​On the evening of December 5, the Austrian premiere of the play “Jurnal de România.Timișoara” directed by Carmen Lidia Vidu took place, which was the first major event organized by ICR Vienna as part of Timisoara’s preview as the European Capital of Culture in 2023. .

Together with the Austrian public and representatives of the Romanian community in Austria, the president of the Senate of Romania Alina Gorgiu, members of the parliaments of Romania and Austria, the president of the Institute of Romanian Culture Liviu Žičman, the director of the capital Timisoara Cultural Association, Ovidiu Megan, the ambassador of France in the Republic of Austria Gilles Pecu and attended the event members of the international diplomatic corps.

“Journal of Romania.Timișoara” is a multidisciplinary project that combines film, photography and theater and aims to be an honest mirror of interpersonal relationships that are decisively influenced by the urban environment, but through a series of uncensored and direct confessions. and a call for social and public participation.

The architecture of the performance is defined by the biographies of the actors, whose role is to discern and reflect the ways in which parents, friends, strangers, and the city, through neighborhoods, residents, artists, and local administration, shape and transform us. – from the nostalgia of the first memories to immediate reality.

Confessions is based almost exclusively on the actresses’ life experiences, whether it’s moments of happiness or pain, success or failure, trauma and depression, alienation and rediscovery.

“Where are we after 30 years of freedom?

How have we transformed, what have we accumulated and what have we lost, how has our identity changed during this time?

How do we relate to the past and what is today’s view of recent history?

The show “Magazine of Romania. Timisoara” tells about past and present traumas, about people and the city, about the city’s personal past and future.

“Herald of Romania. Timisoara’ is an attempt to paint a part of Romania, trying to reveal the confusion of identity that we struggle with personally, community and nationality.

Transparent reflections on the city, without festivity, positivism or negativism, “Jurnal de România. Timisoara” explores the connection of this eclectic, ethnic and cultural city with its people, passing through the filters of recent history, social transformations, architectural decline/revival under the influence of a market economy. Transparently, without pathos and hatred.” – Carmen Lidia Vidu about “Magazine of Romania. Timisoara”.

Director Carmen Lidia Vidu, who was present in 2017 at the Schauspielhaus in Vienna along with two other stations from the Journal of Romania series (Constanța and Sfantu Gheorghe), also participated in a question and answer session with students from the Institute of Romanian Studies in the city. the morning of December 6.

The play “Jurnal de România.Timișoara” was received with great enthusiasm by the Austrian audience, who stayed to talk with the director and the actresses of the German State Theater: Ida Jarsek-Gaza, Tetiana Sessler-Toami, Daniela Tjorok, Ioana Jakob, Olga Tjorok and Silvia Tjorok.

The event was organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute from Vienna in partnership with the German State Theater of Timisoara, the Embassy of Romania in the Republic of Austria and the Association of European Capital of Culture Timisoara 2023.