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Florian Zeller's “The Height of the Storm” is a disturbing story of the lives of the couple André and Madeleine, husband and wife, and their two daughters, Anne and Élise, who, after the death of their mother, intend to send their father to an asylum.

But what seemed obvious - the death of the mother/wife - is turned upside down in the next scene: who actually died, Madeleine or André? Whose mind is going on? The daughters? The father? What is real and what is imaginary?

The denouement remains shrouded in the same mystery that characterizes the whole play.

"The everyday existential realism is carefully studied and rendered in expressive poses that offer the actors a plethora of routine domestic gestures, but also evidence of affection in cross dialogues." (Dinu Grigorescu)

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Translation: Bogdan Budeș

Set Design: Miruna Varodi

Technical director: Gabriel Bucătaru

Lighting: Cătălin Călin și Cristi Nica

Sound: Eduard Iordache

Prompter: Narcisa Mazilu

Dressing rooms: Constanța Miu și Geanina Bucătaru

Props: Ana Maria Andreea Frîncu

Stagehands: Gabriel Simion, Alexandru Șerb, Florin Diaconescu, Marius Nicolae, Costi Mareș, Eugen Buruiană

Producers: Teatrul „Alexandru Davila” Pitești

Leading cast & crew:

- Andre (the father): Adrian Titieni

- Madeleine (the mother): Daniela Butușină

- Anne (the first daughter): Ioana Podăreanu

- Elise (the second daughter): Luana Lute

- The Woman: Lia Deaconu

- The Man: Vlad Popescu

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Performance in Romanian, with translation into English

Original title: Avant de s’envoler
Romania