Ana-Maria Bamberger Explained

Ana-Maria Bamberger is a playwright of Romanian origin working in French, English, German, and Romanian.

Her plays are performed in theatres and at festivals in more than 15 countries.^[1]

A native of Bucharest, Bamberger studied medicine and worked in medical research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland (United States) and at the University Medical Center Hamburg, Germany.^[2] She began writing plays in 2003. Playwriting Masterclass with Stephen Jeffreys at the Royal Court Theatre in London (2011).^[3] She was Visiting Dramatist and Assistant Professor at the Paris School of Arts and Culture, the Paris Campus of Kent University.

She formed a close artistic relationship with the actress Olga Tudorache who performed in her first three plays.^[4]

The FOYER Theater Magazin, 3Sat, described her plays as "psychologically subtle, combining humour and depth". The Süddeutsche Zeitung sees "a deep seriousness behind biting sacarsm".^[5]

Selected plays and productions

The Paradoxe of Desire

• 2024 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Le Paradoxe du désir)^[6]

One Whole Night

• 2023 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Une nuit entière)^[7]
• 2023 London - White Bear Theatre^[8]

Talking to you

• 2018 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Parler avec toi)^[9]
• 2022 Bucharest - Teatrelli (Romanian title: Să vorbesc cu tine)
• Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest^[10]

Criminals

• 2017 Bucharest - Romanian Playwrights' Theatre (Teatrul Dramaturgilor Români) (Romanian title: Infractorii)^[11]
• 2019 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Cambriolage)^[12]

The Stone (co-authored with Christoph M. Bamberger)

• 2013 Germany - Theater Paderborn (German title: Der Stein)^[13]
• 2014 Paris - Théâtre Studio Hébertot (Transfer: Théâtre Essaion Paris 2015, Festival Avignon - Théâtre des Corps Saints 2015) (French title: Le Rocher)^[14]
• 2014 London - Tristan Bates Theatre (Used title: Rock and a Hard Place)^[15]
• 2019 Salzburg - Kleines Theater^[16]
• Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest (Romanian title: Pietroiul)^[17]

10 Questions

• 2011 Brighton - Marlborough Theatre^[18]
• 2012 Romania - Anton Pann Theatre (Romanian title: 10 Întrebari)^[19]
• 2014 Germany - Lichthof Theatre Hamburg (German title: 10 Fragen)^[20]
• Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest^[21]

Taxi Blues

• 2011 Bucharest - Nottara Theatre / Teatrul National Bucuresti 2015^[22]

Blind Date

• 2011 Hamburg - Kontraste Theater^[23]

Belvedere

• 2010 Hamburg - Kontraste Theater / Vagantenbühne Berlin^{[24] [25]}
• 2011 Romania - Classic Theatre Arad^[26]
• 2012 London - White Bear Theatre^[27]
• 2020 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse^[28]
• 2021 Madrid - Teatro Sanchinarro & Teatro Carril del Conde
• 2021 London - Old Red Lion Theatre^[29]
• 2022 Paris - Théâtre de Nesle (English)^[30]
• Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest, UNITER AWARD nomination^[31]

Three O'Clock

• 2010 Romania - National Theatre Sibiu, German Section^[32]
• 2010 Munich - Rosstall Theatre^[33]
• 2021 Germany - Stadttheater Weilheim^[34]
• Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest, Best actress Award, Grand Prix Nova^[35]

The Portrait of Donna T.

• 2008 Bucharest - Arcub Theatre / Transfer: Mic Theatre (Teatrul Mic) (Romanian title: Portretul doamnei T.)^{[36] [37]}
• 2008 Germany - EuroCentral Theatre Bonn (German title: Das Portrait der Donna T.)^[38]
• 2011 Prague - ABC Theatre (Divadlo ABC)
• 2022 Paris - Théâtre Le Guichet Montparnasse (French title: Le Portrait de Madame T.)^[39]
• Radio adaptation - National Theatre Radio Bucharest, UNITER AWARD winner^[40]

Martha, Marina

• 2004 Bucharest - Theatrum Mundi / Transfer: Metropolis Theatre (Romanian title: Peste cu mazare)^[41]
• 2008 Munich - Rosstall Theatre (German title: Martha, Marina)^[42]
• 2011 New York City - Davenport Studio staged reading with Tony Award Winner Mary Lou Wilson & Mary McCann^[43]
• 2016 Avignon - Théâtre La Luna (French title: Poisson et petits pois)^[44]
• 2018 Paris - Théâtre Funambule Montmartre (French title: Poisson et petits pois)^[45]

November

• 2003-2012 Bucharest - National Theatre Bucharest (Romanian title: Noiembrie)^[46]

