About the event
by Matei Vișniec
directed by Andrei Mihalache
ON TENDERNESS
a collage of texts from the writings of Matei Vișniec
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Director: Andrei Mihalache
Set design: Alexandru Radu
Costumes: Wilhelmina Kuron Bekesi
Choreography: Gabriela Tănase
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Cast:
The Old Man: Radu Botar
The Old Woman: Carmen Frățilă
The Women (She):
Dana Moisuc, Andreea Mocan, Crina Andriucă, Alina Negrău, Raluca Mara, Anette Marka
The Men (He):
Sorin Oros, Stelian Roșian, Vlad Mureșan, Andrei Gîjulete, Sergiu Tăbăcaru, Bianco Erdei
The Saint: Ciprian Vultur
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Video and editing: Cristian Gătina
Video projections: Rareș Uglean
Technical director: Cristian Rudăreanu
Prompter: Yvette Princz
Sound: Vlad Giurge / Gabi Feleg
Lighting: Călin Mocan, Ioan Iluță
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Premiere: 31 May 2026
Running time: 2 hours (with an interval)
Recommended age: 14+
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I have always been fascinated by words, these primordial “bricks” of language. I have tried to dig around inside them: every word has a magic “chemical formula”, every word is in fact only the tip of an iceberg, which means that what is essential remains hidden.
These texts are in fact theatrical modules meant to enter into a free directorial competition. No order is imposed by the author. These texts are like the shards of a broken mirror. The game consists in trying to piece the original object back together: a mirror that is never perfect, but which nonetheless reflects a certain number of things and events. With these modules, which invite the building of a whole, the author wished to impose a single constraint on the director: absolute freedom...
A short play is in fact a child who decides at some point that it no longer wants to grow up.
Matei Vișniec
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The collage “On Tenderness” uses texts from the following volumes:
POETIC WORKS (M. Vișniec)
- Astonishingly beautiful she was
- A now torn away with sobs
- The Rubensian words
- I was sincere
- They will wash away even the memory of the rain
THE DUSTBIN MAN (M. Vișniec)
- The man who speaks in a whisper
THREE LOVE STORIES (M. Vișniec)
- How I trained a snail on your breasts – 8 and 10
THE MAN IN THE CIRCLE (M. Vișniec)
- I am no longer your dear little bunny
THE CABARET OF WORDS (M. Vișniec)
- Always
- Grammar
- Revolt
- Letter to humanity from the word “poo”
- Heart
- Ball
- Words that kill, words that wound
- Watchword
- Marriage
- Story
- Mother
- To dig around
- Emotional restoration
- The word eater
ON TENDERNESS (M. Vișniec)
- They like to be the centre of the circle
- On the voluntary extinction of the human species
- No smoke without fire
- Ecstatic-oneiric-Orphic mechanics
- A sort of ball of yarn with its eyes closed
- Little girls are even worse
- Blonde, brunette, blue eyes
VAGUE THEATRE (M. Vișniec)
- The vague words people say to each other when...
- It doesn’t matter anyway when we leave
- What are you thinking about?
