Musical confession - play, musical ''The Prophet. When hands ignite from love''

Kitoks teatras presents:

Musical confession – play, musical "The Prophet. When hands ignite from love"

with well-known performers from cinema, TV, and the theater stage: Andrius Bialobžeskis – a charismatic actor, bard, awarded with the Golden Cross of the Stage and the Silver Crane awards. Hero of countless TV series and films. Giedrius Arbačiauskas – actor, bard, TV voice. Egidijus Sipavičius – legendary singer. Greta Šepliakovaitė-Bendžė – actress, active participant in sung poetry, participant of the TV project "Lietuvos balsas". Miglė Polikevičiūtė – actress awarded with the "Golden Cross of the Stage" and "Silver Crane" awards. Šarūnas Januškevičius – actor, well-recognized by viewers from the series "Rimti reikalai", "Šeima", "Rezidentai", films "Laisvės kaina", "Savanoriai", "Grąžinti nepriklausomybę", "Ir visi jos vyrai" and others. Tadas Gryn – actor, face of TV series and films, Eglė Ancevičiūtė – actress, songwriter and performer well-recognized by Lithuanian viewers from the TV series "Meilė gydo", "Rimti reikalai". Aurelija Tamulytė – (TV, theater and film actress, perfectly recognized by viewers from popular TV series, films, etc. Aurelija has won "Golden Cross of the Stage" awards for "Female Role" and "Supporting Female Role".) as well as "Fortūna" prizes. Jokūbas Jankauskas – participant of various TV projects and Eurovision selections.

"The Prophet" - a unique returning musical play - musical. First presented in Lithuania twenty years ago, it received special attention from viewers and left a bright mark in the history of Lithuanian performing arts. Now the work returns renewed – with the same music and lyrics, but a new creative team, a different artistic vision, and a fresh breath of performers. This is not a banal love story, but a painful love triangle, where fast glitter clashes with true feeling, and joy – with pain. The main character, an elderly man, becomes a mediator between the past and the present, allowing the viewer to rediscover that love can be both sweet as honey and burning as fire.

"The Prophet" – not just a play, but also a journey into the world of one of the great spiritual texts of the 20th century. The origins of the play lie in the book "The Prophet" by poet and philosopher K. Gibran, whose universal themes have been prompting reflection on the meaning of human life for over a century. This book, which inspired and changed the life of Paulo Coelho – the author of "The Alchemist", speaks anew today through music and theater – in the Lithuanian stage context. It is a story about universal life cycles that every viewer can recognize in themselves. The philosophy of Gibran's "The Prophet", in the words of poet R. Stankevičius, joins with the music of composer R. Radzevičius and the language of theater, creating a space for an internal meeting with oneself.

This is not a traditional musical, but a musical-poetic meditation, where music, word, and visual expression become equal elements of dramaturgy.

At the center of the play is the human path. It contains love and betrayal, birth and death, bodily passions and inner peace. There is no acting here. There is confession here. It is a story about universal life cycles that every viewer can recognize in themselves.

This play is not only an aesthetic experience but also an internal journey – a pause, listening, and recognition. It balances between concert expression, poetry theater, and visual performance, and its goal is to touch the most sensitive strings of the human heart.

One of the songs from "The Prophet", "Burning Hands", has also become a hit in the concert program of the famous singer M. Mikutavičius.

Actors about the play:

Giedrius Arbačiauskas agreed without hesitation to act in this musical play: "It is important for me to convey my life experiences on stage, to revive the soul's memory again and again: what is worth dedicating the time given to me..." In his creative work, the voice actor for television films, songwriter, and performer always looks for sincere humanity, another person's perspective on questions and values important to him, and a creative approach to life."

Andrius Bialobžeskis decided to act in the updated musical because of the poems by poet R. Stankevičius. "Rimvydas is my friend. I highly value his work," the actor does not hide. In addition, Andrius admitted that he especially values such offers and opportunities when he has the chance to sing on stage. As he says himself, acting and singing are increasingly intertwined in his life.

