Actress Oana Pellea will be applauded Saturday night in Vienna at the Wiener Festival, a manifestation she was invited to participate with the show “Joan of Arc – file pages” by Mihai Maniutiu.
Produced by SMART, the representation brings to the stage Vlad Ivanov (IThe Angel), Marius Galea (First Judge, First Actor) and Gabriel Spahiu (Second Judge, Second Actor).
Sylvain Groud signs the choreography, Janine created the costumes, and Iuliana Valsan wrote the script. “Joan of Arc – file pages” enjoys tremendous success abroad.
The show is already scheduled for representations in France, Austria and Switzerland. It will also run at Vitry, at the Jean Vilar theatre (micro-season) -during 10 – 19 November 2000. “Joan of Arc – file pages” will also be present in Zurich, in the fall of 2000 and 2001.
The official premiere of Mihai Maniutiu’s show, an adaptation from the original documents from the trial of Joan of Arc was at the National Theatre Bucharest in November 1999. The project was initiated 15 years ago by Mihai Maniutiu who stated that for this show he wrote five scripts.
“It is an enigmatic subject, for Joan was a mysterious character that cannot be fully understood if you look at her from a historical perspective only.
You need to go deep into the heart of matters to understand this being, accused and executed by history. 400 years had to pass to rehabilitate her – she then become the second protector saint of France,” added the director. “Joan of arc is a show that can be played only if you have a clean conscience,” thinks actress Oana Pellea.