{"id":11253,"date":"2026-01-26T11:31:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/?p=11253"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:31:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:31:26","slug":"zygimanto-kudirkos-meta-spektaklis-50-budu-sugriauti-iliuzija","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letmekoo.lt\/en\/nariu-veikla\/zygimanto-kudirkos-meta-spektaklis-50-budu-sugriauti-iliuzija\/","title":{"rendered":"\u017dygimantas Kudirka\u2019s Meta-Performance \u201c50 Ways to Destroy the Illusion\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">On January 28 at Men\u0173 spaustuv\u0117, LIAA member, artist, and writer \u017dygimantas Kudirka presents the ritual meta-performance \u201c50 Ways to Destroy the Illusion.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This performance explores the creative process and the illusion produced by theatre: the actor\u2019s relationship to the character and theatre\u2019s relationship to reality. It is a meta-performance in which spectators watch spectators, and actors play actors\u2014August\u0117 and August\u0117, and Povilas and Povilas. The work is freely inspired by the writings of French avant-garde artist Antonin Artaud; the title is an interpretation of Artaud\u2019s sketchbook \u201c50 Drawings to Murder Magic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Can you turn your back on reality and dance carelessly through life? Are there no windows in a theatre hall because theatre refuses to see reality? Or, on the contrary, is theatre reality\u2019s \u201ctwin\u201d\u2014a distorted and intensified reflection that reveals hidden, instinctual truths of human existence?<\/p>\n<p>With this work, we aim to awaken the audience\u2019s dormant consciousness and lead it into the most secret thickets of fears, hallucinations, dreams, and unrealised desires\u2014so that, having passed through them, it may be cleansed and acquire a new quality.<\/p>\n<p>Duration: approximately 70 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Playwright and Director: \u017dygimantas Kudirka<\/p>\n<p>Costumes and Set Design: Elvita Brazdylyt\u0117 and Ugn\u0117 Tamuli\u016bnait\u0117<\/p>\n<p>Soundtrack: Demetrio Castellucci<\/p>\n<p>Actors: August\u0117 \u0160imulynait\u0117 and August\u0117 Poci\u016bt\u0117, Povilas Jatkevi\u010dius and Povilas Barzd\u017eius<\/p>\n<p>Voice Actors: Phil Von, Elena Veleckait\u0117<\/p>\n<p>Lighting Designer: Vilius Vilutis<\/p>\n<p>Video Editing: Domantas Storukas<\/p>\n<p>Magic Consultant: Justinas Malinauskas<\/p>\n<p>Typeface Designer: Gail\u0117 Pranck\u016bnait\u0117<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Vytaut\u0117 Brazdylyt\u0117<\/p>\n<p>Funding: The production was funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A discount is available for LTMKS members. 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