OKT / Vilniaus miesto teatras: "Pirk dramblį" (rež. Eglė Kižaitė)

OKT / Vilnius City Theater presents:

One-part performance based on Dovilė Zavedskaitė's play "Elephant"
BUY AN ELEPHANT
Director Eglė Kižaitė
Actor - Mantas Bendžius
Set designer - Laura Luišaitytė
The author of the photos is Joana Suslavičiūtė.
About the performance "BUY THE ELEPHANT"
It is a mono performance about truth and openness directed by Eglė Kižaitė. To allow yourself and others to feel feelings, not to be indifferent to each other - not to hide elephants in rooms, see them and name them. Feelings make us unique and free, trying to suppress them we close ourselves in the room with the elephant and try to imagine that it is not here. But the elephant remains in the room even if we close our eyes and repeat that it is not here. And getting rid of it is not so easy.
The play written by Dovilė Zavedskaitė was highly rated in the contemporary dramaturgy competition "Talking about borders" organized by the Nuremberg National Theater. It is a work that reveals a portrait of a family, accompanied by loss, suicide and depression, but all the darkness and drama is offset by humor and irony. In this family story, director E. Kižaitė's attention was drawn to the Boy who is present in almost every scene - an eight-year-old child attending the second grade. This is a child who finds himself in a particularly painful situation that no one can explain to him. That inability to talk to a child, inability to express emotions, lack of empathy is what inspired the director and actor Manta Bendžių to take this material and create a performance centered on the Boy. In the play, we meet an adult Boy, more than ten years after the loss, but still living through the events of those days. The whole story haunts him like an elephant whose presence he himself is unaware of.

During the performance, you will see a portrait of a person who experienced such strong events in his childhood, who suddenly lost everything without realizing it. Childhood experiences travel with us and have a huge impact on adulthood. Very often, in order to understand ourselves and the difficulties that arise, we must look back to our childhood. Even ten years later, the question is "Where's mom?" The boy's throat is tight, and every time the old house - his mother's apartment - brings back all the memories. Now - after all this time, he knows well what happened, he knows that his mother is not there and why, but he is still preparing to accept and understand, to live the truth. The truth that those around him were unable to name when he was little. The fear of adults has imprisoned the Boy, making him unhappy, unable to deal with his feelings and possibly nearing the same end as his mother...
You buy an elephant. Don't want to? Everyone says they don't want to, but you buy an elephant. No need? Everyone says you don't have to, but you buy an elephant.
Pemjera - 2022 March 1

The project is partially financed by the Lithuanian Council of Culture

Spectators are allowed into the lobby:
(30 minutes before the start of the event)

Spectators are allowed into the hall:
(~ 5 minutes before the start of the event) Late spectators are not allowed into the hall
When buying 10 or more tickets, you can contact: vipklientai@bilietai.lt

Warning! The actor smokes during the performance.
Doors open: 30 min. before the start of the event
Event duration: 1:30
Breaks: None
Language of the event: Lithuanian
Children admitted for free: no
Age limit: N14
Discounts: - 15% for persons with disabilities for 1 ticket (present a document proving the discount during the control) - 15% for seniors 1 ticket (present a document proving the discount during the control) - 15% for students 1 ticket (present a document proving the discount during the control) - 15% for POLA members for 1 ticket (present a document proving the discount during the control)

On the AllEvents portal you can always Buy tickets to an event Theater OKT / Vilniaus miesto teatras: "Pirk dramblį" (rež. Eglė Kižaitė), Vilnius, Oskaro Koršunovo teatras January 29

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