Lithuanian National Drama Theatre

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Lithuanian National Drama Theatre

Lithuanian National Drama Theatre (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinis dramos teatras), located on Gediminas Avenue in Vilnius, is one of Lithuania’s most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues and cultural institutions.[1] Founded as a Vilnius State Theatre in 1940, it became Lithuanian National Drama Theatre in 1998.[1] The theatre’s façade featuring the Feast of Muses (Lithuanian: Mūzų šventė) sculpture by Stanislovas Kuzma has become a landmark of Vilnius city.[2]

Notable productions[edit]

Mūsų klasė (Our Class) director Yana Ross

2010–2016[edit]

Išvarymas (Expulsion), director O. Koršunovas
  • Visuomenės priešas (Public Enemy) by Henrik Ibsen directed by Jonas Vaitkus (2011)
  • Chaosas (Chaos) by Mika Myllyaho directed by Yana Ross (2011)
  • Išvarymas (Expulsion) by Marius Ivaškevičius, directed by Oskaras Koršunovas (2011)
  • Katedra (Cathedral) by Justinas Marcinkevičius directed by Oskaras Koršunovas (2012)
  • Mūsų klasė (Our Class) by Tadeusz Słobodzianek directed by Yana Ross (2013)
  • Kosmosas+ (Cosmos+) directed by Kirsten Dehlholm (2014)
  • Jelizaveta Bam (Elizabeth Bam) by Daniil Charms directed by Oskaras Koršunovas (2015)
  • Kankinys (Martyr) by Marius von Mayenburg directed by Oskaras Koršunovas (2015)
  • Didvyrių aikštė (Heroes‘ Square) by Thomas Bernhard directed by Krystian Lupa (2015)
  • Borisas Godunovas (Boris Godunov) by Alexander Pushkin directed by Eimuntas Nekrošius (2015)
  • Oidipo mitas (The Oedipus Myth) by Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus directed by Gintaras Varnas (2016)[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Blynaitė, Laura. "Lietuvos nacionalinis dramos teatras". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ Ciprisevičienė, Rima (18 October 2016). "Skulptūrų ansamblis „Trys mūzos"". VilniusGO.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  3. ^ "List of LNDT productions - Lithuanian National Drama Theatre". www.teatras.lt. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

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