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Book Mark | An audial performance

Book Mark | An audial performance

An audial sensory theatre performance

Authors of the audio performance: Ieva Džindža and Liena Šmukste
Director: Liena Šmukste
Sound engineer: Kārlis Gliks
Assistant sound engineer: Normunds Balodis
Recorded by: Maija Arvena, Dārta Belova, Ieva Džindža, Emīls Krūmiņš, Jana Ļisova, Andis Strods, Liena Šmukste
Stories spoken by: Normunds Balodis, Dina Beināre, Astrīda Cīrule, Kārlis Gliks, Maija Pavlova, Jevgēņija Šermeņeva, Vilnis Vācietis
Produced by: Ģertrūdes ielas teātris
Duration: 0:40
Premiere: 20/08/2021

After purchasing a ticket, the performance is available on the ĢIT website by clicking on the "View Online" button. A code is included on the ticket that must be entered as the ticket number. After purchasing a ticket, the code can be activated at any time. Once the code is activated the ticket is valid for 24 hours. Internet connection is required to listen to the show.

Created with the financial support of the State Culture Capital Foundation’s programme “KultūrElpa”.


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“The only evidence is inside my own mind, and I don’t know with any certainty that any other human being shares my memories.” (George Orwell, “1984”)

When Latvia became part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1940, the People's Commissariat of the Latvian SSR passed the law on the LSSR Central Literature Board. With this law the printing of all periodical literature was stopped and work began on making the list of forbidden books and on destroying library collections. The forbidden books were burned, chopped up like firewood, ground up into wastepaper. But people hid the forbidden books in places where nobody would think to look – in freezers, in attics, in blocks of butter, in the covers of other books, in pantry rooms, in piles of clothing, buried under ground. In the sensory theatre audio production “Book Mark” remembered stories and the literary works of the forbidden authors merge together to tell the tale of a family in the 1970s through the world of sound.

We recommend listening to the performance in the evening in a quiet, calm place that is not brightly lit. To fully enjoy the world of sounds created by the artists, you must use headphones or earphones (it is important to use them correctly, according to the markings on your device identifying the left and right ear)! Switch off your phone, get comfortable, close your eyes and allow yourself to be taken on a journey of sound.


Latvian Ministry of Welfare supports the European Social Fund project “Support for Social Entrepreneurship” No. 9.1.1.3/15/I/001.