The performance is part of the Baltic Visual Theatre Showcase programme.

TUNNEL | Ligth and material performace
Klaipeda Puppet Theatre, Lithuania

Tunnel is an unusual production that seeks comfort in the dark and treats light like a delicious dessert. At first it seems that the light can be controlled, while the darkness—unknown, dangerous —cannot. However, in the performance, the situation is soon reversed – with a pinch of courage and a pinch of cooperation, we can safely enjoy the darkness as we dose it ourselves.

Based on the animation of light and darkness, the performance creates a ‘darkround’ (a playground for darkness), where associative visual and sound images are created that playfully raise questions about fear and courage. In Tunnel, the animators animate and define the forms of darkness and light, discovering their movement and character, and bringing them to the point where they become a medium, not just a sensory perception. They offer young audiences an associative playground in which to exercise their imaginative world and polish their creativity, and adults a reflection on the dimensions of this omnipresent, intangible substance, which is quite impossible to grasp in one fell swoop.

Director, art director, set designer: Miha Golob
Dramaturgy: Mojca Redjko
Costume designer: Dajana Ljubičić
Composer: Andrius Šiurys
Virtual content designer: Borut Kumperščak
Lighting designers: Gregor Kuhar, Tomas Zinkus
Cast: Kęstutis Bručkus, Vytautas Kairys, Renata Kutaitė-Raudonienė, Monika Mikalauskaitė-Baužienė
Producers: Alja Cerar Mihajlović, Agnė Pulokaitė
Light and sound operators: Mantvydas Poškus, Paulius Vendelis

Sincere thanks to children who shared their thoughts about fear: Ąžuolas, Benediktas, Elija, Ugnė, Jonas, Sofija, Šarūnas, Marta, Emilis, Kornelija

Coproduction with Liubliana Puppet Theatre