Bulandra Theatre
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, Romania
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was founded in 1947 as Teatrul Municipal; its first director was Lucia Sturdza Bulandra, one of the leading Romanian stage actresses of her generation. Liviu Ciulei
Liviu Ciulei
Liviu Ciulei was a Romanian theater and film director, film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume and set designer. During a career spanning over 50 years, he was described by Newsweek as "one of the boldest and most challenging figures on the international scene".-Biography:Born in...
was director between 1963 and 1972;one of the most important directors of the late times was Stefan Iordanescu (1999 - 2002), who restructured the theatre management; since 2002, the theatre has been directed by Alexandru Darie.
Since 1991, the Bulandra Theatre has been a member of the Union of European Theatres, which was founded in March 1990. The theatre currently has two stages, located about 1.5 kilometers apart from one another, Sala Izvor (renovated 2002) near the Dâmboviţa River
Dâmbovita River
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, not far from the southwest corner of Cişmigiu Garden, and Sala Toma Caragiu
Toma Caragiu
Toma Caragiu was a prolific Romanian theatre, television and film actor.He was born in an Aromanian family, in the Greek village of Aetomilitsa, in the region of Epirus on August the 21st 1925. Toma Caragiu was one of the best Romanian actors, with a rich activity in both film and theatre...
(renovated 2003), about half a kilometer southeast of Piaţa Romană
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, just east of the Grădina Icoanei
Gradina Icoanei
Grădina Icoanei is a small park in central Bucharest, situated not far away from Piaţa Romană and Bulevardul Magheru.The Bulandra Theatre , Ioanid Park , the Icoanei Church and the Anglican Church are located in the park's immediate vicinity....
park.
Originally Teatrul Municipal, the theatre later acquired the name Teatrul Lucia Sturdza Bulandra, now shortened to Teatrul Bulandra. The present Sala Izvor was and remains the headquarters, housing offices as well as the actual theatre space. Before Communist times
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, the second hall, located by Grădina Icoanei
Gradina Icoanei
Grădina Icoanei is a small park in central Bucharest, situated not far away from Piaţa Romană and Bulevardul Magheru.The Bulandra Theatre , Ioanid Park , the Icoanei Church and the Anglican Church are located in the park's immediate vicinity....
and designed by architect Ion Mincu
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, was the auditorium of a private school, Şcoala Centrală de Fete [Central Girls' School], located on Icoanei Street. After nationalization, the hall was first renamed after Filimon Sârbu
Filimon Sârbu
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, then later took its present name, in memory of actor Toma Caragiu
Toma Caragiu
Toma Caragiu was a prolific Romanian theatre, television and film actor.He was born in an Aromanian family, in the Greek village of Aetomilitsa, in the region of Epirus on August the 21st 1925. Toma Caragiu was one of the best Romanian actors, with a rich activity in both film and theatre...
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