Edition I: May 25 – 31, 1994

The generic:  Planet Ionesco

INTERNATIONAL JURY:

Kenneth Campbell (USA), director, university professor 

Dorin Tudoran (USA), publicist, writer

Cristina Dumitrescu (Roma) theater critic, festival director

Valentina Tăzlauanu (Moldova) theater critic, editor of the Sud-Est culture and literature magazine.

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES:  Albania, France, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden

PERFORMANCES:

FRANCE: The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Guy Jutard, Théâtre Archimage and Company Guy Jutard, Moulins 

LITHUANIA: Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Kestutis Adomaitis, Pantomime Theatre, Caunas

MOLDOVA: The King Dies by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Petru Vutcarau and Mihai Fusu, Theater Eugène Ionesco, Chisinau

MOLDOVA: The Bald Singer by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Petru Vutcarau, Theater Eugène Ionesco, Chisinau

MOLDOVA: Macbett by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Mihai Fusu, Luceafărul Theater, Chisinau

MOLDOVA: Delirium in Two by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Ion Ciubotaru, Vasile Alecsandri National Theater from Balti

ROMANIA: The Bald Singer by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Tompa Gabor, Hungarian State Theater from Cluj-Napoca

RUSSIA: The King Dies by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Patrick Rollin (France), French Cultural Center in Moscow, on the stage of MHAT APCehov Theater, Moscow

RUSSIA: The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Maria Fridh (Sweden), Studio Theater "U Nikitskih Vorot", Moscow

SPAIN: Rincon Oscuro by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Etelvino Vázquez Pérez, Teatro del Norte, Asturias

Sweden: Delirium in two by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Maria Fridh, "Millesgarden" Museum, "Rum for vanvett" project, Stockholm

 Awards:

THE BEST SHOW:  The bald singer by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Tompa Gabor, Hungarian State Theatre, Cluj-Napoca, Romania,

BEST DIRECTOR: Tompa Gabor, The Bald Singer of Eugene Ionesco, Hungarian State Theatre, Cluj-Napoca, Romania,

BEST FEMALE ROLE: Ala Menșicov, Queen Margareta in The King Dies by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Petru Vutcarau and Mihai Fusu, Teatrul, Chisinau, Moldova;

BEST MALE ROLE – Serghei Iurski, King Beranger in The King Dies of Eugene Ionesco, directed by Patrick Rollin, French Cultural Center, Moscow, Russia;

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – Petru Vutcarau, director.

EVENTS:

• Press conferences organized for theaters participating in BITEI 1994
• Thematic meetings with masters, actors, directors