FEST(in) on the Boulevard

In 2013 Nottara Theater initiated Fest⁽ⁱⁿ⁾ on the Boulevard, an annual cultural project. The festival has two main sections and several additional sections and activities. The first main section is titled the Comedy Boulevard and it includes Romanian and foreign highly successful comedies. It is hosted by Horia Lovinescu Hall (339 seats), which has specialized in premium comedy, a genre highly appreciated by the audience.

It is the organizers’ intention to stay in touch with everyday life; therefore the second main section of the festival focuses on topical issues: a theme a year. This competitive section will be hosted by George Constantin Hall (100 seats). Theater is a vivid art form that has to stay close to the public, addressing familiar matters, which should be both food for thought and recipes for laughter.

Several foreign companies will be invited to present productions that focus on the selected theme of each edition. It is our intention to involve more Romanian and foreign public and private institutions, in an international valuable and up-to-date program.

The festival week also includes colloquia, readings, book launches, street events, and a photo exhibition dedicated to the previous edition.

Fest⁽ⁱⁿ⁾ on the Boulevard is meant to become an annual quality theatrical event that will diversify Bucharest’s cultural offer and attract the audience through its program and especially the foreign companies that are invited. The presence of foreign guests, both artists and theorists, in Bucharest will also contribute to promoting Romanian culture abroad.

In the long run, our purpose is to consolidate the Fest⁽ⁱⁿ⁾ on the Boulevard identity, as a festival dedicated to premium comedy and topical issues for today’s society, meant to educate the public in appreciating this fragile, but vivid art form, which is theater.