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Visniec writes charming, nonsugary dialogue, utilizing that rare element in highly romanticized storytelling: silence. And its U.S. premiere is a fortunate one... full of beauty and eeriness.
Tim Lowery
Time Out Chicago
It is rare on a British stage to find a play dealing with contemporary Europe. But this work by Matei Visniec, the exiled Romanian writer, is an impassioned two-hander that encompasses the Bosnian war, victimised women, Balkan man and the Freudian nature of resurgent nationalism. Even if you can sense Visniec ticking off his list of chosen topics, you emerge both intellectually informed and emotionally moved.
Michael Billington
The Guardian
This simplicity of language is crucial to the meaning of Visniec’s text, creating a contrast between the straightforwardness of the language and the complexity of the ideas. These images are so immediate and direct for their simplicity, instantly grasped and instantly visualized, allowing the listener to be struck first by their imagery and then slowly by their message. (…)
Visniec has accomplished this through a remarkable mixture of directness and ambiguity. The characters speak simply and directly about the daily events of their lives, but never fall into self-reflection or psychoanalysis. (…)
Sharon E. Gerstenberger
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"How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients and Other Plays", the first anthology in English of the Romanian theatre's most prolific and celebrated contemporary playwright.
Festival Avignon of 2015
MOI LE MOT
LES ATELIERS D'AMPHOUX, 10-12, rue d'Amphoux - Avignon
du 4 au 26 juillet à 14h20
La Mémoire des Serpillères
PRÉSENCE PASTEUR, 13, rue du Pont Trouca - Avignon
du 4 au 26 juillet (relâche les 10, 17 juillet) à 12h15
Les chevaux à la fenêtre
COLLÈGE DE LA SALLE, 3, place Louis Pasteur - Avignon
du 4 au 25 juillet (relâche les 12, 19 juillet) à 18h
Du sexe de la femme comme champ de bataille
PANDORA, 3 rue Pourquery de Boisserin - Avignon
du 4 au 26 juillet à 10h50
Occident Express - Lecture
Espace Alya, 31 bis, rue Guillaume Puy - 84000 Avignon
10 juillet 2015 à 21h30
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