VŠDT | MAN ŠIANDIEN - HAMLETAS | rež. Ieva Stundžytė

FOR ME TODAY – HAMLET

A one-part performance for people aged 14 and over based not only on the motives of V. Shakespeare's Hamlet

Premiere - 2022 March 3.

Duration - 1 hour. 20 min., one part

Director - Ieva Stundžytė

Scenography and costume designers - Justina Ignatavičienė and Greta Milevičiūtė

Composer - Paulius Kilbauskas

Choreographer - Eglė Kančauskaitė

Lighting artist - Darius Malinauskas

ACTS:

HAMLET - Severinas Norgaila

OFELIJA - Monika Geštautaitė

CLAUDIJUS - Dalius Jančiauskas

GERTRůDA - Jūratė Budriūnaitė

POLONIJUS - Juozas Žibūda

HAMLET'S FATHER'S GHOST - Juozas Bindokas

HORATIUS - Aidas Matutis

LAERTS - Tautvydas Galkauskas

THE MESSENGER - Aistė Šeštokaitė

ACTORS : Aistė Šeštokaitė, Mindaugas Jurevičius, Tautvydas Galkauskas

"This is me very briefly. Today is the worst day of my life. I feel empty today. For me today - not me... For me today - Hamlet. And I, by the way, I..am".

To be or not to be? And if to be - how? The play raises the same Hamlet questions, but looks at V. Shakespeare's famous play through the eyes of a young person. How to be if you are confused, betrayed, if you have lost trust in the most dear people?

Hamlet, which has been performed on stages all over the world for more than 400 years, has long ceased to be only a canon of literature and theater. Hamlet is also a certain way of perceiving the world, a mood, a spiritual state familiar to many of us. In this play, Hamlet is a teenager - rebellious, irreconcilable, doubting himself and others, misunderstood, disappointed, but deep in his heart he longs for peace with himself and the world. Is dialogue, communication between different generations, respect for different values ​​still possible in our "conjured story"?

In the play, you can easily trace the main plot lines, themes, characters of the play "Hamlet", but the original text of V. Shakespeare is almost invisible here. intertwined with modern language inclusions and behavioral patterns. Director Ieva Stundžytė freely interprets, rearranges, supplements the play with today's contexts and means of expression - music, movement, choreography are very important in the performance. The creators bravely take on the task of conveying the complex existential questions raised in the play in an understandable way and at the same time revealing in a non-trivial way what is relevant for a young person today in the inexhaustible undertones of "Hamlet". The play does not leave its doubting hero alone in a maze of unsolvable dilemmas and gives hope that looking for answers together is just as important as finding them.

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The play is included in the "Cultural Passport " program for grades 7-12.

Application by e-mail Mr. regina.sileikiene@vsdt.lt or tel. +370 686 12 616

More: http://www.vsdt.lt/spektaklis /MAN-TODAY-HAMLETAS/

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Director Ieva STUNŽYTĖ about the play:

"Hamlet" for the first time

In the 12th grade, I saw the play "Hamlet" by the director Eimuntas Nekrošius of bright memory on the stage of the National Kaunas Drama Theater for the first time. The most striking impression is Hamlet, played by Andrius Mamontovas, a very popular musician at the time, who goes through the entire family tragedy from beginning to end, as if in the center of a world constructed under the influence of white/Viking aesthetics. "Hamlet" remained for me the incredibly tragic story of the insane self-destruction of a young, talented creator. A legendary epic created for future generations, maybe to recognize Hamlet in ourselves? I think Hamlet is not born once in a thousand or a hundred years - there are Hamlets among us and in all times, and not so rare.

"Hamlet" seriously

In the 8th grade, I decided that I would only read philosophy and poetry. Playwriting did not have any special role in my life until I studied acting at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater. I remember that in the first year we read V. Shakespeare's plays in the dormitory, dividing the roles among the students, because it was simply faster and easier that way. And more interesting. When I once had to choose between Hamlet and Ophelia, I chose the latter. I remember that I "lost" Ophelia while listening to a talented student's evocative reading of the text of Hamlet. That mystical Hamlet turned into a very recognizable and tangible person. And the scene with the mother - Queen Gertrude - remained the most real, painful and closest to me. It's like a polaroid picture of the whole situation. This time Hamlet stuck as an extremely sad but very beautiful work.

Hamlet again

Rational, logical , intelligent but rather cold, cruel, maybe even scalpel-accurate director Oskar Korshunov's "Hamlet" was an unpleasant spiritual shock for me personally. The slam of a piano lid through the fingers. Forced awakening from a dreamy, imaginative "Hamlet" journey. And I am grateful for that. Because how else will you evaluate what you believe in, what you recognize one hundred percent? You won't convince me or talk me out of it that easily. Apparently, I needed such an experience to kind of "wake up" and check myself again.

"Ophelia"

In 2012, I created the play "I, you and Ofelia", the inspiration of which was not the question "To be or not to be", but the idea that "we know who we are, but we don't know what we can become". At that time, most people asked me the question - how much are you an actress and how much are you a director? I won't hide it, the play and its theme were very personal to me. The constant creative curiosity to find out the essence of this idea, at least for myself, led to the creation of a play at the "Open Circle" theater.

What if Hamlet is the director of the play, and Ophelia is its main actress? The theme of Ophelia, the silhouette of her shadow, did not leave me for a long time - the performance was perhaps born too early, not in its time, it was certainly not perfect, but the journey of the development of thought took place. Yes, we really don't know what we can become - there is no time for self-searching, because it, time, above all, is simply not enough for (co)creating oneself.

