A început cea de-a 32-a ediție FITS. Bill Murray și Kathleen Turner sunt printre personalitățile legendare care vor susține spectacole la Sibiu
Sibiu, June 20th, 2025 – The 32nd edition of the Sibiu International Theatre Festival takes place between the 20th and the 29th of June and proposes hundreds of performances of theatre, dance, contemporary circus, classical and contemporary music, as well as exhibitions, conferences and workshops.
For 10 days, important names in the performing arts domain will be present in Sibiu to take part in FITS and the structures associated with the Festival: Sibiu Performing Arts Market, The Drama and Arts Management Universities Convention, The International Platform of Doctoral Research, Therme Forum and The Visual Arts Platform.
“The moment has come to reap the fruits of the year's work and enjoy the Miracle of Art together. It’s the moment we have been waiting for from the end of the previous edition and the emotion of reunion always gives us the energy to keep going. This year we say THANK YOU to all the artists, partners and Her Majesty, the Audience, without whom all this would not have been possible.” declared Constantin Chiriac, President of the Festival.
Bill Murray and Kathleen Turner among the special guests of this edition
The program of this year’s edition of the Sibiu International Theatre Festival includes a concert-performance by the legendary Bill Murray (New Worlds), a performance between theatre and contemporary circus with the American actress Kathleen Turner (Listen to Me), the co-production of the Radu Stanca National Theatre and the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre – Jonah, directed by Silviu Purcărete, a performance signed by Tiago Rodrigues, the director of the Avignon Theatre Festival (No Yogurt for the Dead), a Schaubühne Berlin production signed by Milo Rau, director of Vienna Festival (The Seer), but also contemporary dance performances by Beijing Dance Academy or Scapino Ballet Rotterdam.
In total, 842 events will be held in 10 days, more than 5000 artists from 82 countries being expected to perform.
This year, 7 new names will be honoured on the Walk of Fame: American actors Bill Murray and Kathleen Turner, the Japanese actor Kuranosuke Sasaki, the Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986, the French playwright and director Alexis Michalik, the Belgian choreographer Alain Platel and the playwright Eugène Ionesco.
This year’s theme – THANK YOU – represents the connection between generosity, joy, the power of giving, emotion and the relation between artists and the public, mediated by all those who contribute to this miraculous process.
More details regarding indoor, outdoor and online performances taking place at FITS 2025 are available on the sibfest.ro website and through the FITS mobile app.
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FITS Communications team