Based on Jaroslav Hašek's novel
Director: Adomas Juška
Playwright and scenographer: Adomas Juška
Composer: Vygintas Kisevičius
Assistant director: Lukas Petrauskas
Cast: Mindaugas Ancevičius, Martynas Berulis, Andrius Bialobžeskis, Marius Gotbergas, Lukas Petrauskas They say that if there are good things, caused by the First and Second World Wars, are a number of talented "lost generation" writers whose painful experiences found themselves at the center of the most valued literature of the 20th century. It is unlikely that we will find another such novel that talks about war in such a satirical way as it is done in the adventures of the Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek "The Brave Soldier Šveik". Adomas Juška, a student of the director Eimuntas Nekrošias, while still a student of the 3rd course of directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, made his debut with the performance "Šveikas" based on the novel by Jaroslav Hašek. In his first work, the young director chose several situations created by the author of the cult novel and through them sought to look at Šveikas as a person whose smile was not an easy laugh, but a sharp opposition to the government, war and the environment. In the play, Šveik's setting is a soldier's shooting range, where he holds a target while his superior soldiers practice shooting. Šveiks smiles, the chaplain drinks, the soldier screams and shoots... The director's goal is to reveal something true about the idiotic existence of each of them. The story itself is interesting, how Hašek came up with this character: after returning home, probably drunk (the author was famous for this), he wrote down a statement about the character he had invented on a piece of paper. When he got up in the morning, he found his note on a piece of paper: "The biggest idiot is the man who wants to go to war himself." Of course, the historical context must also be kept in mind. Hašek is a Czech author. At that time, the Czech Republic was completely helpless in the Austro-Hungarian war, it did not need this war at all. So a Czech who would voluntarily go to war, serve the emperor and die for him must be the biggest idiot. So Šveik's idiocy is also a very important topic. Through it, the humanity of this character is revealed. A man who is able to smile and joke during the war, says the director of the play A. Juška.
Premiere: 2018 April 24.
More about the performance
ATTENTION. Spectators who are late are not allowed into the performance.
During the performance, special theatrical cigarettes without tobacco and nicotine are smoked. Doors open: 30 min. until the start of the performance
Duration of the event: 1 hour 20 min.
Intermissions: no Age restriction: Spectators are admitted to the performance from the age of 16.
Children are not admitted free of charge
Discounts:
- 30 percent. discount for Pola members with code POLA30. During the inspection, you must present the discount card with the ticket.
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