" Hamlet for me today"

Me. Me. Mine. About me.

This is a mood and a state - I'm sad, I'm long, I'm sick, I'm insecure, I'm "going through the roof", I'm lost, I'm not me, I don't exist; or: for me, the urge to "tear and taunt." This is the action - I seek, I provoke, I rebel, I scream, I speak, I suffer, I love, I hate, I destroy, destroy.

This is the theme - I speak, but you do not hear me, I can hear it, but it doesn't speak to me. Non-negotiable.

The question "To be or not to be" - I think it doesn't matter if you are 7 years old, or 17 or 70 - affects you, me, you, us. A person exists, he is as long as he asks, what will happen after me? I paraphrase the 20th century. M. McDonagh, the Irish playwright of the second half: "For me today - Hamlet" is not about life or death, but about what we leave behind. Not only to be able to speak, to talk. But learn to hear yourself. To hear another. to listen Accept. Understand. To study. To want to learn.

Because otherwise - words, words, words...

When I was invited to stage "Hamlet" at the Šiauliai State Drama Theater, I was visited by a whole palette of emotions - from creative joy and uncontrollable ardor to overwhelming fear and immeasurable panic. Because this is the first time I create a performance outside of my "comfort zone" - "Open Circle" or "Weird Theater" - but in another place, in another city, with other people. However, as the premiere of the play approaches, I can say for sure that I am extremely excitedThank you for such an extraordinary opportunity. I am grateful to the entire Šiauliai State Drama Theater - the talented actors of this theater, the administration, and in general the entire creative and technical group. And, of course, I am grateful to my teacher, director Aidis Giniočis, because without his support and advice, it would have been much more difficult. The experience in VŠDT is about what I wrote earlier. to talk To hear. Understand. Learning.

Choreographer Eglė KANČAUSKAIĖ about the performance:

About Jolantas

While rehearsing the performance in Šiauliai, on January 15, I found out that my beloved teacher, lecturer, director of master's studies in choreography Jolanta Vymerytė passed away on her birthday. She is a teacher who instilled the pursuit of perfection, the principles of hard but purposeful work, and the ability to establish a sincere and open relationship with everyone around her. The human factor was extremely important to her, being the best classical dance teacher in Lithuania, she easily found a language with everyone, was open and curious. These principles inevitably accompany me as well. Learning from this Teacher was a huge gift for me. This is knowing how to teach.

About Kelma, dad and the stage

I am from Kelma, a small town near Šiauliai. I lived there until I was 19, then I studied in Norway, after that I continued my studies in Vilnius, despite that, I still have many threads connecting me with Kelme. My Parents - Mom and Dad - live there. At the age of three, I ran to the stage of my own free will to help him - my father - an illusionist. The specificity of this complex genre is special: it is extraordinary precision, manipulation of the viewer's attention, hard and never-ending work, the habit of always immediately trusting the stage partner, being in shape, being ready. These laws are so natural to me that I usually don't even talk about them, they are lessons learned in the family that accompany me to this day. This is the ability to learn.

About Šiauliai Drama Theater and Hamlet

Hamlet appeared unexpectedly. For this experience and lessons, I am grateful to Ieva, the director of the performance, who trusted and believed in me. This is my first work experience in the State Theater, my first work in a theater outside Vilnius and the first time I use the Vogue dance style in choreography. This idea, born after re-reading "Hamlet", only worked when it was transferred to the theater troupe - actors who dived receptively and without doubts into the unknown depths of the dance world. They courageously studied, asked and heard. It was. This is the only way I got the answer that this idea works. It's about knowing how to be.

When you buy 10 and for more tickets you can contact: vipklientai@bilietai.lt

Doors open: 30 min. until the start of the performance
Duration of the event: 1:20
Intermissions: -
Language of the event: Lithuanian
Children admitted for free: no
Age limit: N14
Discounts : for schoolchildren, students, seniors, people with disabilities, POLA members. OCTOBER IS SENIOR MONTH AT THE THEATER! With the code RUDUO - even a 30% discount on tickets! The discount is activated after entering the code in a special field. The promotion is valid for performances in October. The discount is valid only for persons with a pension recipient certificate. Persons who have purchased a ticket with a discount, but have not presented a valid certificate confirming the right to a discount to the ticket controller, will not be admitted to the performance, and the money for the tickets will not be refunded. Additional information: Discounts for schoolchildren, students, seniors, people with disabilities. It is necessary to present a certificate during the ticket check. Information for people with disabilities (in wheelchairs): they are admitted free of charge, occupying the designated places for them: On the ground floor, 1st-2nd row seats N (right) and 2nd row seat N (left) and on the balcony. A free ticket is issued at the Theater box office or by contacting the administration. Information for persons accompanying people with disabilities: admission is free if possible. A free ticket is issued at the Theater box office or by contacting the administration. Administration contacts: tel. +370 68612616, e-mail Mr. info@vsdt.lt OCTOBER IS SENIOR MONTH AT THE THEATER! With the code RUDUO - even a 30% discount on tickets! The discount is activated after entering the code in a special field. The promotion is valid for performances in October. The discount is valid only for persons with a pension recipient certificate. Persons who have purchased a ticket with a discount, but have not presented a valid certificate confirming the right to a discount to the ticket controller, will not be admitted to the performance, and the money for the tickets will not be refunded.
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