Play ''PAS MUS ŠVENTĖ'' (dir. Paulius Markevičius)

A gently comedic and relatable story about a very serious attempt to finally reach an agreement

Let us transport ourselves to a small town, where the residents—neighbors, colleagues, parents from the children's school, relatives who only see each other at weddings and funerals—are preparing for an important community celebration. The plan is simple: reach an agreement, prepare everything, and have a lovely celebration. What could possibly go wrong?

The preparation quickly turns into a chain of conflicts filled with absurdity, and the anticipation of shared joy is clouded by differences in values and battles of ego. Someone has to organize everything; someone always knows better. Someone promised to take care of it and still hasn't. Someone hasn't spoken since last year, but this year they will still have to sit at the same table.

Barely cracked, the seemingly harmonious and orderly facade of the community reveals the paradoxes of living in a community. What is the state of modern society when even in small communities, different identities can become a reason for miscommunication?

Through elements of Scandinavian deadpan comedy, the play invites us to touch upon serious questions that arise in every community: how to be together when we are so different, and how not to lose oneself while creating a "we"? Brought together by time and place, the townspeople, waiting for the celebration as if it were an ideal future, hold a mirror up to us.

Premiere October 30. Smala (Konstitucijos pr. 23, Vilnius)

Creative Team

Director and Playwright – Paulius Markevičius

Dramaturgy Consultant – Titas Laucius

Cast – Irena Sikorskytė, Laurynas Jurgelis, Valentinas Krulikovskis, Monika Poderytė

Set Designer – Aurimas Akšys

Composer – Dominykas Digimas

Costume Designer – Fausta Naujalė

Makeup Artist – Karolina Rukšnaitytė

Choreographer – Greta Grinevičiūtė

Assistant Choreographer – Ugnė Lučauskaitė

Lighting Designer – Povilas Laurinaitis