Finnish theatre Viirus performs in Rijeka
Viirus, a small Swedish speaking theatre from Helsinki, will perform at the Small Scene Theatre Festival in Rijeka in May 5, 2007. (Croatian House of Culture Sušak at 7:30 p.m.)
The 14th Small Scene Theatre Festival will host ten shows coming from seven European countries. All those plays have been directed by people disinclined towards conventional scenic contemplation; by people whose names in a way guarantee the creation of provocative theatre, one focusing on methods of scenic research and problem solving.
The International Small Scene Theatre Festival was founded in Rijeka in 1994 as a Croatian festival. Under the guidance of its founder, the actor Nenad Šegvic and its first selector – the theatre critic Dalibor Foretic, its aim was to assemble the best and most progressive performances of chamber theatre, most often produced by independent theatre groups.
Theatre Viirus
Viirus is a small Swedish speaking theatre situated close to the heart of Helsinki. Viirus was founded in 1987 by three young actors, Robert Enckell, Mats Långbacka and Johan Storgård together with Arn-Henrik Blomvist, a director fresh out of University. They wanted Viirus to be an alternative to the institutional theater with focus on a young audience. The repertoire represented the New, the Different. Over the years Viirus has developed into an acclaimed and well known theater but it still has the ability to provoke and surprise its audience. The show No Return marks the first cooperation between Theatre Viirus and the director Cezaris Graužinis, one of the number of outstanding Lithuanian directors that contribute to the vitality of the myth about the “Lithuanian theatre miracle”. Born in 1967, Cezaris completed his studies of directing in Moscow and specialised in Japan with the famous director Tadashi Suzuki. His directing career is mainly related with Sweden, Finland, and Lithuania where he teaches acting and directing at the Vilinus Academy. Since 2003. Cezaris has been running his own theatre named The Cezaris Group.
No Return
No Return is an adaptation of two stories by Franz Kafka: the Nature Theatre of Oklahoma (last chapter in the novel Amerika) and short story A Fratricide. The Nature Theatre of Oklahoma is the largest theatre in the world and it is looking for new employees. The first part of No Return is the story of the people seeking employment and their journey to the theatre. In the second part the actors of the Nature Theatre of Oklahoma are trying to reconstruct A Fratricide, the best play ever performed at their theatre. This is a story for dreamers, for those who like to pretend that roads stretch into infinity after disappearing beyond the horizon. However, there is a danger in this limitlessness – just as there are endless horizons, there are also endless chasms – but for the most part there is hope, a never-ending hope...
Small Scene Theatre Festival(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)