Măgura presents KĀKĀRIKI / THE PARROTS
5,6 and7 September 2025

Măgura is preparing a new production – a delightful comedy about the passions, dreams, and loves of ordinary people just like us, yet each one unique in their own way. The play has been written especially for Măgura and for the Romanian community in Auckland. You will recognise yourselves and those around you. Together, we will ask what one does when it seems there is nothing left to do, and we will laugh together at ourselves and at the tragicomic situations life places us in.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see the comedy written by Raluca Rădulescu and directed by Filip Ristovski: Kākāriki / The Parrots.

Performances will take place on 6 and 7 September 2025 at the Te Oro Centre in Glen Innes, with a special public rehearsal on the Friday for a limited audience.

The performance is not recommended for children under 12.

Raluca and Filip have travelled especially to Auckland to work with the Măgura Troupe. Come and meet them!

About Raluca Rădulescu

Raluca Rădulescu has been a journalist with Radio Romania since 1999. She has been translating and writing about, and for, theatre for 15 years. She currently presents the programme Stage and Screen at Radio Romania Cultural and curates the Oradea International Theatre Festival. She holds a PhD in Philology.

She has translated into Romanian more than ten volumes of theatre theory, including the “Bible of Theatre” – An Actor’s Work on Himself by K. S. Stanislavski, for which she received the UNITER Award, as well as over fifty plays, the most recent being a volume of contemporary Estonian drama. She has curated theatre laboratories and festivals in Bucharest and across the country, and has provided artistic consultancy for numerous festivals throughout Europe.

About Filip Ristovski

Filip Ristovski is an actor at the Nottara Theatre in Bucharest and a lecturer at the National University of Music Bucharest. He graduated from UNATC “I. L. Caragiale”, holds a Master’s degree in singing, and a PhD in Acting.

He made his debut at the Bulandra Theatre in a production directed by Cătălina Buzoianu, alongside Maia Morgenstern and Virgil Ogășanu. He performs in theatre, musicals, films, and television series. He has also taught acting courses for amateurs, with whom he has staged numerous productions. In addition, he is a trainer in public speaking and communication programmes.

In 2025, he received an award at the Monaco Film Festival for his role in Enescu, Flayed Alive by Toma Enache. His most recent premiere at the Nottara Theatre is On the Passions of the Fair Sex in the Golden Age by Selma Dragoș, directed by Elena Morar.