ŠVEIKAS. Rež. Adomas Juška

Based on Jaroslav Hašek's novel Director: Adomas Juška
Composer: Vygintas Kisevičius
Author of the script, scenography: Adomas Juška Assistant director: Lukas Petrauskas
Cast: Mindaugas Ancevičius, Andrius Bialobžeskis, Martynas Berulis, Lukas Petrauskas, Marius Gotbergas

It is said that if there are any good things that came out of the First and Second World Wars, it is the many talented writers of the "lost generation" whose painful experiences found themselves at the center of some of the most valued literature of the 20th century. It is hard to find another such novel that talks about war as satirically as it is done in the adventures of Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek's "The Brave Soldier Šveik". Adomas Juška, a student of director Eimuntas Nekrošias, while still a third-year directing student at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, made his debut with the play 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 superiors 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
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ATTENTION. Spectators who are late are not allowed into the performance. Doors open: 30 min. before the start of the performance
Event duration: 1 hour. 20 minutes
Intermissions: none. Age limit: Spectators must be 16 years of age or older.
Children are not admitted for free. Discounts:
- 10 percent discount for students, schoolchildren, seniors, disabled
- 15 percent discount for groups of 10 or more - 30 percent discount for Pola members with code POLA30. The discount is valid for 2 tickets. During the control, you must present the discount card with the ticket. Discounts do not apply to tickets for premieres, tour performances, New Year's performances and performances and events held by other organizers at the Youth Theater. Students, schoolchildren, seniors and disabled persons must present a student, schoolboy, pensioner or disabled person's certificate at the entrance to the Youth Theater together with the ticket. Those who do not present certificates confirming the right to a discount will not be admitted to the theater, and ticket money will not be refunded.

*Theatrical cigarettes without tobacco and nicotine are smoked during the performance.

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