External links

• Web site: Official web site.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ana-Maria Bamberger Felix Bloch Erben GmbH & Co. KG . 2024-05-10 . www.felix-bloch-erben.de.
2. Web site: Ana-Maria Bamberger Felix Bloch Erben GmbH & Co. KG . 2024-05-10 . www.felix-bloch-erben.de.
3. Web site: Ana-Maria Bamberger Felix Bloch Erben GmbH & Co. KG . 2024-05-10 . www.felix-bloch-erben.de.
4. Web site: Ana Maria Bamberger . regizorcautpiesa.ro . ro.
5. Web site: Ana-Maria Bamberger Felix Bloch Erben GmbH & Co. KG . 2024-05-11 . www.felix-bloch-erben.de.
6. Web site: Ana-Maria Bamberger en spectacle, au théâtre - L'Officiel des spectacles . 2024-05-11 . www.offi.fr . fr.
7. Web site: Ana-Maria Bamberger en spectacle, au théâtre - L'Officiel des spectacles . 2024-05-11 . www.offi.fr . fr.
8. Web site: Web . UK Theatre . Archive for One Whole Night at White Bear, London. 2023. [LONDON] ]. 2024-05-11 . UK Theatre Web . en.
9. Web site: Ana-Maria Bamberger en spectacle, au théâtre - L'Officiel des spectacles . 2024-05-11 . www.offi.fr . fr.
10. Web site: Arhive Sa vorbesc cu tine . 2024-05-11 . Radio România Internațional . ro-RO.
11. Web site: INFRACTORII – Teatrul Dramaturgilor Români . 2024-05-11 . ro-RO.
12. Web site: Ana-Maria Bamberger en spectacle, au théâtre - L'Officiel des spectacles . 2024-05-11 . www.offi.fr . fr.
13. Web site: LICHTHOF Theater Hamburg - Der Stein . 2024-05-11 . archiv.lichthof.de.
14. Web site: Ana-Maria Bamberger en spectacle, au théâtre - L'Officiel des spectacles . 2024-05-11 . www.offi.fr . fr.
15. Web site: 2014-04-07 . A Rock and a Hard Place . 2024-05-11 . Time Out London . en-GB.
16. Web site: Nachrichten . Salzburger . 2019-10-24 . Edi Jäger spielt "Der Stein": Ein Problem kann auch Lösung sein . 2024-05-11 . Salzburger Nachrichten . de.
17. Web site: srr.ro . 2024-05-11 . srr.ro . ro.
18. Web site: 2024-05-11 . Brighton Magazine - Ginny Davis Gives An Insight Into How Brighton Festival and Fringe Performers Retain Their Lines . 2024-05-11 . Magazine.brighton.co.uk . en.
19. Web site: Premiera cu spectacolul '10 Intrebari' de Ana-Maria Bamberger, la Teatrul Anton Pann . 2024-05-11 . www.hotnews.ro . ro.
20. Web site: 2013-11-05 . 10 FRAGEN . 2024-05-11 . LICHTHOF Theater . de-DE.
21. Web site: srr.ro . 2024-05-11 . srr.ro . ro.
22. Web site: Taxi Blues . 2024-05-11 . www.tnb.ro . en.
23. Web site: Opresnik . Miriam . 2011-12-02 . Pendlerin zwischen Theater und Medizin . 2024-05-11 . www.abendblatt.de . de.
24. Web site: 2011-11-19 . Die Rolle ihres Lebens - WELT . 2024-05-11 . DIE WELT . de.
25. Web site: 2011-09-21 . "Belvedere" von Ana-Maria Bamberger auf der Vaganten Bühne Berlin . 2024-05-11 . Theaterkompass - Für Theaterbesucher und Theatermacher . de-DE.
26. Web site: admin . 2010-12-06 . Belvedere, la Teatrul Clasic "Ioan Slavici" Arad . 2024-05-11 . News Arad . ro.
27. Web site: 2016-06-08 . Belvedere by Ana Maria Bamberger at White Bear Theatre . 2024-05-11 . London Theatre . en.
28. Web site: Ana-Maria Bamberger en spectacle, au théâtre - L'Officiel des spectacles . 2024-05-11 . www.offi.fr . fr.
29. Web site: Pulit . Magdalena . 2021-11-02 . Review: Belvedere at The Old Red Lion Theatre . 2024-05-11 . Theatre Weekly . en-GB.
30. Web site: Belvedere - Théâtre de Nesle - Theatre In Paris . 2024-05-11 . www.theatreinparis.com . en.
31. Web site: Belvedere de Ana-Maria Bamberger UNITER . 2024-05-11 . ro-RO.
32. Web site: Premiera teatrala la Sibiu cu piesa 'Three O Clock' . 2024-05-11 . www.hotnews.ro . ro.
33. Web site: Rina . Kath O. . Theater - Chronik 1 . 2024-05-11 . Roßstall neu . de-DE.
34. Web site: THREE O´Clock - Komödie . 2024-05-11 . hey.bayern . de.
35. Web site: radioromaniacultural.ro . 2024-05-11 . radioromaniacultural.ro . ro.
36. Web site: OLGA TUDORACHE ÎN PORTRETUL DOAMNEI T la ArCuB – ARCUB . 2024-05-11 . ro-RO.
37. Web site: 2022-07-24 . Olga Tudorache, dincolo de durerea unei iubiri frânte în tinerețe . 2024-05-11 . comentator.ro . ro-RO.
38. Web site: Das Portrait der Donna T. - kultur 50 - Oktober 2008 Theatergemeinde BONN Kultur. Vielfalt. Erleben. . 2024-05-11 . theatergemeinde-bonn.org.
39. Web site: Ana-Maria Bamberger en spectacle, au théâtre - L'Officiel des spectacles . 2024-05-11 . www.offi.fr . fr.
40. Web site: Portretul Doamnei T de Ana-Maria Bamberger UNITER . 2024-05-11 . ro-RO.
41. Web site: O poveste de succes, scrisa in 6 ani. Teatrul Metropolis aniverseaza 6 ani cu premiera spectacolului Lectia de violoncel, cu Radu Beligan . 2024-05-11 . www.hotnews.ro . ro.
42. Web site: Rina . Kath O. . Theater - Chronik 1 . 2024-05-11 . Roßstall neu . de-DE.
43. Web site: Davenport . Ken . 2011-12-05 . Our final reading of 2011 – and you are invited. - Ken Davenport . 2024-05-11 . Ken Davenport - . en.
44. Web site: Théâtre La Luna . 2024-05-11 . Théâtre La Luna . fr.
45. Web site: Poisson et petits pois ! - Théâtre Le Funambule . 2024-05-11 . www.funambule-montmartre.com . fr.
46. Web site: November . 2024-05-11 . www.tnb.ro . en.