Fantasio

The play Fantasio, written in the 19th century, appeared in its modern version on the stage: the creative team synchronized the content of the play with the contemporary context, found a creative relationship between the specific language of the work and the contemporary viewer coming to the theatre space today. The performance includes live music performed by Kabloonak band, complemented by the music of the well-known Lithuanian composer Giedrius Puskunigis. The director, along with the choreographer Raidas Petrauskas, enriched the material of the performance with the Vogue dance style elements.

The play starts with the death of the kingdom’s fool and a wedding feat at the same time, in the attempt to avoid war with another kingdom. Rejected and redundant, Fantasio finds sense to his existance by becoming a fool of the king and changes the destiny of his kingdom. This play does not fit within classical definitions, because it’s a comedy with a sad end, or a drama with a happy end. The plot of Fantasio resembles a fairy tale: the princess, who has to marry a designated prince, meets Fantasio – a charming, but poor common citizen. Fantasio is like a lifelike tale: it begins as a tale, but ends like life – not necessarily happy. This performance is a tale with all characters that must be in a fairy tale: there is a princess, a prince, a king, and a fool. The prince seems to represent a real foolish but powerful force – if he does not like something, he is ready to proclaim a war to it. Within a second, he can turn a funny scene into tragedy. This character has matches in our lives, especially these days.

The performance is for young audience (not necessarily in terms of age, but rather in terms of spirit). Fantasio is a wanderer who cannot and does not want to belong to the “norm”, who will always be „defiant“: non-conformist, marginalized, undervalued, misunderstood, – different. Fantasio is a joker. You can laugh at his ideas but you will remember them, they will make their way into your head. Fantasio is something that does nors exist, a certain fiction that stirs up well-established, swampy lives. Fantasio is a celebration of meeting, when it simply feels good to be together, to talk to each other, to philosophize without thinking about acting.

Fantazijus blaškosi tarp prieštaravimų: meilės ir jos neigimo, cinizmo ir sentimentalumo. Jis, kaip liudija vardas, – kažkas, kas neegzistuoja, tam tikra fikcija, kuri sujudina nusistovėjusius, užpelkėjusius gyvenimus. Kūrinio veikėjai persirenginėja, keičiasi vaidmenimis, nuolat patenka į komiškų nesusipratimų situacijas. Gabrielės Tuminaitės „Fantazijus“ gimė netradicinėje erdvėje, teatro dekoracijų sandėliuose, todėl scenoje justi laisvės, lengvumo ir improvizacijos dvasia, tad ir spektaklis skirtas jaunam (nebūtinai amžiumi, svarbiau – dvasia) žmogui. „Fantazijus“ – susitikimo šventė, kai tiesiog gera būti kartu, kalbėti, filosofuoti.

Spektaklyje skamba grupės „Kabloonak“ gyvai atliekama muzika, kurią papildo kompozitoriaus Giedriaus Puskunigio aranžuotės. Režisierė Gabrielė Tuminaitė su choreografo Raido Petrausko pagalba spektaklį reikšmingai praturtina „Vogue“ šokio stiliaus elementais.

Additional information:

Tobacco products are used on stage during the performance.

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Festivals, tours, awards:

2017 – NGO GOGOLFEST (Ukraine)