Introduction: Festivalling with Shakespeare in Craiova 2024

Cinpoes, Nicoleta; Valls-Russell, J.

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Cinpoes, Nicoleta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2035-9964 and Valls-Russell, J. (2025) Introduction: Festivalling with Shakespeare in Craiova 2024. Cahiers Élisabéthains: A Journal of English Renaissance Studies, 118 (1). pp. 105-111. ISSN 0184-7678

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Abstract

Briefly charting the journey of the Craiova International Shakespeare Festival (CISF) from a post-communist venture, in 1994, to a leading global Shakespeare festival, this introduction examines its 30th anniversary edition, ‘Communities Build Festivals’, both in terms of continuity and innovation, focusing on new programming and community engagement initiatives. It explores the Festival's mission, as articulated by director Vlad Drăgulescu, and its emphasis on a ‘Shakespeare for everyone’ by fostering community building and challenging the traditional roles of audience and artists. Finally, it reflects on how festivals build communities and collaborations, highlighting the CISF's role as a cultural incubator, an international platform, a space for artistic expression and community support, particularly for artists from Ukraine and Moldova, and as a catalyst of new festival initiatives.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	College of Arts, Humanities and Education > School of Humanities
Related URLs:	https://journals.sagepub.com/home/CAE Publisher
Copyright Info:	© The Author(s) 2025.
Depositing User:	Joseph Rix
Date Deposited:	17 Feb 2026 16:57
Last Modified:	17 Feb 2026 17:15
URI:	https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/15827

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