ICR Romanian Cultural Institute London

Jean-Lorin Sterian @ Attic Arts

Jean-Lorin Sterian is a writer, film director, playwright and journalist. He has published a novel Lorgean (Polirom, 2007) and short stories Postume (Amaltea, 2002), The Writer Goes Hunting (ProLogos, 2001), Baltazar and Hazard (Metafora, 1997). He has also written the short and feature scripts The Principle of Communicating Vessels Applied to Love (2006), Netless mornings (2006) and Bachelor Hour (2007, together with Ioana Joca).

In 2008, he created the Lorgean Theatre - 'a theatre of intimate spaces' in his own flat in Bucharest. The stage is separated from the living space by a light sign. The performers stay next to spectators. The entrance is free, but you have to be invited and to bring a personal object related to the topic of the play. At the end of the show, the objects are narrated, debated.

During the residency at the Institute, Jean-Lorin Sterian will develop a Lorgean Theatre project and will meet theatre professionals from the Royal Court, Young Vic, Soho Theatre, Forced Entertainment and Theatre 503.

When: 1 - 31 October 2009;
Where: Romanian Cultural Institute London