House No. 6: ETHER

"ETHER" is an immersive theatre and sound experience at the LRT Kaunas studio. The audience is invited into the daily routine of the studio, where different times and the everyday lives of employees merge, gradually revealing a sensitive story about the attempt to establish a connection.

The "ETHER" radio station operates with the hope that someone is listening. Here, arrivals are registered, reports are prepared, voices are stored, and answers are awaited. Traveling through this institution, you will discover its efforts to preserve the small events of life: today someone called back; everyone returned home safely; the iron is turned off. Mundane messages through which people maintain contact across time, distance, and separation. At the "ETHER" station, such news is worth broadcasting.

The comical radio routine gradually unfolds as a sensitive story about care, loneliness, and the longing for connection. What is worth preserving from our lives: an important statement, laughter, a recipe, or perhaps a simple "let me know when you get back"?

* Ether - 1) In ancient Greek mythology - the upper, clearest, and purest layer of air, the dwelling place of the gods. 2) A highly volatile, strong-smelling organic liquid used as an anesthetic. 3) The invisible space through which radio and television waves travel, or the broadcast itself.

This performance is part of the non-traditional theatre program House No. 6. It is the only site-specific theatre festival in Lithuania, which this year will be located from November 13 to 22 in the historic LRT Kaunas studio – a building where the history of Lithuanian radio has been created for nearly a hundred years.

During the interwar period, the Kaunas Radio Station was one of the most important cultural institutions in Lithuania. It hosted a radio theatre and a symphony orchestra, broadcast concerts, plays, and literary evenings, and employed the most prominent Lithuanian cultural figures of the time. Today, LRT continues to operate in this building. During the festival, visitors will have a rare opportunity to get to know this historic space from the inside: part of the building will become a contemporary theatre stage for the first time. During the festival, there will be three works created by artists inspired by the history, architecture, and atmosphere of this building.

Creators: Teatras Tolyn Gilyn: Paulius Markevičius, Matas Samulionis, Inga Galvanauskaitė. The festival is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Kaunas City Municipality.

Age: N16

Duration: 60 min.

IMPORTANT! Please do not be late. Latecomers will not be admitted. Please arrive 10 minutes before the performance. During the performance, you will need to walk around the building; we recommend wearing comfortable footwear.

More information - www.namaskurti.lt