Lost in Transition is an immersive journey into the loss of identity and language, looking at what is means to be a Romanian immigrant in present-day Britain. 25 years after Romania’s first major transition, the confused generation that got lost in post-communist Romania’s transition to democracy is lost once more, as 2 million immigrants- country-less and language-less- wander Europe in search of a better life.

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Lost in Transition looks at Romania’s “decretei” – children of Ceausescu’s 770 Decree that forbade contraception and abortions. These children, Romanian citizens, now between the ages of 25 and 47, lived through numerous transitions – from communism to democracy, from trying to make a home in Romania to trying to make a home abroad, from highly-skilled to illegal and un-skilled labour, from speaking Romanian to dreaming in English. More than one million decretei have emigrated from Romania in search of a better life. This is the story of one in many.

Lost in Transition looks beyond the beautiful façade of diversity and into the struggles of a Romanian immigrant in Scotland while raising the obvious yet forgotten question of “What makes us stay here despite….”

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More than one million decretei have emigrated from Romania in search of a better life. This is the story of one in many.

Developed with the support of Arches Live.
Arches and Summerhall Autopsy Award Winner.

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Presented at:

• Arches Live, October, 2014.

• Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival. August, 2015