RCI London's Theatre Season Continues with Andreea Tănase's "All's Well That Ends"

We are excited to continue our 2024 Theatrical  Season on World Theatre Day with Andreea Tănase's captivating play, "All’s Well That Ends". A show created by the British theatre company Kibo Productions under the direction of Leo Bacica, the performance stars talented actors Nicoleta Marica (Romania) and Gerardo Cabal (Mexico). After the London premiere in October 2023, at the Barons Court Theatre, the show was nominated for the prestigious Standing Ovation Award by London Pub Theatres. 

"All’s Well That Ends" is a two-character play that invites the audience to the divorce party of Daria and Radu. The performance takes us on a journey into the intimate universe of a couple's life, where the two celebrate the most important moments of their existence together. He loves beer and dogs, she is allergic, but they can have a whiskey together. After 11 years of marriage, the protagonists will try, in turn, to reminisce about the pleasant and less pleasant moments, recalling with nostalgia, irony, and humour everything that made them fall in love and embark on a journey together.

"All’s Well That Ends"

by Andreea Tănase

Daria - Nicoleta Marica 

Radu - Gerardo Cabal

Directed by Leonard Băcică

The show is performed in English.

Andreea Tănase graduated from the Master's program in Dramatic Writing at the University of Arts in Târgu Mureș. In the summer of 2019, she participated in DRAMA 5 – a dramatic writing residency organized by Reactor de Creație și Experiment in Cluj-Napoca. Her play, "All’s Well That Ends," was directed by Radu Nica and staged at Reactor de Creație și Experiment in September 2019. In February 2020, she won the contest for contemporary playwriting "Corneliu-Dan Borcia" with her play "98% (the correct decision)," which was directed by Elena Morar and staged at Teatrul Tineretului in Piatra Neamț. In July 2020, she won the prize in the monodrama section of the theatre and literature contest organized by Teatrul Dramaturgilor Români, the National Museum of Romanian Literature, and the Metropolitan Library of Bucharest. Her play, a preliminary version of the monodrama "The Day I Married Myself," was staged online with actress Mirela Zeța in December 2020.

Leonard Bacica is a Romanian theatre director and producer based in the United Kingdom. He made his debut in 2019 with the staged reading of "A Lost Letter," the English premiere of Caragiale's play "O scrisoare pierdută" ("A Lost Letter"). Other productions include "The Suicidal Dog" and "Laika" by Cătălina Florescu (Finnish Institute in London, Dome Theatre Birmingham, 2019, and online in 2020), "The Crease" by Kelly Jones (Theatro Technis, 2019), "Unpack" by Cătălina Florescu (The Wall Online Festival, 2021), "Siobhan" by Gariella Curtis (Reboot Festival 2021), "One Night Stand" by Marianne Kelly (Omnibus Theatre & Barons Court Theatre, 2022), "Stan" by Kate Webster (Reboot Festival, 2022), "Force of Habit" by Roz Wylie, "Drawing Through the Microscope" by Janine Sobeck-Knighton, and "All's Well That Ends" by Andreea Tănase (Barons Court Theatre in 2023). The production of "All's Well That Ends" was nominated for the Standing Ovation Award by London Pub Theatres. Since 2021, Leonard Bacică has served as the executive director of Barons Court Theatre.

Kibo Productions is a theatre production company established in London in 2013 by Sharon Willems and Leo Băcică. Among Kibo's productions are "Jonah" by Marin Sorescu (London, 2017 and USA, 2019), "Tea Set" by Gina Moxley (London 2014 and Edinburgh Festival 2015), and "The Big Things" by Mike Heath (Barons Court Theatre, 2018). Kibo Productions managed Teatro Technis in 2019 and has been managing Barons Court Theatre since 2021. Kibo Productions has also initiated and produced three editions of the Reboot Festival, the largest short play festival in London. This spring, they offer the audience no less than six original productions: "Still Life with Onions" by Rob Burbidge, "The Quest for Mongolian Death Worm" by Liam O'Brady, "The Distressed Table" by Melville Lovatt, "Three Queens" by Ros Gravelle, "Deaf as a Post" by Shaun Blaney, and "Sweet Nothings" by Raegan Payne - all at Barons Court Theatre.