{"id":1945,"date":"2026-06-22T07:28:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sirenos.lt\/en\/?post_type=programa&p=1945"},"modified":"2026-09-10T06:46:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:46:47","slug":"disturbance","status":"publish","type":"programa","link":"https:\/\/www.sirenos.lt\/en\/programa\/disturbance\/","title":{"rendered":"Disturbance"},"content":{"rendered":"

A performance \u201cDisturbance\u201d is about what happens when a person begins to be guided by his sensitivity and intuition in a world where everything has its own rules, clear expectations and principles of existence?<\/p>\n

The question is raised by one of the brightest and most interesting theatre directors of the young generation, Justinas Vinci\u016bnas, who in 2025 was awarded the \u201cGolden Stage Cross\u201d as the best rising artist. His creative biography already includes even two performances based on the works of Nobel Prize winners in Literature, as well as an award-winning performance based on African dramaturgy and a work based on a journalistic chronicle.<\/p>\n

The creative process of the performance took place while researching the biography of one of the most prominent voices in Danish literature\u2014Tove Ditlevsen and the motifs of her novel \u201cThe Faces\u201d (1968). These elements became the starting point for the creative process and dictated the dramaturgical axis of the performance.<\/p>\n

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At the centre of the performance is Lise Mundus, an actress who exhausted by the reality surrounding her. Feeling that the world around her is beginning to wobble and its concreteness is on the edge of absurdity, Lise begins to look for a crack\u2014a space where the tension of \u201cbeing something\u201d is replaced by the longed-for peace for self-sufficiency without the constant evaluation or pressure by someone else\u2019s consciousness. However, every step towards freedom has a price. And most often this price is the person next to her.<\/p>\n

In this performance, the characters of the novel gain sovereignty \u2013 they become unsubdued by the framework of the plot of \u201cThe Faces\u201d, finding themselves in various situations or sharing thoughts that are seemingly kept silent in the novel. Therefore, the creation of the performance is based on a game in which the character goes beyond the limits of his own words. Also, the autobiographical nature of the novel erases the boundary between the author and the character she creates. This aspect has become a cornerstone in this performance as well, when the boundary between the character and the performer becomes clearly undefined. These laws invite us to create a strange theatrical language, modeled almost on everyday situations, which seems to invite us to see through the longing for freedom hidden beneath the obvious reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cDisturbance\u201d invites the audience to a discussion: what is the price of loyalty to the laws of personal truth? Is trust in one\u2019s own sensitivity a creative or destructive force? And finally, isn\u2019t what seems to us like an obstacle in ourselves an opportunity to rekindle a passion for life that was lost somewhere along the way?<\/p>\n

Director Justinas Vinci\u016bnas is the winner of the annual contest DramaTest Residency<\/em>, organized by the State Small Theatre of Vilnius, for this contest he presented a directorial vision for the stage version of the novel “The Faces” by T. Ditlevsen.<\/p>\n

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Justinas Vinci\u016bnas<\/strong> (b. 2001) attended school in Kaunas and volunteered at the Kaunas National Drama Theater. He studied directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, where he was a student of Professor Gintaras Varnas. A recipient of the Ministry of Culture\u2019s \u201cDebut of the Year\u201d award, the creative team behind his production *The Unburied Dead* was awarded the \u201cFort\u016bna\u201d diploma, and the production also won the prize for best directorial debut at the \u201cLithuanian Theater Spring\u201d festival. He has presented his work at the Hamburg Theater Festival and the \u201cI\u0161eities ta\u0161kas\u201d Festival. Director Justinas Vinci\u016bnas was awarded the \u201cGolden Stage Cross\u201d as an Emerging Artist for the production \u201cOpen the Door\u201d at the Kaunas National Drama Theater.<\/p>\n

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    Credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Director:<\/strong> Justinas Vinci\u016bnas<\/p>\n

    Translated<\/strong> from Danish by Aurelija Bivainyt\u0117<\/p>\n

    Dramaturg:<\/strong> Gabriel\u0117 \u010cesevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117<\/p>\n

    Set design:<\/strong> Erminas Mik\u0161ys<\/p>\n

    Costume design:<\/strong> Leo Domas Sanz \u010cekuolis<\/p>\n

    Music design:<\/strong> Natas Kunas<\/p>\n

    Light design:<\/strong> Julius Kur\u0161ys<\/p>\n

    Assistant director:<\/strong> Simona \u0160ev\u010denkait\u0117<\/p>\n

    Producer: <\/strong>The State Small Theatre of Vilnius<\/p>\n

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    Premiere date:<\/strong> 19 March 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","festivalio_programa":[39,14],"class_list":["post-1945","programa","type-programa","status-publish","hentry","festivalio_programa-lithuanian-performing-arts-platform26","festivalio_programa-programme"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirenos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programa\/1945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirenos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programa"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirenos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/programa"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirenos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"festivalio_programa","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sirenos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/festivalio_programa?post=1945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}