Riga, July 6, LETA. This year, the Valmiera Summer Theater Festival will offer six premieres for children, teenagers and families, several guest performances and adventures in the urban environment, Lija Lauze, a representative of the Valmiera Summer Theater Festival, informed LETA.
The festival will take place from August 6 to August 8. 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. Tickets for the shows are available from today.
“This year we have put the younger generation at the forefront of the festival. We want to understand and feel children’s and young people’s vision of the world, look at it from a different perspective. All new works are created by listening and respecting their interests, current topics and The theme of this year’s program was outlined by its creator Jānis Znotiņš.
For three days in the center of Valmiera, in the territory of the former boiler house, there will also be a festival center, which will be traditionally furnished by the participants of the International Summer School “FestivaL’and” organized by the School of Business, Arts and Technology RISEBA. Various events are also planned – a concert, a pop-up radio studio and other events. In parallel with the festival in Valmiermuiža, the Children and Youth Theater Institute will train young professionals in the field, where they will also work on the ideas of their performances.
Director Krista Burāne, together with the creative team and students of several Cēsis schools, is working on a show about saving the world “The End of the World and Other Nonsense”, during which together with actors Mārtiņš Meiers and Jānis Kronis will go on a rescue mission.
The summer show about love and other pleasures for teenagers “Marija un zibens” is staged by director Paula Pļavniece.
Choreographer Liene Grava and her team will present a dance performance “Pus Audzis” at the festival this time about experiences in a person’s life that cannot be gained remotely by communicating on social networks – the first slow dance, the first kiss, the first falling in love, the first divorce.
The legend about the eater of happiness “Cilts” together with the young actors of Valmiera Theater is staged by director Toms Treinis. It will tell of a guy who has been looking for a mysterious tribe since early childhood that can make even the most unhappy person happy.
One of the members of the Institute of Children and Youth Theater, director Māra Uzuliņš, is staging a show at the festival about how different people are – some cheerful but sincere, others noble again, but now completely uncomfortable. The protagonist of the show “Ball does not speak” will be Bomb – an eight-year-old boy who does not speak, but is very friendly, and it will tell about his adventures.
The walking audition “Urban Safari”, in turn, will be an adventure for the whole family, which will offer the opportunity to observe people of different generations in the imagination. The show will introduce various features of the X, Y and Z generations, will allow you to compare, think, better understand, as well as laugh together about yourself and each other. Accompanied by audio guides, it will be possible to follow four different generational trails.
Now traditionally, an important place in the festival is given to the Student Shed or works created in study projects. Choreographer Kristīne Brīniņa together with the students of the Liepāja Theater Actors’ Course has created a documentary show – a walk “River”. It is a journey in stories about the interaction of people, things and nature, created after the real life events of Liepaja residents. The stories of Liepaja will go to Valmiera to create a meeting between the two cities and people.
Undīne Bērziņa, a graduate of the Director’s Course of the Latvian Academy of Culture, has created the Daugavpils Theater performance for the whole family “Samsona ceļojums”. The show touches on important topics that often remain completely unspoken and incomprehensible – family relationships, friendships, the pain of loss and others.
The festival program will be supplemented, tickets are available on “valmisterasfestivals.lv” and social network platforms “Facebook” and “Instagram @valmierasfestivals”. It will be possible to attend the festival in accordance with the current Covid-19 restrictions.
The Valmiera Summer Theater Festival is organized by the Valmiera Theater in cooperation with Valmiera City Municipality and supporters for the sixth year.
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