tremolo

tremolo is a musical term for the repeated, rapid repetition of a sound, interval or chord.

Theatre creators Laura Kutkaitė and Kristina Morta P. B. with the creative team invite you to a performance-performative lecture on pleasure. The chosen title “tremolo” is interpreted as a vibration – both of pleasure and fear.  Fear of not conforming to the “norms” created or imposed by society in the context of sexual pleasure. Fear of living up to the expectations imposed by others, which we so often embody that we don’t even notice.

What has been and is being repeated to us many times? What remains silent, but we would like to know, understand and hear from each other so that each of us can feel normal and healthy in our sexual lives?

The director chooses the format of a performative lecture, which best allows her to touch upon the themes of women’s knowledge of the body, sexual health and self-esteem through the main prism of sexual pleasure. She combines research-based information with documentary stories of people who identify themselves as women.

“A gentle force” is how the creative team describes the artwork.

Laura Kutkaitė (b. 1993) is one of the most prominent emerging theater artists in Lithuania, known for her experimental approach that blurs the lines between fiction and documentary. Before studying theater directing, she earned degrees in choreography and philosophy. She explores themes of the body, gender, social exclusion, and identity, often empowering women and challenging patriarchal structures through vulnerability and collaborative creative processes. Her most notable works include *The Silence of the Sirens*, *The Breasts of Teiresias*, “Judith Shakespeare—Rape and Revenge,” and “tremolo.” For “tremolo,” Kutkaitė won two “Golden Stage Crosses”—one for the play’s dramaturgy and another for best interdisciplinary work in the performing arts.

Credits

Idea author, dramaturg and director: Laura Kutkaitė

Performers: Kristina Morta P. B. , Laura Kutkaitė

Choreographer: Agnietė Lisičkinaitė

Composer and vocal consultant: Jūra Elena Šedytė

Graphic and animation designer: Sofija Laurušonytė

Assistant for dramaturgy: Emilija Griškonytė

Costume designer: Elena Marija Veleckaitė

Lighting designer: Julius Kuršis

Photographer (visual): Gintarė Sadauskaitė

Make-up: Sidas Martinavičius

Producer: Rusnė Kregždaitė

Coordinator: Greta Senkutė

Premiere: 31 January 2025

Partners: Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, „Ribologija“, „Žemiau bambos“, bookstore chain „VAGA“

Funded by Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius City Municipality