Scenography Commission
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International Festival of Theatre
Sibiu, Rumania
May 27 – 31, 2009

Costume Working Group Report
OISTAT Scenography Commission
Co-Heads:Laura Crow and Lise Klitten Vice Head:Kazue Hatano

The city is in a state of restoration, but there is still a lot of work

Romania is a step back in time.  Like so many former Communist cities, the glorious old architecture remains, but it is often in need of repair, and the electrical wires are terrifying.

Bucharest Cec Bank

There are large monumental carved stone buildings from the late 18th and early 19th century, when it was at powerful urban city.  Some of the monumental buildings have been restored and some have cracks and crumbling areas desperately in need of repair.  Many buildings in Bucharest look very Parisian.

Two large hotels in the old style.

The old architecture is often rendered unattractive since it is placed next to very modern cinder block buildings.   There is no apparent city planning.

Graffiti Sex and Drug shops

Bucharest is plagued with the same graffiti that ruins many of Europe’s beautiful old buildings.   The Opium Stage Club and the Sex Shop in the mall attest to the serious night life in town.

Traditional Orthodox Church
and 18th C Byzantine chapel

Yet often around another corner is a divine Orthodox Church complete with onion domes or a Byzantine Chapel from the early 18th century.  This one is the Strahovsty Monastery.