The Romanian Cultural Institute, in partnership with the State Jewish Theatre, presents on Saturday, 10 October 2026, at 12:00, the performance “Tatăl, Pogromul și Paralela” (The Father, the Pogrom and the Parallel), directed by Henrik Dahl, as part of the cultural events marking the National Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust.
The performance is produced by Teater Tribunalen of Stockholm, Sweden, and is part of the company's tour of Romania, taking place from 4 to 17 October 2026 with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute. Performed in Swedish with Romanian subtitles, it features Adriana Savin, Henrik Dahl and Gaianeh Pilossian.
The tour brings the show to Iași, Galați, Bucharest, Craiova, Bacău, Piatra Neamț and Brăila, and is being documented by Cinelandia for Swedish Television (SVT).
About the performance
"The Father, the Pogrom and the Parallel" begins with the artist Adriana Savin's attempt to reconstruct the story of her father, a young Jewish man from Bucharest who survived the persecutions of the Second World War.
This personal story intersects with the history of Romania in the 1920s and 1930s, a period in which democratic rights and equality before the law coexisted, over time, with the growth of antisemitism and persecution policies.
Also inspired by Mihail Sebastian's "Journal 1935-1944", the performance sets the memory of the Holocaust in Romania in dialogue with the transformations of contemporary European society.
Fascism does not seize power through a spectacular coup. Like the drop that wears away the stone, fascism erodes society through violence and the promise of simple solutions. Language and mentality change. What at first seemed unthinkable becomes natural.
Information
📅 Saturday, 10 October 2026, 12:00
📍 Venue: State Jewish Theatre (15 Iuliu Barasch Street)
🎭 Direction: Henrik Dahl
👥 Cast: Adriana Savin, Henrik Dahl, Gaianeh Pilossian
🗣️ Language: Swedish, with Romanian subtitles
⏱️ Running time: approximately 70 minutes
🎟️ Free admission
The Team
- Concept: Adriana Savin
- Script: Adriana Savin and Henrik Dahl
- Director: Henrik Dahl
- Dramaturg: Vesna Stanišić
- Translation: Arina Stoenescu
- Music: Dror Feiler
- Movement: Andromachi D. Lindahl
- Set design: Magnus Lindberg
- Costumes: Ulrika van Gelder
- Lighting design: Jonatan Winbo
- Make-up: Cais-Mari Björnlod
- Producer: Hanna Melanton Appelfeldt
Produced by Adriana Savin in collaboration with Teater Tribunalen. More information: tribunalen.com tribunalen.com
With the support of
Romanian Cultural Institute, State Jewish Theatre, UNATC, Laude-Reut Educational Complex, Kulturrådet (Swedish Arts Council), Konstnärsnämnden (Swedish Arts Grants Committee), Stockholms stad (City of Stockholm), Region Stockholm, Asylum Arts, ABF Stockholm, Föreningen Förintelsens överlevare (Association of Holocaust Survivors), Paideia, Natur & Kultur Publishing House.
About Teater Tribunalen
Teater Tribunalen was founded in 1995 by actors from the Malmö Theatre Academy and performing artists from the Institute of Dramatic Art. Since its founding, the company has worked in the former Lido cinema on Hornsgatan in Stockholm, supported by the Swedish Authors' Fund and in continuous collaboration with ABF Stockholm.