"The Untamed Shrew" ("Scorpia neîmblânzită"), after William Shakespeare, will be performed on 8 October 2026 at 19:00 at the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre, in the Main Hall (Sala Mare). Recommended age: 14+. The performance has English surtitles.
Starting from Maria Manolescu's rewriting of "The Taming of the Shrew", director Leta Popescu builds, within a theatre-in-theatre framework, a space of confrontation between men and women, between classical and contemporary theatre, and between conservative and progressive ideas. The audience sees the story of Katherina and Petruccio in two versions, which answer differently the question of whether "taming" is a ritual of conquest or of "dulling the mind".
Performance text: Leta Popescu, after an adaptation by Maria Manolescu; translation of the Shakespearean texts: Violeta Popa; director: Leta Popescu; set design: Bogdan Spătaru; music: Radu Dogaru; choreography: Andrea Gavriliu; assistant director and video collages: Irina Caraulă; assistant choreographer: Ioana Moldovan; lighting design: Jenel Moldovan.
Cast: Diana Buluga, Sânziana Tarța, Adrian Cucu/Alex Macavei, Irina Wintze, Patricia Brad, Silvius Iorga, Irina Barbir, Radu Lărgeanu, Cosmin Stănilă, Cecilia Lucanu-Donat, Radu Dogaru, Alexandra Tarce and Diana Ioana Licu. Technical director: Răzvan Pojonie; lighting operator: Andrei Mitran; sound operator: Vlad Negrea; video operator: Vasile Crăciun. Details: www.facebook.com/events/3961846113957096
