The Coriolanus, one of Shakespeare’s last tragedies, opens with an invitation to pause and listen. To focus attention before acting and think carefully about who is doing what and why. This invitation is intended primarily for the audience witnessing the tragedy of the reckless Roman warrior Coriolanus. And he, having proven his bravery and talents on the battlefield, before the eyes of the audience who decided to stop and listen, slowly reveals how the thirst for appreciation, mixed with the bitterness of disappointment, can end up tragically.
The new production of Coriolanus, a play that was rarely staged in Lithuanian theatres, invites you to pause and listen to the human tragedy.
Director Paulius Markevičius does not interpret Coriolanus as a political play. Even though politics in Coriolanus is important, it is, however, just a mere collection of circumstances that, together with acute doubts in democracy as witnessed in our modern world as well as in Shakespeare’s play, and also the tensions provoked by political change and armed unrests, simply help analysing a human being in critical situation. Emphasizing the conflict between a crowd and an individual, as well as the manipulations of the powerful over the weaker ones, the director talks about personal challenges that arise when personal talents and surrounding expectations are tearing us in opposite directions.
Team
Director Paulius Markevičius
Scenographer and costume designer Ugnė Tamuliūnaitė
Composer Andrius Šiurys
Master of lights Audrius Jankauskas
Actors: Aldona Bendoriūtė, Remigijus Bučius, Tauras Čižas, Simonas Dovidauskas, Milda Noreikaitė, Vygandas Vadeiša.
Premier 2021
Spektaklio sukūrimą remia Lietuvos kultūros taryba ir Vilniaus miesto savivaldybė.
