Румыния 2009 -О Миньоне
Certainly one of the most beautiful plays for children that I ever seen, Mignone is the story of a teenager – a strange, negative creature that lives in isolation and loneliness. Her world is symbolised by the cage-cupboard she spends every day of her life, surrounded by memories and bizarre characters, outcomes of a rich imagination.

While trying to find herself, Mignone continuously changes her masks, costumes, shoes and only in the end, barefoot, she manages to become her own again.

All her tricks and extravagant behaviour are desperate attempts in getting back her friends and family, while in the eyes of the public it seems as if she’s begging for love.
However, the public can only give her applauses. She now realises that only devotion can bring back the long awaited serenity. Mignone revelation becomes destructive and all her negative feelings go towards the cage-cupboard, which she tears down and from which she builds a table. She fills the table with plates, dishes and food (bread, apples) and gathers a little family around her, made up of members of the audience – brothers, sisters, a father and a mother, who brings her a birthday cake.

A daring and faultless by all means, amusingly interactive, which made all children (sadly too young to understand the play’s deeper meanings) go from laughing to screaming at short time intervals. Under the kids’ play mask, I found irreplaceable losses and findings, a second’s happiness and the worst kind of loneliness, spiced up with a beautifull chosen soundtrack. And the main character’s role, played by Tamara Karpova, is simply amazing – I’m sure the director couldn’t have found a better interpretation for the bizzare, frail Mignone.

The play had been part of the International Theatre Festival for Children, organised by Ion Creanga theatre, where I recently found out that they even received the Great Prize and also the Award for Best Actress. I don’t know if the company is to play in Romania too soon, but you can follow them on their official site.

Cristina Andries
Mixul de Cultura – Chief Editor

Источник – Mixul de Cultura

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