“Traffic Jam” by Alina Nelega at Hotbed Theatre Festival Cambridge
Sun 21 Jul
|Cambridge Junction
Presenting new Romanian drama in English!


Time & Location
21 Jul 2024, 15:00 – 16:30
Cambridge Junction, Clifton Way, Cambridge CB1 7GX, UK
About the event
We are thrilled to partner up with Hotbed Theatre Festival Cambridge, which takes place 19-21 July, an annual new writing festival, celebrating and platforming the best new writing from across the region and beyond for the last 22 years. "Traffic Jam” by Alina Nelega, one of Romania’s leading playwrights, will be presented in British premiere in a brand new translation by Jozefina Komporaly. We warmly invite you to join us for this script-in-hand performance on Sunday 21 July at 3 pm. "Traffic Jam” was a hit when it premiered in Romania and Alina Nelega remains one of the country’s most highly regarded authors.
The show will be followed by a talk featuring author Alina Nelega, translator Jozefina Komporaly and director Paul Bourne.
The play consists of the monologues of six women and a dog – the fragmented dramaturgy reconstructs the action from the different perspectives of characters, showcasing a wide…
