MEDIATHEK

William Shakespeare: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (»Ein Sommernachtstraum«)

When we say “Midsummer Night’s Dream”, we usually imagine a costume fairy-tale or hear Mendelssohn’s music at the Wedding Palace. In this performance, we are trying to convey the phantasmagoric character of the play on stage. The audience will see a performance produced with minimal means. A board that makes up for both the set design and sumptuous costumes in the performance is a kind of oar leading to the spectator’s imagination. I find it important that as soon as the actors appear on stage, the spectators should not form any preconceived opinions, but just give vent to their imagination. The board behind which an actor is standing is not a shield, but a mirror reflecting the spectators’ stream of imagination. This performance is a continuous paradox reduced to a perimeter of four surfaces. (Oskaras Korsunovas)

// CREDITS //

SET DESIGNER: Oskaras Koršunovas 

COSTUME DESIGNER: Oskaras Koršunovas 

CHOREOGRAPHER: Oskaras Koršunovas 

ASSISTANT DESIGNER: Marta Vosyliutė 

ARCHITECT OF SOUND CONSTRUCTIONS: Gintaras Sodeika 

ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER AND THE COACH OF MOVEMENT: Vesta Grabštaitė 

CAST: 

BOTTOM - Andrius Paulavicius, Algirdas Gradauskas 

DEMETRIUS - Rytis Saladzius 

EGEUS, FLUTE, MUSTARDSEED - Nerijus Gadliauskas 

FAIRY I - Rasa Kulyte 

FAIRY II, PEASEBLOSSOM - Asta Jastremskaite 

HELENA - Rasa Marazaite, Rasa Samuolyte 

HERMIA - Airida Gintautaite 

HIPPOLYTA, TITANIJA I - Alina Zujyte 

LYSANDER - Darius Gumauskas 

PHILOSTRATE, QUINCE - Gintautas Ryliskis 

PUCK - Kristina Jakubauskaite 

SNOUT - Sonata Visockaitė 

SNUG, TITANIA 2 - Egle Valyte 

STARVELING - Zivile Sliuzaite - Simkiene 

THESEUS, OBERON - Mindaugas Lungis 

TITANIA III - Karina Metrikyte 

Premiere: 17.10.1999  

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