Alain Platel & Les Ballets C de la B, Wim Vandekeybus & Ultima Vez or Gob Squad in the program of the 2017 edition.


The 7^th edition of the European Theatre Festival Eurothalia, organized by the German State Theatre (GSTT), will take from the
6^th till the 13^th of October 2017.
In the program of the 2017 edition there are important theatre and dance companies from Europe, most of which are in Romania for the first time. Ultima Vez and Les ballets C de la B from Belgium are bringing to Timisoara two contemporary dance productions that have had tours all over the world, and the Motus company from Italy an explosive sound performance about gender fluidity. The Onassis Cultural Centre from Greece will be present with a documentary theatre performance about migration and discrimination, and Señor Serrano from Spain with a performance that experiments with live animation. There will be two companies from Germany: Gob Squad collective, with a production focused on improvisation and interacting with the audience and Markus and Markus with a provocative adaptation of a classical text.

The program also includes the event series Eurothalia Xtension, organized alongside the Timisoara European Culture Capital 2021. Eurothalia Xtension is focused on the work of famous theatre director Eugenio Barba and the Odin Teatret from Denmark, encompassing two film projections, two work demonstrations, a masterclass dedicated to actors and a workshop focused on community involvement.
This year, the festival will unfold under the thematic Limits, theme about which the festival’s curator Andreea Andrei had this to say: “What are our limits? Do we want or can we overcome them? How can we do this? Does theatre have the power to shake consciousnesses and change perceptions? To cancel frontiers and re-invent the world? At the 2017 edition of our festival as well, we’re exploring new types of space and types of theatre, interrogate the present, present artistic actuality and talk about things that matter.”

The program for the festival can be downloaded here.

Tickets can be bought:
- at the box office of the German State Theatre (Alba Iulia street, no. 2)
Opening hours: Tuesday – Friday: 10-15 and 17-19;
Saturday: 10-15 or one hour before the performance;
- online on teatrulgerman.ro and biletmaster.ro. The online interface offers the possibility of buying and printing the tickets on the personal computer.

Andreea Andrei - Artistic Consultant
Gabriela Schinderman- Secretary

Photo: Image from „nicht schlafen”, a les ballets c de la b production. The photograph can be used in mass-media and promotional goals, including in electronic media.