Ironic meditation of experimental form (named as opera) about one of the most essential things in our lives – make-up. In one word the creators encode entire ammunition that we use before stepping out into public space – cosmetics, fashion, image, as well as a less material aspect of personal mythology.

Ivaškevičius is one of the most interesting playwrights of the young generation. He has directed a play on World War II and deportation all by himself. The play is about two separated families: Lithuanian and Siberian. Can an uprooted member from one family fill in the gaping emptiness of the other household? Four actors speak two languages: Lithuanian and Russian. Do they have the same things in mind?

A rare possibility to see a Latvian play on Lithuanian stage. Although the comparison of Margaret from Faust by Goethe with the fate of a small nation casts some doubts, just as Latvian ethnographic scenery depicting the cell of Margaret does, all those doubts are stilled by perfect acting of Asta Preidytė, who was awarded the Golden Stage Cross for the role.

How does one of the most interesting European directors see this sought-after novel by Bulgakov? What kind of Moscow does mysterious professor Woland discover? And what has been left from tragic love of the Master and Margarita? An exquisite escort of Woland, phantasmagorical metamorphoses of the “train” of critics-litterateurs, theatrical and nonetheless macabre visions of hell and the conversation between Yeshua and Pilate.

The performance is like an old family photo: flooded with warm, nostalgic light, all “defects” slightly retouched. The situation when parents don’t understand each other and have neither the time nor wish to talk to their children is wearily familiar and is void of any topicality. All those things and gismos from the past that set designer Julija Skuratova uses for creation of her characters must have brought that wise distance with them.

Although Oedipus by Dainius Gavenonis greets the audience in the sand box, this does not imply that Oskaras Koršunovas intends to play with the ancient text. Before going to the performance, it is advisable to read the play. This will make it easier to understand what these shadowy silhouettes of toys surrounding Oedipus are. Also, having read the play, you will decide whether it’s worth believing the words of a horrible charred Pinocchio or not.

Childhood and adolescence experiences told by young actors take you back to the times when the New Year smelled of tangerines and school discos sparkled with mirror balls. Gradually, you get the feeling that you see your ex-classmates on the stage.

In the performance by Nekrošius, the fatal couple of Othello and Desdemona strikes with the very choice of actors. The dramatic prima ballerina Eglė Špokaitė and the benchmark for onstage masculine solemnity Vladas Bagdonas are both so beautiful and so unwaveringly different. When the passions aroused by storming waters gain momentum, there’s no hope that such exotic beauty will survive.