Starting point '26: grimmasos

September 22 (Tuesday) 18:00 I 50 min. Kanta Company, Teatronas I dir. Gildas Aleksa I N-18 Kaunas City Chamber Theatre, Main Hall Ticket price: 9.60 – 12 Eur A contemporary circus performance based on the first uncensored edition of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales Based on three unknown Brothers Grimm fairy tales from the first and uncensored edition of the book, published long before it was intended for children, "Grimmasos" attempts to combine circus, dance, and the art of storytelling into an intimate and immersive performance. Violent, chaotic, dark. The stories depict a world in crisis. People and creatures lose their lives, regain them, seek revenge, and sometimes a goat destroys a family's life. Can the circus be a meeting place to understand the inexplicable? Can the audience and artists create together? This performance is created by three artists, three spectators, while the rest observe by reading, dancing, and performing acrobatic stunts. All of this is based on fairy tales that, on one hand, have nothing to do with real life, and on the other, tell something deeply human and recognizable beyond words. Performers: Gabrielle Emilly Aidulis, Kęstas Matusevičius, Aino Mäkipää Director, playwright – Gildas Aleksa Composer – Jokūbas Tulaba Scenography and costumes – Kotryna Klara Rupainytė Consultant – Angela Wand (Sweden) Co-producers: Kanta Company, Teatronas Partners: Subtopia (Sweden), Dynamo Workspace (Denmark), Arts Printing House and Kaunas City Chamber Theatre (Lithuania) The premiere of the performance is partially funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius City Municipality. The project also received funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers' Culture and Art Programme.