ABOUT

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The Tamási Áron Theatre’s Reflex was born in the spring of 2009, and spring remained the season
when the spectators of Sfântu Gheorghe and their guests are tempted to experiment the leisure of
reflection in spaces for meeting and dialogue, opened by famous and brave productions of
contemporary European theatre. This is how it happened in the springs of 2009, 2012, 2015, and
2018, when the first four Reflexes were held. The time for Reflex5 has finally arrived in a spring as
well, but this time differently from the previous ones, as it will happen in three phases: in March,
May, and October, 2023. This way, Reflex5 touches three of 2023’s seasons, in a year when the
Tamási Áron Theatre celebrates 75 years from its founding.
In 2018 when Reflex4 happened, noone could foresee the dramatic changes the whole world was
going to go through, and that five years will go by before we’ll be able to enjoy Tamási Áron
Theatre’s Reflex5, in 2023. It’s a joy overshadowed by the war in our vicinity, by the fear of Covid
and economic crisis that deepens our drifting and angst. What’s art, theatre good for in such times,
when the images in reality’s mirror are so haunting and keep changing? When confusedly, we watch
endless reflections, searching for truth in our lives? It’s this and many other questions about the
individual and societal drifting of our era that our public will confront in the spaces for meeting and
dialogue opened by the Tamási Áron Theatre’s Reflex5.