Events

A performance without words for viewers aged 5 and up.

Inspired by Issa Watanabe's wordless book "Migrants"

Screenplay author, director, performer – Saulė Degutytė
Composer, performer – Jausmė Elena Stonkutė
Costume designer – Paulina Simutytė
Performers: Andžela Vitauskaitė and Rimantas Šiekštelė
Partner – Aukso žuvys Publishing House
Sponsor – Lithuanian Council for
Culture Photos from the performance by Laura Vansevičienė, Lukas Varanauskas, and from personal archives
The performance uses drawings by Issa Watanabe

Duration: 45 min.
Premiere: October 6, 2023.

The audiovisual performance Journey to Another Forest addresses a sensitive topic for viewers – the loss of home. What is home to us? Whether it is a forest, an ocean, or an apartment building, home is a place that should be safe, calm, and warm, where we can return after a day's work and watch TV, play games, do homework, or just stare at the ceiling with our bellies full of soup.

In this audiovisual journey, we explore the concept of home—how important is it to us? What makes us leave them? How do we behave when this happens? Do we share our food with a hungry wolf or giraffe migrating to another forest? Do we sing a lullaby to our neighbor's geese?

How do we feel about arriving in the new forest, and how important are fellowship and unity on this journey?

We invite you to experience this meditative shadow play, in which various objects "perform" live on three screens, accompanied by live music and songs in an imaginary language. The images and sounds will captivate the attention of both children and adults alike.