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“Baltic Theatre Festival 2014” Riga, October 10. – 19. SCHEDULE Baltic Theatre Festival 2014 and The annual Latvian professional theatre show “Baltic Theatre festival 2014” Riga, October 10. – 19. SCHEDULE Date Time and Performance Director, Theatre Venue duration CHILDREN’S PROGRAM: 10.10 11:00 Gyula Urban Felikss Deičs, Valmiera Drama The Big hall of Valmiera 14:00 „All Mice Like Cheese” Theatre Drama Theatre http://vdt.lv/lv/izrade/visam_ 1h 40min pelem_garso_siers 14:00 Krista Burāne „A Winter House” Krista Burāne, Nomadi Valmiera Drama Theatre 17:00 1h 18:00 „What is Too Crazy, is Crazy" Dita Balčus, Dita Balčus’ Theatre Mākslas darbinieku nams, Vaļņu street 9, Old Riga 1h http://ditasbalcusteatris.lv/por tfolio/kas-par-traku-tas-par- traku/ 11.10. 11:00 Wilhelm Busch „Max and Moritz” Edgars Kaufelds, Latvian Puppet The Big Hall of Latvian Theatre Puppet Theatre 1h 30min http://www.lelluteatris.lv/lv/7 94-makss-un-morics 14:00 After Jaunsudrabiņš Inga Tropa, Dirty Deal Teatro Dirty Deal Teatro „The White Book” 1h 40min 18:00 Rasa Bugavičute Elmārs Seņkovs, Latvian National The Big Hall of Latvian „Little Red Ridinghood and the Theatre National Theatre 1h 30min) Wolf” http://www.teatris.lv/lv/izrade s/liela-zale/sarkangavite-un- vilks 12.10. 12:00 Māra Ķimele, New Riga Theatre New Riga Theatre „Indian stories (Nyarama)” http://www.jrt.lv/nijaramas- 1h pasakas 15:00 Inguna Bauere Juris Jonelis, Latvian Academy of Latvian Academy of Culture „The Treasures of Ancestors” Culture, 3. dramatic course. Theatre home - Zirgu pasts, Dzirnavu 46 18:00 Ligita Lukstraupe „re: Awakening” Dita Balčus, Dita Balčus’ Theatre Mākslas darbinieku nams, Vaļņu street 9, Old Riga 1h 40min THE ANNUAL LATVIAN PROFESSIONAL THEATRE SHOW: 13.10. 13:00 „What is Too Crazy, is Crazy" Dita Balčus, Dita Balčus’ Theatre Mākslas darbinieku nams, 1h We offer you our own created journey Vaļņu street 9, Old Riga into our exceptional poet Ojārs http://ditasbalcusteatris.lv/por Vācietis’(1933-1983) fantasy and into tfolio/kas-par-traku-tas-par- the characters of his poetic world, traku/ which will magically come to life before your eyes.The show is intended for children of all ages, their parents, poem lovers, and also for those who still want to fall in love with poetry. 17:00 Andrei Ivanov „She is Everything” Georgijs Surkovs, Daugavpils The Small hall of Daile’s (A Play for Teenagers and their Grown- Theatre Theatre 1h 20min up Parents) After her husband’s death, http://daugavpilsteatris.lv/izra the wife loses contact with her teenage des_izversts.php?show=47 son. The son hates his mother and dreams about her death, but, in turn, the mother blames her son for all the sins of the world; therefore, every try to improve the relationship ends with new attacks. Finally, Mother comes up with a solution: she decides to get to know her son in a social setting and shows up disguised as a teenager. 19:00 „Anatomy of Dance” „How Close?” Choreographer: Elīna Breice, Gertrude’s street Theatre 50 min The modern dance performance How Gertrude’s street Theatre http://git.lv/?page_id=4750 Close? is a medium for rememberances that mirrors two people’s togetherness, when time has become enduringly long, but the place is permanent. 