THE VISIT

Two-act play (Agel limit:12+)

Didžioji scena

Tuesday, October 31st, 2023

Director: Aidas Giniotis

Set designer: Laura Luišaitytė

Composer: Ignas Juzokas

Actors: Jūratė Onaitytė , Liubomiras Laucevičius,  Egidijus Stancikas,  Dainius Svobonas,  Albinas Budnikas,  Saulius Čiučelis, Tomas Erbrėderis,  Martyna Gedvilaitė,  Eugenija Bendoriūtė,  Pijus Narijauskas,  Ugnė Žirgulė,  Dovydas Pabarčius, Audronė Paškonytė,  Henrikas Savickis,  Artūras Sužiedėlis,  Ridas Žirgulis,  Gintautas Bejeris,  Elžbieta Banaitytė, Ula Dekerytė.

Duration – 2 hours 50 minutes (with intermission)

The small, impoverished town of the province, where the factories have been out of service for a long time and there are no trains carrying important passengers, is visited by the fabulously rich lady Clara. This town is a place where she grew up, but one day left and returned after more than four decades. The multimillionaire Clara, who can financially support the townspeople, is the last hope to restore the town’s prosperity. The old lady agrees to donate one billion francs, but with one condition – justice must be restored in the town by killing one man who broke her heart when she was young. At first, the townspeople are outraged by the fact considering that they live in a cultural European country which was visited by Goethe and where Brams created his quartets. But the rich lady agrees to wait and gradually the position of people begins to change. They begin to spend more money, seek entertainment and behave as if the agreement to kill the man has been made and one billion francs have been granted.

“The Visit” is a play, which brought the swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990) worldwide fame. The writer believed that the time of tragedies passed and only the comedy could define the tragedy of life nowadays. Dürrenmatt can make one laugh and cry, guffaw and get horrified, like a clown, which demonstrates fascinating tricks on the brink of the abyss.

The Main Hall