On Thursday, September 14, the premiere of the musical satire by Rainis and playwright Justīne Kļava is expected at the National Theater I play, I dance Directed by Elmāras Senkova. The Devil’s Throat, where the play takes place, has been moved to 2023. But the questions to be answered are exactly the same.
“The classics are the basis of the foundations, the main idea remains the same, but the stereotypes will be broken,” says Elizabete Skrastiņa, who plays the role of Lelde in the play. The center of the performance is the artist and his task in a time and place where civil servants hold the highest social status in society. Are the artist’s expressions accepted, noticed and appreciated as they are, and not as they are beneficial to the government, the official? “The story is about the freedom of the individual to create the kind of art that the artist himself wants – beautiful, true, free,” says E. Skrastiņa and explains that the devil’s mouth appears symbolically in this show as the bureaucratic mechanism, the windings of the bureaucratic corridors. “It’s not a specific place, but all the basic principles of the system and stagnation. The prevailing mood is a reluctance to change something, or at least to go deeper, to understand if change is needed.”
The image of Lelde is a direct symbol of artistic freedom, says the actress. “Lelde dies at the beginning of the play, is killed. Although you can see signs of life, the question is whether to bury her so she doesn’t bite someone else, making someone else a…vampire, because you don’t know which force is responsible for her death. Lelde is between reality and the magical world of Rainis’ devil’s mouth. I am interested in questions of eternity, life after death. Rainis gives the opportunity to experience these emotions.”
The genre of the show this time is musical satire. “Music and movement are the main means of expression,” confirms E. Skrastiņa. Doubts that those viewers who are waiting for a classic performance will be disappointed and angry, the actress dispels: “You have to come and watch, trying to discover something new. For a more conservative audience, it can be too powerful and provocative, but the development of art must happen, the theater must speak the new language. If the audience is open, the goal will be achieved.”
Set designer Reinis Suhanovs, costume designer Ilze Vītoliņa, make-up artist Aija Beata Ryabovska, movement director Elīna Gediņa, composer Edgars Mākens, lighting designer Oskars Pauliņš also work in the creative team of the show. Cast: Raimonds Celms (Tot), Egons Dombrovskis (Trejgalvis), Arturs Kruzkops (Kungs), etc. Musicians will also take the stage.
2023-09-14 13:17:41
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