Per Olov Enquist „LŪŠIES VALANDA“ (Rež. Artūras Areima)

Via Olov Enquist
"The Hour of the Lynx"
Drama; N-16
Duration - 2 hours. 40 minutes
The premiere is in 2025. January 31
The show is shown in Lithuanian with English and Russian subtitles
Great hall

Creative team:
The director is Artūras Areima
Scenography artist - Oles Makukhin
Costume designer - Valdemara Jasulaitytė
Video artist - Kristijonas Dirsė
The artist of lights is Julius Kuršys
Composer - π (Monika Poderytė)
Instrumentalist – Julius Bučinskas
Video operators - Darius Budrys, Martynas Ungurys

The assistant director is Nadezhda Pereverzeva
The play was translated from Swedish into Lithuanian by Zita Mažeikaitė
Starring:
Saulius Ambrozaitis, Eglė Špokaitė, Eglė Grigaliūnaitė, Maksim Tuchvatulin, Artūras Aleksejev
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Director Artūras Areima's performance based on Per Olovs Enquist's play "The Hour of the Lynx" (St. "I Lodjurets timma") is an exciting drama of the soul, analyzing what madness is, faith, who a person is and what he is capable of, exploring the human psyche and subconscious.
The main thread of the performance is the blurred boundaries between sanity and insanity, normality and social marginality. The director raises the question, when and how does a decisive turning point occur and a person indulges in cruelty, crime, madness? There is a clear intention to analyze the nature of the crime, the origin of mental disorders, to give the viewer the opportunity to rethink their beliefs, fears and encourage dialogue.
The play "Hour of the Lynx" tells the story of a young guy who finds himself in a psychiatric hospital, in the critical section. The guy tells the young doctor about his childhood, his complicated life story. The research team is conducting an experiment with the patients of this department - some of them are allowed to raise pets and take care of them. The main character of the play finds out that the experiment is being stopped - his best friend, the cat, will be taken away from him.
What does it mean to grow up in a family without love and how does it affect the psychological state of a young person? How does the effect of lack of love, rejection develop as the child grows? How responsible are we as a society for crime and can we spot the defining moment before disaster strikes? Is what we think we know, and what is instilled in us from early childhood, always true?
The Lynx Hour can provide a unique perspective that fosters empathy and understanding. The form of the performance is dreamy, surreal, mystical. The director aims to return the play of dreams and fantasy to the theater, in order to allow him to break away from reality.
Per Olov Enquist (1934-2020) is one of the most famous Swedish writers, playwrights, laureate of many prizes. in 1975 debuts in the theater with the drama "The Night of Tribados", followed by
several notable plays appear. One of them is "Hour of the Lynx" (1998), which received worldwide recognition and was widely produced. This play is also made into a film (dir. Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, 2013).
Artūras Areima is one of the most interesting creators of the young generation of Lithuanian theater, whose works constantly provoke debates between critics and audiences, and has repeatedly received the highest ratings from professional stage art assessors.
"Lūšies valanda" is the result of a co-production between Vilnius Old Theater and Artūros Areimas Theater.

The project is partially financed by the Lithuanian Council of Culture.
Stage rights agency Nordic Drama Corner.
The show is shown in Lithuanian with English and Russian subtitles.
If you want to see the subtitles clearly, we recommend choosing seats on the parterre from the 7th row.
Smoking is allowed during the performance.
Attention! The show uses loud noises, smoke and bright flashes of light.

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