Petrika Ionesco Explained
Petrika Ionesco (born Petrică Ionescu; 13 October 1946) is a Romanian-born French stage director, scenic designer and playwright.
Life and career
In 1970 he graduated from the "Ion Luca Caragiale" Theatrical Arts Academy in Bucharest, and in the same year he defected while touring Italy.[1]
After living in France for about a year, he went to the USA in 1971 (at the invitation of stage director Ellen Stewart), and then hitchhiked around the world before returning to Paris. There he met Fernando Arrabal, who invited him to London to stage his play Et ils passèrent des menottes aux fleurs ("And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers").
He has staged plays in France, Great Britain, Germany, Ireland, Romania, Switzerland, etc.[2] Although he mainly works for the theatre stage, he has also staged shows at Disneyland.[3]
He became a French citizen in 1976.[4] He made the set of Nureyev's Cinderella at the Opéra de Paris in 2008.[5]
Filmography
- Cinderella (2007), stage design[6]
Plays
- L’Atlantide
- L’enfance de Vladimir Kobalt
Publications
- Book: Ionesco, Petrika . L’apocalypse subtile d’Oscar . 14 April 2024 . Le Lys Bleu Éditions . 979-10-422-2577-3 . fr.
References
- Web site: Simteam ca am o misiune. Romanian. 14 June 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201233206/http://www.romaniaculturala.ro/articol.php?cod=7676. 1 February 2014.
- Web site: Petrika Ionesco. 26 October 2012. Romanian. https://web.archive.org/web/20120620103942/http://sfopera.com/Profile-Bios/Production/Petrika-Ionesco.aspx. 20 June 2012. dead.
- Web site: Nashville Cats in Mouseland. 27 October 2012.
- Web site: Petrika Ionesco. 26 October 2012. 2 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202214359/http://www.theatrelyriquesuisse.com/petrika_ionesco_e.htm. dead.
- Web site: Cinderella goes Hollywood . 2024-05-26 . Medici.tv . en-US.
- Web site: CINDERELLA. 26 October 2012.
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