Shows
Theatre Plays
Our portfolio includes "Reflection", a non-verbal play with four life-size puppets, "Loverphysics / Iubitafizica", a poetic play with seven life-size puppets, and "It's me, Annabel" the most complex story produced by Lightwave Theatre so far. Check it outPress
Short artistic moments created for TV appeareances. See moreEvents
Lightwave Theatre Company can be your element of surprise for your guests, clients and business partners. The visual art with life-size puppets for grown-ups, together with music and the optical illusions that we create, bringing objects to life right in front of you, will take you to a world in which everything is possible. Our artistic moments can be specialy designed to tell your story. Find outBookings / Bilete
Come to our shows to learn more about life-size puppetry for grown-ups or book us for your event. InfoAbout
Lightwave Theatre is a Romanian independent visual theatre company specialized in human-size puppet shows for adults. In seven years of activity so far, Lightwave has been selected to step on national and international stages in Great Britain, Croatia, Germany, Turkey, Bulgaria and many other with a portfolio which includes four theatre plays: “Reflection”, “Loverphysics”, “It’s me, Annabel” and "The Little Prince". Regarding public TV appearances, Lightwave Theatre has boldly approached the Romanian public at Romania’s Got Talent in 2015, receiving a Golden Buzzer, and also the German one as finalist at Die Puppenstars talent show. In 2020, they auditioned at America's Got Talent receiving three Yeses out of three from Simon, Sofia and Howie.
In 2013, Cristina-Andreea Ion founded Lightwave Theatre and imagined a visual theatre company with shows for the adult public, an unexplored Romanian artistic niche for independent companies. Petru Stratulat, a radio presenter from Bucharest, embraced the idea and together launched the company with one puppet on many TV shows, bringing the art of human-size puppetry for adults in front of millions.
The first play had its' premiere on 1st of March 2014, and it was the first stage experience for Lightwave Theatre Company. “Reflection”, a non-verbal play with four puppets, has been very appreciated by the public and it’s still being performed today on national and international stages. Once started, the creativity couldn’t be stopped, so Lightwave approached Iulian Tanase, a Romanian poet, for the rights to use one of his books in a very complex play with seven human-size puppets, including a strange puppet: an unborn baby moving inside a transparent belly. This is how “Loverphysics” came to life. It took a crowdfunding campaign to be able to raise the budget needed for a show this big. The play premiered on 27th of June 2014.
The next two years Lightwave Theatre toured Romania and a few European countries performing “Reflection” and “Loverphysics”, and had the courage to appear on two talent shows. One of them, Die Puppenstars, is specialized in puppetry and it’s a great honor for the company to have had the privilege to perform as finalists ranking in top 10 next to incredibly big puppet companies from all over the world.
In 2017, Lightwave Theatre launched its' third production, “It’s me, Annabel” proud to have a great actor in a leading role, Constantin Cotimanis, who gave them the Golden Buzzer at Romania’s Got Talent in 2015.
The company loves to combine different types of artistic expression to deliver its' message in a bold manner.
“We are stepping in uncharted territory of the Romanian artistic landscape, carving our own path”
Latest News
“The Little Prince”, at “Lumea Povestilor” Festival Resita, Romania
Last week we had our first trip with the story…
The Little Prince – a co-production Lightwave Theatre & unteatru
We are pround to announce “The Little Prince”, our latest…
We supported a cool kid in a talent competition, and he WON!
First we heard that Dragos Condescu wants to handle a…
Supporting Dragos, on Next Star TV Show
We had the opportunity to support a wonderful child named…
Annabel went to Timisoara, Romania!
Finaly, we’ve been able to bring our newest production “It’s…
We launched our Romanian website!
Yes, you are probably right. We are presenting this like…
Lightwave Theatre at two festivals in Turkey!
Lightwave’s journey in Turkey in March 2018 started at Izmir…
“It’s me, Annabel”, at Bursa, Turkey
It was the second trip to Turkey for Lightwave Theatre…
The Official Preview of “It’s me, Annabel”
On Sunday, the 7th of May 2017, Lightwave Theatre Company…