- Genre: time travel drama
- Hall: Studio Hall
- Premiere: 10 december 2024, 19:30
- Length: 2 hours without pause
- Translated by: Albert Mária
- Costume Designer: Dobre-Kóthay Judit
- Set Designer: Sós Beáta
- Choreographer: Baczó Tünde
- Assistant Director: Brok Bernadette
- Stage Manager: Lehel Rigmányi
- Music: Cári Tibor
Co-production of the Tompa Miklós Company with Yorick Studio.
At the wheel of a Dacia 1300, Victoria, accompanied by the entity Alaska, embarks on a road trip through time and relives key moments from her own life, but also from the lives of her mother and daughter. Crossing the communist period, passing through the chaotic 90s and the uncertain period of the regime change, she reaches the present day. Through three female destinies, the play investigates the traces left in us by the communist past.
Elise Wilk’s latest piece was commissioned by Studio Yorick.
***The performance is in Hungarian. English surtitles can be provided upon request (subject to prior arrangement; please contact us at secretariat@teatrunational.ro).
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Nora, born 1948 / Gustav, Anita’s father -
Victoria, Nora’s daughter, born 1972 -
Anita, Victoria’s daughter, born 1991 / Fredi, Victoria’s father / The engineer -
Alaska, a shining creature / Paula, Gustav‘s partner / Cami from Arad / Tanti Smântână, postal worker / Jutta, Jonas’s sister from East-Germany / Marcela Penescu, Victoria’s classmate / Nurse -
Berta, a cream 1300 Dacia (made in: 1983) -
Musician
“Three generations, women’s destinies set against a historical backdrop.”
The full review can be read in Hungarian by clicking on the link below.
“Elise Wilk’s Alaska (dir.: Sebestyén Aba) is the performance that best encapsulates this year’s festival programme: it explores women’s lives, transgenerational trauma, and post-communist life in Romania.”
The full review can be read in Hungarian by clicking on the link below.
“A child who grew up in the absence of father figures, a passionate but tormenting love, a woman longing for connection, a man struggling to express his emotions.”
The full review can be read in Hungarian by clicking on the link below.
“Alaska – the character – does not exist.”
The full review in romanian can be read by clicking on the link below.
“Alaska tells the story of a family from a strictly female perspective.”
The full review in romanian can be read by clicking on the link below.
