VŠDT | R. Kmita | REMYGA | Rež. O. Koršunovas

REMYGA

Psychedelic rock ballad about Šiauliai men

Author of the play - Rimantas Kmita

Director - Oskars Koršunovas

Director's assistant - Jokūbas Brazys

Set designer - Irina Komissarova

Costume designers - Justina Ignatavičienė, Greta Milevičiūtė

Light artist - Darius Malinauskas

Video artist - Ignas Juzokas

Music - Paulius Ignatavičius, Gintas Gascevičius, Severinas Norgaila, Eligijus Žilinskas, Paulius Trijonis, Lukas Malinauskas, Pijus Ganusauskas

Starring:

Remyga - Anicets Gendvilas
Sonata - Monika Geštautaitė
Laima - Gintarė Ramoškaitė / Aistė Šeštokaitė
Father-in-law - Sigitas Jakubauskas / Vytautas Kaniušonis
Andrius - Aidas Matutis
Donatas - Josifas Baliukevič
Saulius - Severinas Norgaila
Daiva - Nomeda Bėčiūtė
Princes - Rolandas Dovydaitis, Juozas Bindokas
Major - Juozas Žibūda
Fridrik - Mindaugas Jurevičius
Taxi driver - Romanas Dudniks
Fred - Vilija Paleckaitė
Kid - Vladas Baranauskas / Dalius Jančiauskas
Bear - Eduardas Pauliukonis
Taurus - Silvija Povilaitytė
Barmaid - Irena Liutikaitė
Bar hostess - Nijolė Mirončikaitė
Bar dancers - Lina Bocytė, Jūratė Budriūnaitė, Inga Jarkova-Bučienė / Akvilė Vitkūnaitė, Danguolė Petraitytė

Duration - 3 hours. two-part performance

For whom - N-16

Premiere - 2020 October 22.

The performance "Remyga" from the initial conception to the final realization is connected with Šiauliai. Rimantas Kmita, the author of the bestseller "Pietinia kronikas", who wrote the play especially for this performance, presents a phantasmagoric version of the story, woven from real facts and fiction. The play is about the city and its people, about real events and myths, about those for whom the city has become their destiny. "Remyga" takes viewers back to the first years of Independence. What (in)visible enemies did we fight then? What were we and what have we become?

The action of the play takes place in the controversial years 1988-1992 in Šiauliai. Many of us still well remember this difficult time of change, when the dark forces of the old structures wrestled with the idealism of independence. Remyga, the main character of the play, is torn between these two forces. After serving in the Soviet army in Afghanistan, Remyga returns to his native Šiauliai. He would like to live like "all normal people" - to be a beloved husband, a good father, a dutiful worker. But the shadows of the past and the surrounding chaos are getting thicker, and the dark forces are gaining more and more power. How to draw the line between good and evil in such a chaotic society? How do you stay honest with yourself and others? How to control your inner demons? What is the price of independence - political and personal?

The show's creators whipped up a hard-to-define cocktail of documentary material, everyday authenticity, psychedelic mysticism and live rock music. Director Oskars Koršunovas sees in "Remyga" the face of the whole of Lithuania at that time: "what happened in Šiauliai then happened in all of Lithuania".

Awards:

Awards:

- The winner of the 43rd "Lietuvos teatrų pavasaris" festival, the author of the play "Remyga" of the State Šiauliai Drama Theater, writer Rimantas Kmita, was awarded the prize for fostering national dramaturgy.

- the main prize of the XXXVII professional theater festival "We Play Farmers" FOR THE BEST PERFORMANCE (Rokiškis, October 2021)

- The main prize of the national dramaturgy festival "Pakeleivingi". "Remyga" was announced as the brightest play of the festival (Anykščiai, October 2020)

Review of the play: https://www.7md.lt/teatras/2020-11-20/Paraleliniai-Remygos-pasauliai

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