VMT spektaklis | FANTAZIJUS

Part I comedy that ends badly or drama with a happy ending.

Playful and extravagant 19th century. the play - the fairy tale "Fantasia", which the author called a comedy with a bad ending, or a drama with a happy ending, sounds modern on stage: the creative team looks at the content of the play with the eyes of today's young people, looking for a creative relationship with the specific language of the work. The performance features live music by the band "Kabloonak", supplemented by arrangements by the composer Giedrias Puskunigis. The director Gabrielė Tuminaitė together with the choreographer Raidus Petrauskas enriches the play with elements of the "Vogue" dance style.
The play begins with the death of the kingdom's jester and at the same time a wedding feast is held in an attempt to avoid a war with another kingdom. Rejected and persecuted by creditors, Fantazius (actors Martynas Nedzinskas and Tomas Rinkūnas) becomes the king's jester by chance and thus changes the fate of the kingdom. The plot of "Fantazius" resembles a fairy tale: the princess (actress Miglė Polikevičiūtė) has to marry the prince assigned to her, she meets Fantazius - a charming, but poor and ignoble townsman. The characters of the play change clothes, change roles, constantly fall into situations of comical misunderstandings. However, behind this fabulous surface lie universal human truths, timeless wisdom.
Gabrielė Tuminaitė's "Fantasia" was born in an unconventional space, in warehouses of theater decorations, so you can feel the spirit of freedom, lightness and improvisation on stage. The performance is intended for a young person (not necessarily in age, but more importantly in spirit). Fantasy is a walking stick who cannot and does not want to belong to the "norm", who will always be "other": non-conforming, rejected, underestimated, misunderstood, different. Fantasy is a joker, whose thoughts can be laughed at, but which get stuck, "settled" in the head. Fantasy is something that doesn't exist, a kind of fiction that shakes up settled, stagnant lives. "Fantazijus" is a celebration of meeting, when it's just good to be together, talk, philosophize.
During the performance, tobacco products are used on stage.

Director - Gabrielė Tuminaitė
Set designers - Marija Olšauskaitė and Jurgis Paškevičius
Costume designer - Elvita Brazdylytė
Composer - Jonas Narbutas
Music arranger - Giedrius Puskunigis
Lighting artist - Eugenijus Sabaliauskas
Choreographer - Raidas Petrauskas
Playwright - Živile Mičiulytė
Translated from the French by Akvilė Melkūnaitė

Plays:
KING OF BAVARIA - Arvydas Dapšys
PRINCE OF MANTUA - Daumantas Ciunis, Marius Čižauskas
MARINONIS, his adjutant - Tomas Stirna
RIUTENS, the king's secretary - Tomas Kliukas
FANTASY - Martynas Nedzinskas, Tomas Rinkūnas
SPARK - Mantas Vaitiekūnas
FACIJUS - Jokūbas Bareikis
ELIZABETH , the daughter of the King of Bavaria - Miglė Polikevičiūtė, Agnė Šataitė
THE GOVERNANCE OF ELIZABETH - Rasa Jakučionytė

PREMIERE 2017 April 12, 13
Performance of part I (duration 1 hour 30 minutes)

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