BARTO
THEATRE DIRECTOR
AS YOU LIKE IT
Based on William Shakespeare
2022 March 10th and 13th
Moved to the big stage on September 8th, 2023
PRODUCED BY:
STATE SMALL THEATRE OF VILNIUS
DIRECTOR, AUTHOR OF ADAPTATION
Uršulė Barto
COMPOSER
Marija Paškevičiūtė
COSTUME DESIGNER
Liucija Kvašytė
SET DESIGNER
Ieva Rojūtė
VIDEO ARTIST
Kristijonas Dirsė
LIGHT DESIGNER
Julius Kuršys
TRANSLATED BY:
Tautvyda Marcinkevičiūtė
DIRECTOR'S ASSISTANT
Vilija Ramanauskaitė
ACTORS
Milda Noreikaitė
Karolis Kasperavičius
Arvydas Dapšys
Edmundas Mikulskis
Agnė Šataitė
Indrė Patkauskaitė
Reviews (in Lithuanian):
Good life, terrible life
"Each time, when you follow logically inexplicable actions, you however trust that they're needed here, there's a sense of trust in the director: it means she managed to create a theatre-fairytale, in which you do not question the lie. <...> The range of expression of the director stretches from theatricality in bold to shallow glimpses of social media, that sometimes leave us with a sense that we're being pleased. We're close to the feeling in the manner that you like it, because we're staging "As you like it". And this suits the staging."
Dovilė Zavedskaitė for menufaktura.lt
Collage from Shakespeare
"The flirt with the "not real", i.e. a woman crossdressed as a man is the most interesting: the spectator however perceives this character as female, and not male <...>. The director tries to show that there's no essential difference between straight and LGBT love dramas. They share the same fight for power and lack of understanding"
Giedrė Kazlauskaitė for menufaktura.lt