 pm and 9:30 pm, "Bill is Back" by Szegedi-Szabó Béla, directed by András Urbán, with the "Kosztolányi Dezső" Theatre of Subotica, Serbia (tickets: huntheater.biletmaster.ro/.../360472/Bill-is-Back), and at 8:00 pm "The Angel of the House" by Emma Dante, directed by Emma Dante, Compagnia Sud Costa Occidentale from Palermo/Rome, Italy (tickets: huntheater.biletmaster.ro/.../The-Angel-of-the-Heart).
On 13 November at 5:30 pm, "I'm Not Here" by Karácsonyi Zsolt, Gyarmati Kata and Mezei Kinga, Hungarian State Theatre of Cluj (tickets: huntheater.biletmaster.ro/.../360454/Im-Not-Here), followed by "Snow, Snow, Snow" after Leo Tolstoy, directed by Ji-hye Park, Jaram Lee – Wansung Playground from Seoul, South Korea (tickets: huntheater.biletmaster.ro/.../3600.../Snow-snow-snow).
On 14 November at 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm, "Dialogues in the Dream", a non-verbal performance directed and choreographed by Josef Nadj, Atelier 3+1 from Paris, France (tickets: huntheater.biletmaster.ro/.../Dilaogues-in-the-Dream), and at 7:30 pm "The Bald Soprano" by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Gábor Tompa, North Theatre of Satu Mare – the "Harag György" Company (tickets: huntheater.biletmaster.ro/.../The-Bald-Prima-Donna); at 9:00 pm, at the Auditorium Maximum Hall, there is a launch concert for the album "Rush" performed by Lucian Ban & Elevation, USA (tickets: huntheater.biletmaster.ro/.../Lucian-Ban...).
On 15 November, "Once Upon a Long Day" is staged, after "Long Day's Journey Into Night" by Eugene O'Neill, directed by Luk Perceval, Stary National Theatre Helena Modrzejewska of Kraków, Poland (tickets: huntheater.biletmaster.ro/.../Once-Upon-a-Long-Day).
On 16 November at 6:00 pm, "The Maids – Materials" by Jarosław Fret, directed by Jarosław Fret, Studio Wachowicz/Fret – the Grotowski Institute of Wrocław (tickets: huntheater.biletmaster.ro/.../The-Maids-Materials), followed by "The Incomparable Story of Abul Hossein the Yemenite and His Flight into the Wilderness", after 1001 Nights, directed by Silviu Purcărete, the "Radu Stanca" National Theatre of Sibiu (tickets: huntheater.biletmaster.ro/.../The-Incomparable...). On 17 November the performance "Warm" by Jon Fosse, directed by Filip Grinvald, with troupes from Budva and Podgorica, is announced, though details about this performance are incomplete in the source.
