“The Scarlet Princess” is based on an original script written by Silviu Purcărete and adapted from the kabuki theatre play by Tsuruya Nanboku the 4th. Inspired by this tradition, the director aims to create a European performance using the text, the rules and the space of kabuki, elements that have been loosely reinterpreted. Condemned to an impossible love, the abbot Seigen and his disciple Shiragiku decide to commit suicide. The young man dies, but the abbot survives. Seventeen years later, Seigen recognizes in Princess Sakura the reincarnation of Shiragiku and falls in love again. The performance has plenty of stories of obsessive love, murders, reincarnation and revenge, building with humor and self-irony a bubbly commentary on the dialogue between the European and the Japanese culture.

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script by Silviu Purcărete, inspired from Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshô, by Tsuruya Namboku IV

Text: Silviu Purcărete

Translation: Eugen Gyemant
Original Music: Vasile Şirli
Scenography: Dragoş Buhagiar
Assistant director: Eugen Gyemant, Sanda Anastasof
Assistant scenographer: Iuliana Gherghescu
Face designer: Minela Popa
Music preparation: Vlad Robaș
Make-up: Elena Vlad, Corina Predescu, Bogdan Dobre
Project manager: Claudia Maior
Marketing coordinator: Eliza Ceprăzaru

Cast: Ofelia Popii, Iustinian Turcu, Dana Taloş, Adrian Matioc, Diana Văcaru-Lazăr, Cristian Stanca, Diana Fufezan, Raluca Iani, Mariana Mihu – Plier, Adrian Neacşu, Pali Vecsei, Vlad Robaș, Emőke Boldizsár, Cristina Stoleriu, Alexandru Malaicu, Codruţa Vasiu, Serenela Mureşan, Johanna Adam, Cristina Ragos, Cendana Trifan, Antonia Dobocan, Veronica Arizancu, Arina Ioana Trif, Fabiola Petri, Gabriela Pîrlițeanu, Monica Vîlcu, Ioana Cosma, Cristina Blaga-Tomuș, Oana Brânzan, Eduard Pătrașcu, Mihai Coman, Viorel Rață, Liviu Vlad, Cătălin Neghină, Ștefan Tunsoiu, Andrei Gîlcescu, Horia Fedorca

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Special effects: stroboscopic lights