Occident Express

In two days, the Romanian play "Occident express" will be performed at the harbour of Stuttgart, so we wanted to show You a short extract of the performance in Craiova, Rumania.

The play is about a group of Rumanian actors - the actors actually play actors, which makes the play a bit redundant, but in a very interesting way - who shall play a "typical rumanian" scene: in this case a gipsy wedding. They are simply not in the mood of fulfilling the chliché-based ideas of the french director and they refuse to play the scene till the end. The director leaves the set and the actors start improvising some scenes about their own view of their country. They talk about corruption, the Ceaucescu regime, neocapitalism and unfulfilled dreams and hopes of the Orient-Express, which was one of the only links of the country to the west during the dictatorship.

Performances on thursday 7:30 pm and saturday 9:30 p.m.