A. Bialobžeskis plays the role of the Prophet. "No, I don't consider myself a prophet in life," he laughs. "However, with age, I notice that I begin to understand many things differently. I look at love, at mistakes differently..." admits the well-known man. According to the actor, acting in the musical play "The Prophet. When hands ignite from love" puts him in a meditative, therapeutic mood.

Egidijus Sipavičius will perform the role of the Dandy. What kind of character is this? In the singer's words, he is a narcissist, a dandy, a conceited person who takes everything from life by the handful. And everything just for himself. Not caring about the feelings and emotions of the people around him. "A person completely without any empathy, just a nasty guy," he adds. And isn't it difficult to play a villain? Maybe Egidijus sees some parallels between this character and his own life? "It's not difficult to play such a character. Because it's always easier to play vivid villains and hopeless good guys, such very bright characters, than a person plagued by doubts. Once, I myself experienced such an egocentric state, when everyone loves you, worships you, says that you are the most wonderful, best, most beautiful singer. And then it's very easy to look at everyone around as people you need or don't need. You can choose boldly because the supply is terribly large. I have experienced a similar state once. Well, thank God I got out of it, I had enough common sense," the interviewee reveals.

Young generation actor Šarūnas Januškevičius about the musical: "As a creator, this material intrigues me. That is the most accurate word to describe my feelings after receiving the offer to create a role in this musical, after hearing the songs for the first time. This is definitely not an ordinary, banal, entertaining 'dance-party' musical, which you seem to expect when you hear the name of this genre. This is a poetic, mystical, non-literal event. It talks about essential topics – about life, death, love, eternal values. No 'humor' parasite, no veil of sarcasm or irony, no discomfort of being open-hearted – what so often plagues our theatrical era. And the authors are serious: Rimvydas Stankevičius (lyrics - laureate of spring poetry, awarded with the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize) and Rokas Radzevičius (music). All this inspires, raises not only respect but also a desire not to disappoint. It was the texts of poet R. Stankevičius that attracted him and sparked the desire to join this creative team: "As an actor, I always feel great respect for good writers. I started thinking about how I could act them (those texts), embody them, how I should work with them. What could I create? That challenge intrigued me," reasoned Š. Januškevičius, who became famous in the TV project "Muzikinė kaukė" and won X Factor.

Also, young generation actress Miglė Polikevičiūtė, awarded with the "Golden Cross of the Stage", shares her thoughts about "The Prophet". Miglė admitted that she felt right away that acting in the musical play would be meaningful work that would bring beautiful "prophecies". "And I wasn't wrong, it has very, very beautiful song lyrics that heal the heart and raise a sense of beauty." The character embodied by Miglė is very dear and close to her. She even discovered great similarities with her. "Like my character – so did I, making mistakes, winding through the labyrinths of life, discovered that love is more important than anything. Pure, simple, beautiful. And it is important to cherish and value it," the interviewee is convinced.

Creative team:

Directing solutions and producer - Tadas Gryn

Lyrics – Rimvydas Stankevičius (laureate of spring poetry, awarded with the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize)

Music – Rokas Radzevičius (creator of the rock operas "Jūratė ir Kastytis", "Eglė žalčių karalienė" and other projects)

Choreography - Gytis Ivanauskas

Image - Toma Stašytė.

Sound engineer - Erikas Vaikšnoras

Video projections and audiovisual art – Mantas Bartusevičius

Performers:

Man – Andrius Bialobžeskis / Giedrius Arbačiauskas

Woman – Eglė Ancevičiūtė / Miglė Polikevičiūtė / Aurelija Tamulytė

Girl – Greta Bendžė / Miglė Polikevičiūtė

Boy – Šarūnas Januškevičius / Jokūbas

Dandy – Egidijus Sipavičius / Tadas Gryn / Ainis Storpirštis