On 4 April at 12.00, Lithuanian director Artūrs Areimas will hold a workshop for theatre professionals at Ģertrūdes ielas teātris.

Workshop for young professionals (theater directors) and students will include theoretical and practical parts.

The theoretical part - description of the practice that the director Artūras Areima himself encountered, sharing his experience with the directors. This part also includes participants' questions, what they are interested in and what they think about today's theater, directing, contemporary theater.

Practical tasks - intended to help discover the basics, from which one could start looking for self, one's own theatrical language. According to A. Areima, the most important moment for a director is to discover himself and his language in the theater, so that he does not try to copy and repeat other creators, but becomes a creator himself.

Theater director, scenographer Artūras Areima is one of the most interesting of the younger generation of theater artists in Lithuania. From 2017 Artūras Areima theater founder and director Artūras Areima is a candidate of The Europe Prize "New Theatrical Realities". The synthesis of these various approaches is the base of expression levels ranging from acting, to the audio-visual, spatial solutions. Artūras Areima’s performances are a unique expression in the theater directing field that might be difficult (if not impossible) to mistake with work of other directors. During the period of twenty years of Lithuania’s independence only few dramatic theater directors have succeeded to be outstanding in the field of Lithuanian theater. Artūras Areima’s artistic position balances between classical theater, epic theater and post-modern times performing traditions (with physical theater, contemporary dance related resolution, performative practices). Director is constantly looking for individual access to each of his work, taking into account the aesthetic and social transformations of reality. His creative existence so far might be generalized as ‘never-ending research of itself’.

Working language: English, Latvian
Registration by writing to arturs@git.lv

Workshop is financially supported by State Culture Capital Foundation.