Two logs. Two axes. Two people. Knock - knock - knock. A pause of silence between the hammering of the axes. Splinters fly. A tree cracks, buckling under the pressure. But the man does not stop. He exposes everything. He builds, uses, remakes, and organizes. He develops, rejects, discards, revives, replaces, and thinks! He forces the recalcitrant and conquers gravity. What a creator! And it goes on - on and on, becoming more and more absurd.
Playing with the materiality of wood, symmetry and asymmetry, sound and silence, the creative team poetically and humorously explores man and culture. It is a performance-mandala about man’s endless efforts to order the world and the temporary victories in the process.
In his exploration of various means of artistic expression director Andrejs Jarovojs pays special attention to the use of figurative stage language, the interplay of signs, and personal communication with the spectator. Each performance is a special microcosm with its own rules, which creates a meeting place for the imaginations of the artists and the audience. In “The Wood Paths” Andrejs Jarovojs explores the realms of the material theatre.

ABOUT ANDREJS JAROVOJS
‍Andrejs Jarovojs has studied directing at the Latvian Academy of Culture and is the artistic co-director of the theatre Ģertrūdes ielas teātris since 2009, as well as its resident stage director. Jarovojs is a seeker of new theatrical forms and means of expression who always explores the language, signs, space, time and communication with the audience in his works. His performances have been repeatedly nominated for the Latvian Theatre Award Spēlmaņu nakts and in 2021 he received award for “Powerful conceptual experimentation that results in innovative forms of contemporary theatre”.