PUIKUS NAUJAS PASAULIS. Rež. Gintaras Varnas

Based on A. Huxley's book.

Director: Gintaras Varnas
Costume and make-up artist: Juozas Statkevičius
Puppet artist: Julija Skuratova
Scenography artist: Vytautas Narbutas
Video Artist: Rimas Sakalauskas
Lighting artist: Simas Sirutavičius
Composer: Dominykas Digimas
Music by composer Vidmantas Bartulis is used in the play
Director's assistant: Matas Makauskas
Cast: Vytautas Anužis, Matas Sigliukas, Sergejus Ivanovas, Aldona Bendoriūtė / Dovilė Šilkaitytė, Jonė Šadeikė / Giedrė Giedraitytė, Jovita Jankelaitytė, Simonas Storpirštis, Matas Dirginčius, Ieva Kaniušaitė, Ignas Ciplijauskas, Karolis Kasperavičius, Gabrielė Ladygaitė / Agnieszka Rawdo, Gytis Laskovas, Povilas Barzdžius, Rokas Misiūnas, Martynas Berulis, Kasparas Varanavičius, Irena Sikorskytė, Robertas Petraitis, Joris Zaliauskas, Vaidilė Juozaitytė, Anastasija Marchenkaitė, Mantas Pauliukonis, Radvilė Budrytė, Rūta Jonikaitė, Šarūnas Rapolas Meliešius, Nojus Mikalauskas, Saulė Emilija Rašimaitė.

One ​​of the most influential of the XX century. the first staging of the book by British writer Aldous Huxley in Lithuania. in 1932 the appearance of Huxley's most important work today sounds prophetic for the 21st century. the dystopia of the beginning.

The great new world of our time is a new social thinking based on the achievements of civilization, forcing to seek prosperity, happiness and social stability, sacrificing personal freedom and individuality. The universal soft power of easy happiness and pleasure conquers the majority of society in both democratic and totalitarian states. According to Huxley, the love of slavery instilled in people in this new world can be established by a deep, internal revolution in people's minds and bodies. The revolution starts from birth and childhood, the society is divided into the elite and the "beet" groups, the cult of painless and emotionless work and pleasure is inculcated in adolescence. Any germ of independent thinking is uprooted. Soma drug is taught to relieve pain. Paradoxically, representatives of such a society believe that they live and act of their own free will. Describing the great new world, Huxley calls for opposition from the time, seeking authoritative allies in the old world. For example, such as Shakespeare...

According to director G. Varna, Huxley's dystopia poses a terrifying dilemma of choosing between happiness and freedom. In the new world, these concepts become antagonistic. And if so, what kind of person will choose the latter between two choices - happiness or freedom? We are not that far from the scary "brave new world". Societies of Consumption, Entertainment and Welfare inevitably produce people addicted to those things...

Premiere: 2021 September 3.

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