THE MEMORY OF WATER

THE MEMORY OF WATER
  • by Shelagh Stephenson
  • Translation: Vladimir Anton
  • Adaptation, Translation and Directed by: Vladimir Anton
  • Set Design: Maria Miu
  • Assistant Scenographer: Diana Sav
  • Lighting Design: Lucian Moga
Premiera: 21 September 2019
Duration: 2h, one intermission
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"The Memory of Water", a tragic comedy in which three sisters meet, after many years in which they have not been seeing each other, on the sad occasion of their mother's funeral, recalling events from childhood, reviving old rivalries and quarrels, which results in scenes of irresistible comic.

Each of the sisters is in a relationship and each relationship is in a time of crisis. Conflicts are fueled by alcohol and marijuana, thus arising hidden frustrations and half-acknowledged or knowingly blocked truths.

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In the playing space thus created, the actor’s presence is fundamental to the detailed individualization of the characters: Teresa (Dana Dumitrescu), the eldest sister (Olga lui Cehov, equally marked by an educational vocation on the Constanța stage and charged with a deep-seated eroticism, here supported by Frank, her husband, whom Liviu Manolache charmingly transforms into a stoic, weary figure with a customary mechanical reaction pattern), orchestrating the madness of the reunion up to the memorable monologue in the second act; Mary (Alina Manțu), the middle sister (a version of Masha, with her lover Mike—Andu Axente—being a fallen Vershinin reduced to the rank of a Kulygin, who, for reasons unknown, entertained the idea of adultery), a doctor obsessed with her career as a tool to block the channels through which the reality of part-time love could be recognized and embraced; Catherine (Georgiana Rusu—a version of Irina, not tragically abandoned but as a reflection of the mediocrity of an Iberian bar), the youngest sister (of the now-departed emperor-father in the shadow realm), a dancer in Spain (where she built her sandcastle of love), an explosive late adolescent (I have never understood the narrative choice, from Salt in the Soup to King Lear, to favor balance, wisdom, and, consequently, the misfortunes of the youngest daughter—at least here, the blend of humor and anguish seems more plausible). (Doru Mareș, Amfiteatru)

https://amfiteatru.com/2019/12/18/memorii-marine/