Awards and award winners of the XXVIII edition of the Short Theatre Festival
The Oradea International Theatre Festival (FITO) concluded its 10th edition on Sunday, September 20, held between September 10–20, 2026. This year's edition marked a double anniversary: 10 years of FITO and 50 years since the first edition of the Short Theatre Festival, inaugurated in 1976 under the name Short Theatre Week.
PRESS RELEASE | Oradea International Theatre Festival, anniversary edition
The Oradea International Theatre Festival returns, after a short break, with an anniversary edition marking 10 years of FITO and 50 years since the first edition of the Short Theatre Festival. Organized by the Regina Maria Theatre in Oradea, in partnership with the FITO Cultural Foundation, and financed by the Bihor County Council, the event takes place between September 10–20, 2026 and brings together two main sections: the Short Theatre Festival and the Arcadia Children's Festival.
philanthropist
SEPTEMBER 16, 8:00 PM, Main Hall
Duration: 1h
Age limit: 16+
Dirty Granny Tales, Athens (Greece)
O2 [OXYGEN]
SEPTEMBER 19 and 20, 9:30 PM, King Ferdinand I Square
Show duration: 50 min.
Age limit: 14+
PIA Projectos de Intervenção Artística (Portugal) | FREE ACCESS
The Window
SEPTEMBER 20, 6:00 PM, Arcadia Hall
Show duration: 45 min.
Age limit: 12+
"Merlin" Children and Youth Theater Timișoara
Dracula. About how I became a monster
SEPTEMBER 20, 11:00 AM, Arcadia Hall
Show duration: 45 min.
Age limit: 7+
"Puck" Puppet Theatre Cluj-Napoca
Petrica and the Wolf
SEPTEMBER 18, 10:30 AM, Arcadia Hall
Show duration: 60 min.
Age limit:
Baia Mare Municipal Theater – Puppet Section
PLUSH STORIES
SEPTEMBER 19, 6:00 PM, Arcadia Hall
Show duration: 35 min.
Recommended age: 0-3 years
"Gulliver" Children and Youth Theater, Galați
GOAT WITH THREE KIDS
SEPTEMBER 19, 11:00 AM, Arcadia Hall
Show duration: 60 min.
Age limit: 7+
"Gulliver" Children and Youth Theater, Galați
The Balaur family kitchen
SEPTEMBER 17, 10:30 AM, Arcadia Hall
Show duration: 45 min.
Age limit: 3+
Colibri Theater, Craiova
The Story of Little Muck
SEPTEMBER 16, 10:30 AM, Arcadia Hall
Show duration: 45 min.
Age limit: 4+
"Prichindel" Puppet Theater Alba Iulia
Don Quixote
SEPTEMBER 15, 10:30 AM, Arcadia Hall
Show duration: 55 min.
Age limit: 6+
Arlechino Theatre Brașov
Olive-green vegetable substance with a pungent odor
SEPTEMBER 14, 6:00 PM, Arcadia Hall
Duration of the show: 75 min.
Age limit: 14+
National University of Theatre and Cinematography "IL Caragiale" Bucharest
Abuse of the stage
SEPTEMBER 12, 6:00 PM, Arcadia Hall
Show duration: 70 min.
Age limit: 16+
Faculty of Theater and Film, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
Lose the North | Perdre le Nord
SEPTEMBER 18, 5:00 PM, Transilvania Hall
Duration of the show: 75 min.
Age limit: –
KatlZ Riga (Latvia)