Šviesos ir materijų spektaklis TUNELIS

A performance of light and objects for children from 5 years of age

Director, artist, scenographer - Miha Golob
Playwright - Mojca Redjko
Costume designer - Dajana Ljubičić
Composer - Andrius Šiurys
Author of video projections - Borut Kumperščak
Lighting artist - Gregor Kuhar, Tomas Zinkus
Played by: Kęstutis Bručkus, Vytautas Kairys, Renata Kutaitė-Raudonienė, Kamilė Andriuskaitė / Monika Mikalauskaitė-Baužienė
Sound recording and editing director - Andrius Šiurys
Children interviewed - Aušra Juknevičienė
Producers: Alja Cerar Mihajlović, Agnė Pulokaitė
Light and sound operators: Mantvydas Poškus, Paulius Vendelis
Production of scenography, puppets, props and costumes: Polona Černe, Sandra Birjukov, David Klemenčič, Zlatko Djogić, Zoran Srdić, Monika Colja, Smrekca d.o.o., Agnė Jablonskytė
Mirror production: Konveks, Oliver Frlić, s.p.
Photos: Mitja Vasič, Kristijonas Lučinskas, Dainius Putinas

Sincere thanks to Ažuolus, Benedikt, Elija, Ugnei, Jonas, Sofia, Šarūns, Marta, Emilius, Cornelia

Co-production with the Ljubljana Puppet Theater (Slovenia )

Premiere at the Klaipėda Puppet Theater - 2022. October 29.

Duration - 50 min.

The Tunnel is an extraordinary performance that aims to make friends with the dark and enjoy light like the most delicious dessert. At first it may seem that the light can be controlled, but the unknowable, threatening darkness is not. However, in the play, this preconceived notion is instantly turned upside down - a pinch of courage and fellowship allows us to tame the darkness and learn to enjoy it.

eni beni riki taki
we will go together into the night
everywhere you look, it is dark
black black, even scary
eni beni riki taki
urbu shurbu schmiki schmaki
I will tell you something secret,
if you understand, we will find the path:
we only need to summon courage,
because all darkness hides the light
burbu shurbu shmiki shmaki

In the tunnel live both light and darkness. Where there is light, there is color, form, depth, distance and movement. When the light goes out, it becomes dark. In the dark, we do not see colors, do not perceive the real shapes and sizes of objects, without touch we can hardly understand spatial arrangement or determine distances. The world unfolding in the light disappears in the dark, without a clear image the sounds are distorted. Many people are uncomfortable in the dark. Or perhaps fear?

The performance, which experiments with light and darkness, will invite the audience to a "playground of darkness" where associative visual and sound paintings are created, playfully raising questions about fear and courage In the performance "Tunnel" much attention is paid to the exploration of the possibilities of the chosen matter in terms of its physical, chemical, applied properties and symbolic meanings. In the performance, the puppeteers bring different forms of darkness and light to life, testing their movement capabilities until they reach a point where darkness and light become not only sensory perception, but also a form of expression. Small viewers seem to enter an associative playground where imagination can be lost and creativity can be stimulated, while for adults it can become an opportunity to reflect on this intangible substance that surrounds us everywhere, which seems to be practically impossible to cover in one go.

Miha Golob – theater director, puppeteer. He received several awards for his work in the field of puppet theater in his native Slovenia and in other countries. Usually, in his performances, he refrains from researching and experimenting with the chosen material and invites the audience to actively and creatively participate in this process. in 2017 created the play "Aquarium", which was shown to Klaipėda audiences in 2019. in the program of the international theater festival "Materia Magica". With the play "Sandbox", created in the Ljubljana Puppet Theater, he continued his exploration of materiality, and this trilogy is completed by the play "Tunelis", which travels through the worlds of light and darkness, which is part of the "European Mapping" project and is created in cooperation between two puppet theaters in Ljubljana and Klaipėda.

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