THE ROMANTICS
- Director: Paata Tsikolia
- Theatre:Royal District Theatre
- Hosting Theatre :Royal District Theatre
- Date:
- 1 September - 20:00 hr,
Marita Liparteliani, Paata Tsikolia
Directed by Paata Tsikolia
Set Design: Ira Shengelia
Costume Design: Keti Gunia
Camera: Saba Shengelia, Eka Darsavelidze
Composes/Musical Arrangement: Gvantsa Enukidze
Director’s Assistant: Natia Shalikashvili
Theatre and Artistic Director: Nikoloz Tavadze
Duration: 120 minutes / without intermission
Genre: Drama
Cast: Davit Beshitaishvili, Nata Murvanidze, Lasha Mebuke, Ketie Djavakhishvili
Premiere on: 16/09/2026
About Performance
THE ROMANTICS is an anti-romantic chamber tragedy - a poetic and intense story that invites the audience into the brutal and contradictory world of adolescence. Here, the tragedy of one teenage girl gradually becomes an indictment of an entire culture. The students’ reality, their slang, and Georgian Romantic poetry collide in a world built on silence, class privilege, misogyny, and institutional self-preservation. The play is not only about a single crime. It examines how schools and families pass violence on to future generations, turn silence and obedience into tradition, and conceal cruelty behind refined language. THE ROMANTICS is a visually and emotionally charged production - a painfully contemporary story about young people and their parents.
Press
At the 2024 Heidelberger Stückemarkt, Marita Liparteliani’s debut play was praised as “an oppressive, threatening and utterly gripping thought experiment” and “a virtuosic chamber play of suffocating claustrophobia.”
Since 1997, Royal District Theatre has been one of Georgia’s leading supporters of contemporary and innovative theatre. Its stage has always been open to young artists and independent creative groups. Many significant voices in Georgian theatre were first heard here. One of the theatre’s central aims has always been to discover and support emerging artists, encourage the bold first steps of young companies, and create space for artistic risk-taking. Royal District Theatre has gained international recognition through productions that are radical in form and politically urgent in content. Its work consistently responds to the political, social, and cultural processes shaping contemporary society. The theatre sees its mission not only as creating and supporting new forms of theatrical expression, but also as protecting a space for artistic freedom, critical thought, and solidarity. We believe that theatre is a place where society confronts its contradictions and gathers the strength to break the silence.
Theatre Director: Nikoloz Tavadze
Contact Person: David Gabunia – Head of the Literary Department
Contact Information: 595424261 / dgabunia@yahoo.com
Willian Shakespeare in a translation by Vakhtang Chelidze