20:00 „The Duncans—Deviants or The Anatomy of Dance and Inta Ģertrūde’s street Theatre Prophets?” This dance performance is Balode an exploration into the personalities of the American artists and dancers, Isadora (1877-1927) and her brother Raymond Duncan (1874-1966). 14.10. 18:30 Per Olov Enquist Mārtiņš Eihe, Valmiera Drama Valmiera Drama Theatre „In the Hour of the Lynx” Theatre http://vdt.lv/lv/izrade/lusa_stu 1h 30min nda 19:00 Mikhail Kuzmin Vladislavs Nastavševs, New Riga The Big hall of New Riga "Travellers by Sea and Land" Theatre Theatre 3h 10min http://www.jrt.lv/peldosie- celojosie 15.10. 18:30 Roland Topor Ģirts Ēcis, LMT Mansards – The Small „Winter Under the Table” Valmiera Drama Theatre hall of Valmiera Drama 1h 40min Theatre http://vdt.lv/lv/izrade/ziema_z em_galda 18:30 Regnārs Vaivars „The Titanic” The Regnārs Vaivars, Latvian „O- karte” - The New hall of musical opens an ideal, charming, and National Theatre Latvian National Theatre 2h 10min erotically exciting world, where no http://www.teatris.lv/lv/izrade depressing relationships exist; in other s/jauna-zale/titaniks words, a sexual world appears. Seeing the show, the average adult might be overcome by the feeling that in his future life also everything will be wonderful.” 18:30 Rasa Bugavičute by Jānis Ezeriņš Elmārs Seņkovs, Latvian National The Actors’ hall of Latvian „Ezeriņš” How to summarize a man’s Theatre National Theatre 2h 15min destiny in several minutes, when in life http://www.teatris.lv/lv/izrade decisive events happen in minutes of s/aktieru-zale/ezerins imprecise length, hours, and days? To experience in a concentrated time span an incredible meeting, impossible love, unusual characters, and unexpected death, while remaining sober is a gift only art can give. Seven creative actors of the National Theater present for us such a gift in the packaging of seven jointly chosen novels. 19:00 Mikhail Kuzmin Vladislavs Nastavševs, New Riga The Big hall of New Riga "Travellers by Sea and Land" Theatre Theatre 3h 10min http://www.jrt.lv/peldosie- celojosie 16.10. 19:00 Maxim Gorky „Summerfolk” Elmārs Seņkovs, Riga Russian The Big hall of Riga Russian Theatre Theatre 2h 45min http://www.trd.lv/lv/izrades/i zrades/vasarnieki/ 19:00 Agnese Rutkēviča „Dukši” „The story Gatis Šmits, New Riga Theatre The Museum Hall of The is about somewhat tired people, New Riga Theatre 2h 20min loneliness, purpose in life, and love. (Talsu street 1) Perhaps, at present, humanity is living http://www.jrt.lv/duksi through a century of estrangement and ennui, when those values that once were important in today’s society are no more relevant. As once wrote Maurice Maeterlinck , „the time will come, and it is not far away, when souls will understand each other without the body’s mediation.” Maeterlinck himself will not know that he predicted the 21st century.” 19:00 Bertholt Brecht Dž.Dž.Džilindžers, Liepāja Liepāja Theatre 2h 10min „Bloody Red Moon (Drums in the Theatre http://liepajasteatris.lv/sasodit Night)” ais-sarkanais-meness/ BALTIC THEATRE FESTIVAL Information about the Festival performances please see below! LITHUANIA: 17.10. 17:30 THE OPENING OF THE Riga Kongress Centre FESTIVAL 18:00 Operomanija The New Hall of Riga Kongress Centre 1h Vaiva Grainytė „Have a Good Day” 20:30 Rolandas Kazlas, Vilnius Puppet Palace of Culture 2h Theatre Ziemeļblāzma Kristijonas Donelaitis „Unlike the Fashion of This World” (One-act performance for adults) ESTONIA: 18.10. 