Miranda Rose Hall PJESĖ GYVENANTIEMS IŠNYKIMO LAIKAIS, rež. Antanas OBCARSKAS

Director — Antanas OBCARSKAS

Scenographer — Vitalis ČEPKAUSKAS

"I read the play and realized: I want to live some more, even though time is running out. What shocked me the most was how relevant this internationally recognized play is in Lithuania, not only from an ecological point of view, but also from a social point of view. According to United Nations research, Lithuania is the second fastest disappearing nation in the world. We, like many other phenomena in the world, are on the verge of extinction. We were in the lead for a long time, but in the next couple of decades, the forecast of extinction is terrible - there will be almost thirty percent fewer Lithuanians. It's scary. I want the good life to continue. But our fate? What is our future scenario? Creating the future today is important to me. And this performance is my manifesto for life", says director Antanas Obcarskas

This is a work about the value of life, the inevitability of death, the miracle of emergence and theories of extinction. The main character of the play tells about our planet - how it began to form, how different species appeared and disappeared, and how we live today. Is it possible that the climate crisis caused by industry, human activity, and various branches of business has brought humanity to the verge of the sixth extinction?

Mass extinction is a geological period when a large part of biodiversity or individual species - bacteria, fungi - disappears , plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, invertebrates. The last fifth mass extinction occurred 65.5 million years ago. years, when there were no more dinosaurs left on Earth.

As the world is on the brink of an ecological catastrophe, we also need to reconsider how the theater could operate more sustainably. The Lithuanian National Drama Theater, together with 13 other leading European theaters (Switzerland, Italy, France, Croatia, Hungary, Sweden, Portugal, Belgium, Taiwan, Slovenia, etc.) for the first time in history, is carrying out the joint project STAGES, with the aim of creating a more sustainable theater methodology.

All the theaters participating in the project are creating a performance based on the play by the American author Miranda Rose Hall, which for the first time aims to look at environmentalism in the theater fundamentally, instead of declaratively and superficially.

Director Katie Mitchell, the initiator of the project, together with Miranda Rose Hall adapted the play in such a way that it could be recreated and actualized in each country where the play is being recreated. unnecessary trips, flights. During the performance, only the electricity generated by the actors on the stage can be used, the power used cannot exceed 150 watts.

The creation of the play is financed by the European Union's "Creative Europe" program.

The play is created together with partners: Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, R.B. Jérôme Bel, STAGES - Sustainable Theater Alliance for a Green Environmental Shift: Dramaten Stockholm, National Theater & Concert Hall Taipei, NTGent, Piccolo Teatro di Milano - Teatro d'Europa, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Théâtre de Liège, Croatian National Theater in Zagreb, Slovene National Theater Maribor, Trafo, MC93, Maison de la culture de Seine-Saint-Denis

This performance is part of the project "Sustainable theatre?" conceived by Katie Mitchell, Jérôme Bel, Théâtre Vidy- Lausanne, in collaboration with the Competence Center for Sustainability at the University of Lausanne: two performances and part of a creative workshop scripted and recreated in each theater in partnership with the local team.

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