VŠDT | SKRAIDANTIS TRAVOLTA | rež. Toms Treinis

Tragicomedy
FLYING TRAVOLTA

Playwright - ARTŏRS DĪCIS
Directed by TOMS TRAIN
Set designer - KRISTAPS KRAMIŅŠ
Costume designer - MARTA TREINE
Composer - JULIJS MENLGAILIS
Lighting artist - NIKS CIPRUSS
The play was translated from Latvian by VIKTORIJA JONKUTĖ
The show "Flying Travolta" is for those who miss rich acting roles and good stories. It is an engaging story, imbued with gentle irony and humor, about each of us (not) making efforts to live our own lives, not those imposed by circumstances.
The play is presented by a young team of theater creators from neighboring Latvia. For the performance in Šiauliai, director Toms Treinis chose a play by contemporary Latvian author Artūrs Dicis, whose theme, according to the director, is equally relevant and understandable to both Latvian and Lithuanian audiences.
The play tells the story of the inhabitants of a remote village, whose daily lives are drowned in personal vicissitudes. Enriched with everyday language, rich dialogues and humor, the play takes you to a small village forgotten by everyone, whose inhabitants, without trying to change anything or change themselves, push days similar to each other. In the center of the story is a young guy named Travolta, who in the village is considered by many to be simply "hit" due to his closed manner and strange habits. Among other quirks, Travolta has an incomprehensible, dangerous and apparently completely pointless "hobby" of jumping out of nowhere in front of a car passing through the countryside. One day, this seemingly absurd activity attracts the attention of journalists and events take a very unexpected turn...
Travolta, like all the other characters, seems to be meekly resigned to his fate, but in fact he carries a huge family secret, which, when revealed, reveals that beneath the play's rough surface lies a shocking tragedy of love, guilt and redemption. Travolta is like Forest Gump of Latvia, who tries to find a way out even in the most unfavorable circumstances.
In the play, the first violin is played by the psychologically accurate acting of the actors, marked by a gentle spice of irony. Each character in the play feels trapped in circumstances that, in their opinion, do not allow them to escape, to realize their dreams. As a result, each of them feels unhappy in their own way. But do they really want and try to change their lives?
The author of the play, A. Dicis, says that with this play he wanted to remind us of the very simple, but unfortunately often forgotten truth that life is not something abstract - "every lovely second it happens in us and we ourselves are the true creators of our own lives. There is no such place as "nowhere" where life seems to flow by without touching people".
Director Toms Treinis: "While staging this play, I am thinking about the reasons for human failure and acceptance of fate. Through domestic and banal everyday life, the perspective of the characters' emptiness and self-destruction, I am trying to get closer to the essential clichés of thinking that influence such life. They cannot be eliminated by empty talk or "smart" words heard from others, self-pity or accusations, but concrete steps, actions that must be taken to achieve change. Confrontation with fate is not pleasant for many, but it is the main condition for starting to change".
Premiere - 03/26/2023

When buying 10 or more tickets, you can contact: vipklientai@bilietai.lt

Doors open: 30 min. before the start of the performance
Event duration: 2:30
Breaks: 1
Language of the event: Lithuanian
Children admitted for free: no
Age limit: no
Discounts: for schoolchildren, students, seniors, people with disabilities, POLA members. 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 seats: On the ground floor, 1st-2nd row of seats N (right) and 2nd row of seats 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

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