THE COMPANY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNGSTERS

"THE MUSKETEERS"

Founded in 1999by three students of Theatre and Film Academy - Bucharest, the department of The Art of the Puppeteer, CRISTIAN MITESCU, VIOLETA ROMAN and ROXANA BAGHINSCHI. The first performance of "The Musketeers" took place on the 15th September 1999, with the title "A story and a Song", script writer and director: CRISTIAN MITESCU, scene-painter: ALICE POPESCU.
So far the company has a repertoire of 10 titles:

- THE COURIOUS ELEPHANT CUB
- THE LITTLE ESCHIMO
- THE MONKEY VIZIER
- THE LITTLE MERMAID
- GARDEN ADVENTURES
- THE CHARMED PRINCE
- THE BOY AND THE WIND
- A SONG AND A STORY
- A VOYAGE TO THE PUPPETS' WORLD
- A HEARTLESS LITTLE GIRL

As the number of shows risen, so has the number of actors. The following actors joined the founders: AURELIA BADULESCU, DENISE STANESCU, VIOREL COJANU, MANUELA ALIONTE, GEORGE FRANCU. The same team under CRISTIAN MITESCU'S guidance took part into the realization of different children shows on the national TV station (TVR 1): KIKI, RIKI, MIKI, TIP-TOP,MINI-TOP, Ziggy's Garage; Sunday Kindergarten; Lilipufi's Adventures. From the above repertoire, “The Curious Elephant Cub", script-writer and director CRISTIAN MITESCU, based on a story by R. Kipling, was broadcast by the national TV channel (TVR 1).