Things I know to be true
SEPTEMBER 19, 7 p.m., Sala Transilvania Hall
Show duration: 130 min.
Age limit: 18+
Queen Maria Theatre, Oradea
by Andrew Bovell | translation: Vlad Bălan
Director: Vlad Balan
Scenography: Gabi Albu
Original music: Cristina Juncu
Video design: Impress Media
Distribution:
Bob: Richard Balint
Fran: Corina Cernea
Pip: Denisa Irina Vlad
Ben: Eugene Neag
Mark: Cosmin Petrut
Red: Giorgiana Coman
Children: Sofia Latcu, Rare Red, Luca Bran, Cezar Sirghi, Elena Sirghi
Adults: Carina Good, Mirela Rosu
We all need a safe space, where we know we can return when life doesn't go the way we wanted it to. A place of our own, where we can protect ourselves and where things remain intact, as we've always known them. But what happens when we find that personal shelter crumbling due to a weakness we didn't know about or chose to ignore?
Rosie, the youngest of the Price family, is on a trip through Europe on her gap year and is forced to return home to find her balance. Here, she is welcomed by the whole family and, for a moment, everything seems unchanged: the father, who takes care of the rose garden, the mother, who has a solution for everything, Ben, who can't seem to maintain a relationship, Mark, who has always been the more withdrawn brother and Pip, who seems to live a happy life with her husband and two children. However, this image is just an illusion that is about to disappear when the unspoken things between them come to the surface, and the relational balance that proves fragile is put to the test.
Things I know to be true explores the complicated family dynamics that hide behind them the sacrifices made by parents in the name of their children, the pressure of expectations imposed on children, but also the urgent need for each one to express and defend their own truth. Beyond the intimate struggles between their own aspirations and disappointments, each family member is forced to manage the sudden and unexpected changes in the lives of others, the consequences of which cannot be healed by love alone.
