Get ready! The very first Reactor showcase: Routes to Solidarity is coming your way this February!

February 10-13

Reactor de creație și experiment – 4 Petőfi Sándor Street

ZIZ – Art and Social Area – 5 Paris Street

Get ready for four spectacular days! This exciting showcase will bring together Reactor's latest and most representative productions, sparking wonderful conversations about how we can stand in solidarity as artists, cultural creators, and vibrant communities. Our six fantastic shows will be performed both at the cozy Reactor space and the lively ZIZ - Art and Social Area.

A wonderful group of passionate artists and cultural organizers from Romania and abroad will gather in Cluj from February 10th to 13th! Alongside enjoying the six delightful performances on the program, they will participate in a series of exciting events designed to highlight the city's alternative performing arts scene, while offering a perfect opportunity for friendly networking and inspiring exchanges of ideas.

Throughout our journey, Reactor’s projects have always embraced a beautiful sense of social responsibility towards the communities we serve. Whether through our engaging plays or other creative activities (like artist residencies, debates, and forum theater), we love exploring different artistic expressions! We truly believe it is our calling to react thoughtfully and critically to the world around us. That is why, at a time when bringing people together is more important than ever, our showcase proudly centers on the beautiful ideas of solidarity and community—exploring the creative forms solidarity can take, how much we need it, and how we can happily rediscover and strengthen our bonds together.

This wonderful event is warmly supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute, the German Cultural Center Cluj-Napoca, and the French Institute of Cluj-Napoca. Our lovely partner venue is ZIZ- Art and Social Area.

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OUR SPECTACULAR SHOW SCHEDULE:

Monday / 10.02 / 6:00 PM / @Reactor

EVENT HORIZON

Concept and direction: Mihai Păcurar

Written by: Ioana Hogman

Event Horizon is a captivating, site-specific production dedicated to celebrating Reactor's 10th anniversary, playfully imagining a dystopian future for our beloved resident community of artists.

Tuesday / 11.02 / 5:00 PM / @Reactor

ARMAGEDDON REBRANDED 

By Alex Gorghe

Directed by: Irisz Kovacs

Armageddon Rebranded, a brilliant show born from our Drama 5 playwriting residency, takes an insightful look at loneliness and the deep-seated need for connection felt by the younger generation, who might just dream up a catastrophic finale as their ultimate escape.

Tuesday / 11.02 / 8:30 PM / @Ziz

r.e.g.e.n.e.r.a.t.i.o.n.

Concept and choreography: Beatrice Oneț

Dramaturgy: Petro Ionescu

r.e.g.e.n.e.r.a.t.i.o.n. is proudly the very first dance show created at Reactor! It beautifully explores moving stories of bodies through various stages of life and social backgrounds, all inspired by the performers' own lives.

Wednesday / 12.02 / 5:00 PM / @Ziz

PART 1. LOVE

Directed by: Petro Ionescu

Dramaturgy: Cosmin Stănilă and Petro Ionescu

Part 1. Love is the heartwarming opening episode of the Solidarity Trilogy, directed by Petro Ionescu. This lovely piece places love at the very heart of human relationships, aiming for the common good and celebrating the beauty of care and devotion.

WEDNESDAY / 12.02 / 8:30 PM / @REACTOR

THE DREAM

By Alexa Băcanu
Directed by: Dragoș Alexandru Mușoiu

The Dream is a captivating musical theater performance that explores the intimate bond of an acting class, highlighting how solidarity is built (or tested!) among classmates when a powerful authority figure challenges their trust.

Thursday / 13.02 / 6:00 PM / @Reactor 

WONDERS OF TRANSYLVANIA 

Dramaturgy: Alexa Băcanu & Martin Boross

Directed by: Martin Boross

Crafted as a clever mockumentary about a Romanian-Hungarian theater troupe, this show creatively explores the dramatic tensions that can spark when two different communities are playfully forced to coexist in tricky situations.

Free admission tickets and supporter tickets can be easily booked online here: eventbook.ro/program/reactor-cluj

This showcase is a joyful part of the "Routes to solidarity" project, which aims to strengthen the wonderful cooperation between Reactor Cluj and Para Film & Teater (Norway). Together, we are artistically exploring the inspiring concepts of community and solidarity across the lovely cities of Cluj-Napoca and Oslo. This marks our delightful second collaboration with our Norwegian friends, following the success of the Fágaș project from 2022-2024.

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The Routes to solidarity project is funded by the EEA and Norway Grants – National Bilateral Fund under the RO-CULTURE Programme, through the bilateral initiative call "Bilateral cooperation for the development of contemporary art," with a non-reimbursable value of 598,010.66 RON (120,181.41 EUR). The project runs from November 2024 to February 2025, bringing creative joy to Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and Oslo, Norway.

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The EEA and Norway Grants represent the wonderful contribution of Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway towards a green, competitive, and inclusive Europe. These grants focus on two inspiring goals: reducing economic and social disparities in Europe and strengthening friendship and bilateral relations between the donor countries and 15 EU countries in Central and Southern Europe and the Baltics. These three donor nations cooperate closely with the EU through the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement. Between 1994 and 2014, the donors generously provided EUR 3.3 billion through successive grant schemes. For the 2014-2021 period, the EEA and Norway Grants amount to a fantastic EUR 2.8 billion. Discover more details on: www.eeagrants.org and www.eeagrants.ro.

The RO-CULTURE Programme is implemented by the Ministry of Culture through the Project Management Unit, with the wonderful goal of strengthening economic and social development through cultural cooperation, creative entrepreneurship, and cultural heritage management. The Programme boasts a fantastic budget of approximately 34 million EUR. Find out more at www.ro-cultura.ro.