Waiting for... Rambuku. National Theatre ,,Mihai Eminescu” – Timișoara: “Rambuku” by Jon Fosse, translation: Daria Ioan, adaptation: Anca Măniuțiu, stage and artistic director: Mihai Măniuțiu, set design: Adrian Damian, choreography: Andrea Gavriliu, original music: Mihai Dobre, light design: Lucian Moga, photo credits: Teatrul Național ,,Mihai Eminescu” – Timișoara

Abstract

There was once an anecdote told by a teacher to his students of an empty jar in which he first put three golf balls until the jar was full. Then he asked the students if anything else fitted in. They said no. Then he poured in little stones that filled the empty spaces between the golf balls. Then he asked the students again if the jar was full. The students said yes. Then he took sand and poured in some, until the jar was completely full. Then he asked the students if there was anything else to fill the jar with. The students said no. The sand in the jar had filled all the possible empty spaces between all those irregular pieces of matter. There was no way the teacher could fit anything else in there other than by taking something out. Then he took the cup of coffee he had sitting on his desk and poured its content inside the jar. Not only had the coffee found its way between all that matter in different shapes but it also had surrounded the sand, the stones and the golf balls, giving it all another shade of dark.