O Dieve mano! | Vilnius

ANAT GOV "OH MY GOD!"
Psychologist Ela, breaking her rules, receives a client after work who threatens that something irreparable will happen without the help of a psychologist. The newcomer introduces himself as ...God.
- Ha ha ha! What happened that even God needs help?!
It turns out that Ella only has 40 minutes to save the world.
Light, witty, yet intelligent and prophetic dialogue between the Creator and the Creation, on which EVERYTHING depends!

Creative team:
Director Gabriele Tuminaitė
Actors Valda Bičkutė, Vaidotas Martinaitis, Tomas Šečkus
Artist Juozas Valenta
The play was translated by Mindaugas Valiukas

Lumo studio premiere on October 29, 2024

LAUGHTER AND CATHARSIS (TEARS) FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
According to Gov, the play "My God" at first glance looks like a fairly simple comedy, surprising from the first pages with the fantasticness of its situation - God requires the help of Ela, a child(!) psychotherapist, otherwise something irreparable will happen (as it turns out - "an improved flood", "forks for everyone, even the chosen ones"). Ella has a single session to save the world, part of which is "eaten" by Ella's disbelief that the client is God.
For most of the play, we watch a sparkling and funny standup on well-known biblical themes with well-constructed dialogues and jokes. The basic purpose of comedy to surprise and make people laugh has been fulfilled.
However, the ordinariness of the comedy (unexpectedly, like a lightning strike) wears off when the second layer of the play opens. When the drama of the characters, who are usually considered to be the least psychologically vulnerable (Ella is a psychotherapist, and God is all-powerful), opens up.
The playwright has set an extremely difficult and risky task to both make the audience laugh and cause him catharsis in one performance (we remind you that catharsis, a necessary element of tragedy, is by no means mandatory in comedy). So, paradoxically, Anat Gov's comedy also squeezes out tears.
And another paradox - the Israeli playwright acted in a completely un-Jewish way - she sold two for the price of one. Take advantage - it is necessary!
The translator of the play is poet, playwright Mindaugas Valiukas

"I wonder what God looks like? Now I know what he looks like and how he feels... I have that privilege. It's very exciting."
Actor Vaidotas Martinaitis

"What would you ask if you had the opportunity to meet God face to face?"
My character Ella confidently says "I don't believe in God! Look around, do you think God exists?!" Raising her autistic son alone and working as a psychologist, she had enough opportunities to be both horrified and disappointed in her life. But this meeting will be fateful. And one does not know who will help whom to survive the healing transformation"
Actress Valda Bičkutė

"I've always been interested in the roles of 'different' people, those who are shunned by most of society or seen as unacceptable. I am interested in how such people think, what they think about, how they accept life, how they enjoy it. And they really enjoy it, maybe even more often than the so-called "healthy" people.
The play itself, the first time I read it, was very entertaining, it is a humorous and engaging story. I am glad that this story fell into the hands of the director Gabriela Tuminaita, I believe that the play will not only make the audience smile, but also invite them to think, touching on today's current affairs".
Actor Tomas Šečkus

To purchase 10 or more tickets, you can contact vipklientai@bilietai.lt

Doors open: ~18:30
Event duration: ~1:30
Breaks: None
Language of the event: Lithuanian
Children admitted for free: no
Age limit: N-14 (N-16 recommended)
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