SEPTEMBER 20, 6:00 PM, Arcadia Hall
Show duration: 45 min.
Age limit: 12+
"Merlin" Children and Youth Theater Timișoara

artistic direction: David Zuazola (Spain)
dramatization: Robert Copoț, Laurențiu Pleșa, David Zuazola
scenography: David Zuazola, Attila Bajko
music: Lazar Novkov (Serbia)
with: Robert Copoț, Laurențiu Pleșa

THE WINDOW is a visual and moving meditation on the fragility of perception, the need for meaning, and the longing for light.

Somewhere, in a hospital that seems detached from time, two patients share the same room and the dense silence of waiting. Mr. White, sitting by a window covered by a heavy curtain, describes a world full of life every day — a lively park, people, color, movement. Through his stories, the claustrophobic space breathes. But when the routine is interrupted, and the truth behind the "window" is revealed, the perspective changes radically.

The show delicately explores the boundary between reality and imagination, between hope and illusion, using a language specific to object theater and contemporary animation. 

Prizes:

• the award for the best animation/children's theater show at the UNITER Awards Gala 2026

• „"THE WINDOW" won four awards at the "Igor Madžirov" International Children's Theater Festival 2025 (Skopje, Macedonia):
  – Best Director Award – David Zuazola
  – Special Award for Visual Identity – David Zuazola and Attila Bajko
  – Special Award for Music – Lazar Novkov
  – Special award for collective animation / puppetry – Robert Copoț and Laurențiu Pleșa