Eglė Švedkauskaitė. FOSSILIA , rež. Eglė ŠVEDKAUSKAITĖ

February 11 the play FOSSLIA is dubbed into English. The credits are best seen in rows 1-10.
Director — Eglė ŠVEDKAUSKAITĖText authors — Dalia GRINKEVIČIŁĖTĖ, Eglė ŠVEDKAUSKAITĖ, Rasa SAMUOLYTĖ, Darius GUMAUSKAS, Ugnė ŠIAUČIņAITĖ, Povilas JATKEVIČIUS, Vitalija MOCKEVIČIŁĖTĖScenographer — Ona JUCIŁTĖCostume designer — Dovilė GUDAČIAUKAITĖComposer — Agnė MATULEVIČIŘĖConch instrument author — Elena LAURINAVIČIŘĖLighting artist — Julius KURŠYSAuthor of video projections — Ieva Kotryna SKIChoreographer — Erika VIZBARAITĖDramaturgy mentor — Anna SMOLARProducer — Vidas BIZUNEVIČIUS Assistant director— Kotryna SIAURUSAITYTĖ ACTINGMuseum employee — Rasa SAMUOLYTĖFather — Darius GUMAUSKASMother — Vitalija MOCKEVIČIŘĖSon — Povilas JATKEVIČIĖUDaughter — Ugnė ŠIAUČIŪNAITĖ Inspired by Dalia Grinkevičiūtė's work "Lithuanians by the Sea of Laptev"
Sonus, who is studying film art abroad, receives the task of creating a documentary outline and, with some hesitation, chooses his family - Mother, Father and Sister - as its characters. When he returned to his native Kaunas, a real treasure awaits him - a Museum employee invites the family to get acquainted with the manuscript of his father's aunt's memories of his exile in Siberia, which was recently discovered in the garden of his grandparents' house. The boy begins to slowly explore not only the manuscript that has been buried under the ground for fifty years, but also his family's past and realizes how it shapes his family's relationships in the present.
Although E. Švedkauskaitė creates a fictitious family of characters in the play, she is also based on real facts: in 1991 In Žaliakalni, Kaunas, Perkūnos al. 60 was a jar that was accidentally dug up, in which were found separate leaves with Dalia Grinkevičiūtė's memories about Siberia. The manuscript is considered lost, because Grinkevičiūtė herself tried to look for it several decades ago, but could not find it. Dalia Grinkevičiūtė's work is not only one of the most influential works of Lithuanian literature, part of the school curriculum, but also translated into fifteen languages. It is an impressive work of art about the preservation of humanity in inhuman conditions, in the words of the author herself, "a monument to the victims of the North".
"I named the performance Fossilia thinking about everything that is excavated in the context of the work - it is not only a jar with a manuscript, but also the feelings and thoughts of the characters. In this performance, we aim to depict the need of a young person to ask parents about family history, to analyze the experience of the older generation. The stage action is led forward by a young creator who represents the so-called therapeutic generation, which is very eager to talk and "solve" relationships, to feel the security that knowledge provides. It is probably quite natural that we, who have grown up in a world of open sharing, democratic order and technology, ask questions, but often questions about the past and trying to evaluate it turn into confrontation. The relationship with parents is very important in this performance, and it is also important that young people are interested in exile, who do not see this event as a museum exhibit, but want to understand how they would act in such a situation, whether they would be able to survive", says the director and dramatist of the play, Eglė Švedkauskaitė.
The performance is financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania

When buying 10 or more tickets, contact: vipplientai@bilietai.lt Doors open: 1 a.m. before the event Duration of the event: 1:50 h.
Breaks: None
Language of the event: Lithuanian Children of preschool age are not allowed in the performance.
Children admitted for free: No
Age limit: N-14 Late spectators are not allowed into the hall. Discounts: Seniors - 20% (present a pensioner's certificate during inspection); Discount for young people (up to 24 years old) - 20% (discount for a schoolchild, student certificate or identity card during inspection). Disabled persons - 20%. During inspection, it is necessary to present a disabled certificate. When buying 20 or more tickets - 15%; Purchase of tickets for Spectators with mobility impairments in a wheelchair, for their assistants and accompanying people (family members):
Spectators with mobility impairments in wheelchairs must choose tickets in specially adapted and marked places (Sector for Spectators with mobility impairments in wheelchairs/accompanying persons). The number of discounted tickets in the hall is limited. An assistant who officially accompanies a person with disabilities, following the Law on Social Integration of Disabled People of the Republic of Lithuania, can choose a free ticket by entering the code ASSISTANT. The distributor's service fee of EUR 1 will be applied to the ticket. *A person accompanying a person with a disability, e.g. a family member who does not have an ASSISTANT certificate, must buy tickets at full price. **When accompanying a spectator with a mobility disability, the ticket must be selected in specially adapted and marked seats (Sector for Spectators with a mobility disability in a wheelchair/ for accompanying persons - seat ASSISTANT), when accompanying another person with a disability, choose the nearest seat if possible. When coming to the performance, it is necessary to have a document confirming the discount. Those who do not present a document confirming the right to a discount will not be allowed into the theater, and the money for the tickets will not be refunded.
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