JAUNO ŽMOGAUS MEMUARAI. Rež. Eglė Švedkauskaitė

Based on the novel by Ričard Gavel.

Director: Eglė Švedkauskaitė
Set designers: Jurgis Paškevičius, Monika Janulevičiūtė
Costume designer: Karolina Janulevičiūtė
Composer: Agnė Matulevičiūtė
Lighting designer: Julius Kuršys
Playwright: Mindaugas Nastaravičius
Director's assistant: Matas Makauskas
Starring: Vainius Sodeika, Sergejus Ivanovas, Vytautas Anužis, Viktorija Kuodytė, Jonė Šadeikė / Justina Mykolaitytė, Aleksas Kazanavičius, Matas Dirginčius, Giedrė Giedraitytė, Dovilė Šilkaitytė, Lukas Petrauskas

The actors are the co-creators of the play's music and perform it live.

Lithuanian literary classic Ričard Gavelis is rarely staged in the theater. creativity is revived on the stage of the Youth Theater. The director of the young generation, Eglė Švedkauskaitė, presents the theatrical version of the novel "Memoirs of a Young Man" that made the writer famous, which became one of the most visited productions of the Youth Theater in recent seasons, which won the "Golden Stage Cross" awards in perhaps the most important nominations: Eglė Švedkauskaitė was recognized as the best director of the year, and the best dramaturgy of the year was awarded the play's playwright Mindaugas Nastaravičius.

"Memoirs of a Young Man" composed of fourteen letters was first published in 1989, in the then magazine "Pergalė". Critics then named it as an unexpected, provocative, erotic story very close to the real life of Lithuania - Brezhnevism, years of stagnation, the rising dawn of Sąjūdis, and at the same time chaos in the heads, a great breeding ground for wise men, psychics, life savers. Leon Ciparis tried to find his place here - he tried to understand how the ever-growing world works, he tried to adapt, he tried to adapt, but at the same time he learned to resist. This is the essential drama of the piece, which remains in the performance as well, says M. Nastaravičius.

According to director E. Švedkauskaitė, "Memoirs of a Young Man" is a performance about memory. . About the short life of a young man drowned in expectations and visions, which ended tragically. It is a journey from the beyond to the beyond - from one's memory to the memory of the living. Leon Ciparis is a person who needs a community, common faith, and united aspirations. He always wanted to talk about it, to argue, but he spoke only after his death. His friend and teacher Tom Kelerts became his listener - a man who did not need a community. A man for whom even himself was enough. In the play, not only the gloomy period of stagnation, the smog of the Soviet government, but also mystical figures of authority, capable of destroying destinies with the snap of a finger, hung over the two. The creators of this performance are interested in how memoirs of past reality work today, and what traces of it we recognize in our time, in our identity, says E. Švedkauskaitė.

Premiere: 2022 May 14

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