by Alexandru Kiriţescu, directed by Alexandru Dabija
Press Reviews
Alexandru Dabija stages the comedy The Rattlers with smiling ferocity. Vittorio Holtier’s sets, an ensamble of carpets and old furniture, and Irina Solomon’s rich and polychrom costumes, render a poetical sublimation to the human universe that seems to have been taken out of an old photo album.
In this atmosphere, under Dabija’ s magic wand, the team from Odeon performs very homogenously, with rigour and vigour.
In this atmosphere, under Dabija’ s magic wand, the team from Odeon performs very homogenously, with rigour and vigour.
– Curentul, June 2002
The director Alexandru Dabija goes beyond the humor of the lines and situations, that is well-known to the audience. The performance renders an authentic world, with small or ample gestures, with verbal tics and not only, of an infinite sadness, that still haunts Oltenia, even nowadays.
– România Literară
It’s a contemporary performance, in a mysterious way. The director’s sensitivity is contemporary, as it is the way in which he organised the rattler’s world, subtly measuring the comical parts, the suggestions, the rhythm.
– Cotidianul, June 2002
The new staging of Kiritescu’s bitter comedy at the Odeon Theatre apparently keeps the classical contours, but modern elements are subtly introduced with a guaranteed effect. The most spectaculous are, of course, the two rattlers, Lena and Zoia, played by Ionel Mihailescu and Constantin Cojocaru. They emphasize the grotesque dimension of the characters.
– Adevărul de Week-end, June 2002
The performance at the Odeon Theatre can be regarded as a theatrical event. The director made the play seem almost new, with unbelieveble nuances. The staging is highly complex, as is the performance of the actors.
– Independent, May 2002