Although the reconstruction of the theater building and the endless presence of a pandemic pose additional challenges to the creative process, work on new productions will not stop, as 9 premieres are planned for the new season, including both original Latvian drama and classics, actors who are starting their full work here this season.
All the new actors – Aksels Aizkalns, Ieva Estere Barkāne, Rūdis Bīviņš, Artis Jančevskis, Meinards Liepiņš, Diāna Krista Stafecka, Sandis Runge, Krišjānis Strods and Kārlis Dzintars Zahovskis –
The first production, where you will be able to see the new course, will take place already during the Valmiera Summer Theater Festival, on August 6, the new director Toms Treinis, who also complements the Valmiera Theater staff with this season, has staged a show with them. Tribe – The legend of happiness eaters.
In the Round Hall, the theater will return to the audience with performances on August 5. All month before the reconstruction of the theater, there will be an opportunity to see four productions made last season in the Round Hall – David Lindsay-Ebeira Good people, Stephen Karama Family, a socially active show The pride of Latvia. And prejudices, Māra Zālītes Living water.
Martin McDon’s Black Comedy Lieutenant Inishmore will return from the theater stage to the urban environment, as the audience got to know it at last year ‘s Valmiera Summer Theater Festival – this time at 12 Plostnieku Street.
The Valmiera Summer Theater Festival takes place this year from August 6 to 8, offering 6 premieres for children, teenagers and families, several guest performances and adventures in the urban environment. The festival will invite both artists and visitors to look at the world through each other’s eyes. Performances will take place in different places in Valmiera – in courtyards, parking lots, school and elsewhere. The program will be complemented by events in the Festival Center, created by the participants of the short-term architecture and urban summer school, contemporary art workshops and other events.
In honor of the 100th birthday of the outstanding Latvian theater director Olgerts Kroders, an exhibition dedicated to the director will be opened at the National Library of Latvia on August 9. I could be a librarian, organized by Valmiera Theater in cooperation with the National Library of Latvia, thanks to the support of the Ministry of Culture. Through the book, the exhibition will reflect the director’s era, his contemporaries, informative and emotional impressions. The exhibition will be on view from August 10 to October 9 in the atrium of the 1st floor of the National Library of Latvia.
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