- The last blow was pointless
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ARTISTIC
Andrei Mihalache
Artistic director
Cristian Gătina
Video and editing
Gabriela Tănase
Choreography
CAST
Radu Botar
The Old Man
Carmen Frăţilă
The Old Woman
Dana Moisuc
She
Andreea Mocan
She
Crina Andriucă
She
Alina Negrău
She
Raluca Mara
She
Anette Marka
She
Sorin Oros
He
Stelian Roşian
He
Vlad Mureşan
He
Andrei Gîjulete
He
Sergiu Tăbăcaru
He
Bianco Erdei
He
Ciprian Vultur
The Saint
COLLABORATORS
Alexandru Radu
Set design
Wilhelmina Kuron Bekesi
Costumes
TECHNICAL TEAM
Rareș Uglean
Video projections
Cristian Rudăreanu
Technical direction
Yvette Princz
Prompter
Ioan Iluţă
Lighting
Călin Mocan
Lighting
DIRECTION
Andrei Mihalache
Artistic director
SET DESIGN
Alexandru Radu
Set
IMAGES
Source: Teatrul de Nord Satu Mare - Trupa Mihai Raicu - https://mihairaicu.ro/g/spectacol/1232/despre-tandrete#2026-10-25T19:00
directed by Andrei Mihalache
ON TENDERNESS
a collage of texts from the writings of Matei Vișniec
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍
Director: Andrei Mihalache
Set design: Alexandru Radu
Costumes: Wilhelmina Kuron Bekesi
Choreography: Gabriela Tănase
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍
Cast:
The Old Man: Radu Botar
The Old Woman: Carmen Frățilă
The Women (She):
Dana Moisuc, Andreea Mocan, Crina Andriucă, Alina Negrău, Raluca Mara, Anette Marka
The Men (He):
Sorin Oros, Stelian Roșian, Vlad Mureșan, Andrei Gîjulete, Sergiu Tăbăcaru, Bianco Erdei
The Saint: Ciprian Vultur
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍
Video and editing: Cristian Gătina
Video projections: Rareș Uglean
Technical director: Cristian Rudăreanu
Prompter: Yvette Princz
Sound: Vlad Giurge / Gabi Feleg
Lighting: Călin Mocan, Ioan Iluță
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍
Premiere: 31 May 2026
Running time: 2 hours (with an interval)
Recommended age: 14+
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍
I have always been fascinated by words, these primordial “bricks” of language. I have tried to dig around inside them: every word has a magic “chemical formula”, every word is in fact only the tip of an iceberg, which means that what is essential remains hidden.
These texts are in fact theatrical modules meant to enter into a free directorial competition. No order is imposed by the author. These texts are like the shards of a broken mirror. The game consists in trying to piece the original object back together: a mirror that is never perfect, but which nonetheless reflects a certain number of things and events. With these modules, which invite the building of a whole, the author wished to impose a single constraint on the director: absolute freedom...
A short play is in fact a child who decides at some point that it no longer wants to grow up.
Matei Vișniec
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍
The collage “On Tenderness” uses texts from the following volumes:
POETIC WORKS (M. Vișniec)
- Astonishingly beautiful she was
- A now torn away with sobs
- The Rubensian words
- I was sincere
- They will wash away even the memory of the rain
THE DUSTBIN MAN (M. Vișniec)
- The man who speaks in a whisper
THREE LOVE STORIES (M. Vișniec)
- How I trained a snail on your breasts – 8 and 10
THE MAN IN THE CIRCLE (M. Vișniec)
- I am no longer your dear little bunny
THE CABARET OF WORDS (M. Vișniec)
- Always
- Grammar
- Revolt
- Letter to humanity from the word “poo”
- Heart
- Ball
- Words that kill, words that wound
- Watchword
- Marriage
- Story
- Mother
- To dig around
- Emotional restoration
- The word eater
ON TENDERNESS (M. Vișniec)
- They like to be the centre of the circle
- On the voluntary extinction of the human species
- No smoke without fire
- Ecstatic-oneiric-Orphic mechanics
- A sort of ball of yarn with its eyes closed
- Little girls are even worse
- Blonde, brunette, blue eyes
VAGUE THEATRE (M. Vișniec)
- The vague words people say to each other when...
- It doesn’t matter anyway when we leave
- What are you thinking about?
- The last blow was pointless
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍
ARTISTIC
Andrei Mihalache
Artistic director
Cristian Gătina
Video and editing
Gabriela Tănase
Choreography
CAST
Radu Botar
The Old Man
Carmen Frăţilă
The Old Woman
Dana Moisuc
She
Andreea Mocan
She
Crina Andriucă
She
Alina Negrău
She
Raluca Mara
She
Anette Marka
She
Sorin Oros
He
Stelian Roşian
He
Vlad Mureşan
He
Andrei Gîjulete
He
Sergiu Tăbăcaru
He
Bianco Erdei
He
Ciprian Vultur
The Saint
COLLABORATORS
Alexandru Radu
Set design
Wilhelmina Kuron Bekesi
Costumes
TECHNICAL TEAM
Rareș Uglean
Video projections
Cristian Rudăreanu
Technical direction
Yvette Princz
Prompter
Ioan Iluţă
Lighting
Călin Mocan
Lighting
DIRECTION
Andrei Mihalache
Artistic director
SET DESIGN
Alexandru Radu
Set
IMAGES
Source: Teatrul de Nord Satu Mare - Trupa Mihai Raicu - https://mihairaicu.ro/g/spectacol/1232/despre-tandrete#2026-10-25T19:00
