VMT SPEKTAKLIS | DĖDĖ VANIA

Director Tomi Janežič (Slovenia) - "Golden Cross of the Stage" (2022) in the DIRECTOR nomination for the play "Uncle Vania"
VMT actress Ilona Kvietkutė - "Golden Cross of the Stage" (2022) in the nomination of the ACTING FEMALE for the role of Sonia in the play "Uncle Vania"
Actor Martynas Nedzinskas - "Golden Stage Cross" (2022) in the MALE ACTOR nomination for the role of Astrov in the play "Uncle Vania"
Costume designer Marina Sremac (Serbia) - "Golden Stage Cross" (2022) ) for COSTUMES for the performance "Uncle Vania"

The performance received the award of the jury of the festival "Sirens" (2022) for stage mastery. According to the members of the commission, this performance is special for its dramaturgical coherence, the bright wit of the director and the extravagant acting style, which was distinguished by the entire ensemble of actors. The festival commission was made up of experts from France, Spain, Belgium, Greece and Slovenia.

Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vania" is one of the most emotional plays of all time, in which the genius playwright revealed the very essence of human life, the greatest desires and bitterest disappointments. This play about people's wasted lives can accommodate all genres - comedy, drama, tragedy... Everything is even more in the performance of the Vilnius Small Theater: the celebration of life will explode here like a loud firework, and the sting of rejected love, unfulfilled hopes and dreams will leave a big lump in the throat.

Slovenian director Tomi Janežičius, who is creating the play with an international team, is an expert on Anton Chekhov's dramaturgy, who constantly returns to these plays that skillfully interweave the absurdity and the reality of life. Tomi Janežičius is famous throughout Europe as a master who creates particularly emotionally affecting and at the same time intellectual performances. Janežičius creates plays and gives lectures in Italy, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia and other countries, and his plays tour all over the world, are performed at the biggest European theater festivals (Wiener Festwochen, Avignon, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, MESS, etc.). ). The director has won several international theater awards, including the BITEF International Theater Festival, "Golden Masks", etc.

Although Janežičius' works stand out for their original directorial interpretations, he cannot be called a director-producer in any way. Rather, he is a true experimenter and explorer of human nature. For him, the most important thing is not to stage a performance, but to establish a relationship with people - with actors, the entire creative group and finally - with the audience. In rehearsal, the director, who is also a certified psychodrama therapist, uses the psychodrama method to bring the actors together, to create a safe environment for them to open up and create.

I'm not sure if the world needs another Chekhov production. It is much more interesting for me to find a relationship to Chekhov, to the story, to the roles. Today, it is more important than ever to build "Uncle Vania" and for another reason - the extremely widespread ideology of success. We only talk about achievements, being happy, being successful, achieving goals... The pressure is so high. This play - "Uncle Vania" - shows the opposite situation. We may fail, but accept it as normal. At the same time, to show that the ideology of success and winning is simply too artificial.

What is success or failure? The topic of failure is especially important here. On YouTube, we can find millions of videos depicting various failures. We like to watch it, we enjoy it, we laugh. When we see other people getting together, we feel a certain relaxation, don't we? A. Chekhov knew how to talk about it. It would be wonderful if we could laugh at people who fail but love them at the same time.

Tomi Janežič

Director - Tomi Janežič (Slovenia)

Playwright and assistant director - Nina Rajic Kranjac (Slovenia)

Set designer - Branko Hojnik (Slovenia)

Costume designer - Marina Sremac (Serbia)

Lighting designer - Vilius Vilutis

Translator - Laura Kutkaitė

Played by:

SEREBRIAKOVAS ALEKSANDRAS VLADIMIROVIĆIUS, resigned professor - Arvydas Dapšys

JELENA ANDREJEVNA, his wife, twenty-seven years old - Indrė Patkauskaitė

SOFIJA ALEKSANDROVNA (SONIA), his daughter from his first marriage - Ilona Kvietkutė

VOINICKAJA MARIJA VASILJEVNA, widow of the privy councilor, mother of the professor's first wife - Jūratė Brogaitė

VOINICKIS IVANAS PETROVIČIUS, her son - Arūnas Sakalauskas

ASTROVAS MICHAILAS LVOVIČIUS, doctor - Martynas Nedzinskas

TELEGINAS ILJA ILJIČIUS, deceased landlord - Tomas Stirna

MARINA, old nanny - Vilija Ramanauskaitė

VERA, Serebriakov's first wife, Sonia's mother, deceased - Valda Bičkutė

WORKER - Tomas Rinkūnas

Premiere 2021 July 15, 16

Warning: N-16. During the performance, uncensored vocabulary, profanity, tobacco products, stage smoke, etc. are used.

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