13:00 Regnārs Vaivars, Rihards Jakovels Regnārs Vaivars, Valmiera Drama Latvian Academy of Culture [email protected] (A pleasant conversation Theatre Theatre home - Zirgu pasts, 1h 10min about basketball and life) When giving Dzirnavu 46 yourself a hundred per cent to what is closest to your heart, is anything left for other things in your life? 15:00 „Heavy metal” The play is based on Andrejs Jarovojs, Gertrude’s Gertrude’s street Theatre real events that took place on May 1, street Theatre 1h 30min 2009, at Bari Alai observation post in Afghanistan, where, on that day, two soldiers from Latvia lost their lives. They were Voldemārs Anševics and Andrejs Merkuševs. Since the information of what happened on that day continues to be classified, the creative theater troup’s version about those events and the personnel are imaginary. 15:00 Lauri Lagle , NO99 The New Hall of Riga 1h 40min Kongress Centre NO99, „Wednesday” 17:00 Maria Petersone, Project theatre The Museum Hall of The 3h 30min New Riga Theatre Andri Luup, „Dove” (Talsu street 1) 21:00 Lauri Lagle , NO99 The New Hall of Riga 1h 40min Kongress Centre NO99, „Wednesday” LATVIA: 19.10. 11:00 Conference. Latvian Academy of Culture Open discussion based on Theatre home - Zirgu pasts, performances seen for theatre critics, Dzirnavu 46 journalists and theatre professionals. 13:00 Rūdolfs Blaumanis „Raudupiete” Elmārs Seņkovs, Valmiera Drama The Big Hall of Valmiera 1h 40min Raudupiete is among the first works in Theatre Drama Theatre Latvian literature, where a person’s inner nature is revealed. Perhaps it is a story about the secret part in all of us that fights for love and sympathy so blindly that it kills itself. We know that passion, repressed truth, and unfulfilled desire can have destructive consequences. 14:30 and Olga Žitluhina „Outside” („Moved by Olga Žitluhina’s dance Company Latvian Academy of Culture 18:00 Brand”) Dance performance „Outside” Theatre home - Zirgu pasts, 1h 20min studies the modern man’s ability to go Dzirnavu 46 beyond the usual comfort zone in the name of a higher purpose. In the process of generating ideas as the literary source of the performance was taken Henrik Ibsen’s “Brand” – a masterpiece of classic drama. 16:00 Lauris Gundars, Theatre TT Club „Depo”, Old Riga 1h 15min Rūdolfs Mings „The Ghosts of Mings” 19:00 Alvis Hermanis, New Riga The Big hall of New Riga "Onegin. Commentaries" Theatre Theatre 2h 30min THE CLOSING OF THE FESTIVAL New Riga Theatre 20.10 19:00 GUEST SHOW – Luk Perceval, Producer: The Big Hall of Latvian 2h William Shakespeare „Macbeth” Festival BALTIC HOUSE National Theatre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYA KHaRbnkk Vilnius Theatre „Lėlė” Arklių Str. 5, Lietuva Fantasy about the poet Kristijonas Donelaitis One-act performance for adults UNLIKE THE FASHION OF THIS WORLD Dramatization author and director: Rolandas KAZLAS Artist: Neringa KERŠULYTĖ Cast: Rolandas KAZLAS, Sigita MIKALAUSKAITĖ, Deivis SARAPINAS Premiere: 18 October 2013 Duration: 2 hours Assistant Director – Olga POCEVIČIŪTĖ Lighting: Julius STANKEVIČIUS Sound: Vitaras AŠKELAVIČIUS Costumes: Virginija PAJARSKIENĖ, Lukas JUODIS Scenery, requisites: Liljana JANAVIČIENĖ, Simona LUKOŠINĖ, Martynas LUKOŠUS, Ligita SKUKAUSKAITĖ “Unlike the fashion of this world” is not just the name of the play, but also the inscription about the famous Lithuanian poet Kristijonas Donelaitis, made by Precentor K.
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