KING LYRUS - one family's tragedy
This year marks the 460th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. Just as it was nearly 500 years ago, the themes of this classic are still relevant today, raising many questions and challenging people to find answers.
"King Lear" - the first novel by the late William Shakespeare - is the first book by the author of the classic "Shakespeare". Shakespeare's tragedy, which tells the story of a legendary British king who, believing in the beauties of his older daughters, divides his kingdom between them and leaves his youngest and most beloved, Cordelia, who has expressed her feelings in a reserved manner, unchallenged. Unfortunately, the king realises too late that he has given away his wealth and power to daughters who do not deserve his kindness.
Based on Shakespeare's drama, the creative team intends to delve deeper into the reasons for the conflict between generations: why young people are rejecting the values and rules of the older generation and are blindly trying to make their own. This takes place both in microcosms, i.e. the smallest social cell such as the family, and in macrocosms, i.e. the state, the world.
The ageless protagonist of the play, Lear, asks himself the questions: "What have I done wrong, why did my daughters, who loved me so much, turn their backs on me and on my values, and why have I been left alone." He seeks the answer to the source of his failures: whether it is in focusing on his ego, in creating fake relationships or in admiring himself. Lear did not know how to love. He was unable to transmit values based on love, which is why his daughters turned away from him. The creative team will reflect on the fundamental problem of the family, the state, civilisation and all social relations. Are we, as human beings, making the same mistake? Maybe as a society we make the same mistake - we focus on our egocentricity and fail to love.
The creators will aim to create a visual performance for adults, based on the play of objects and forms, the plasticity of the actors' bodies, which will talk about the painful states of loneliness and exclusion.
