The play is based on B. Sruoga's novel "The Forest of Gods", which reveals his experiences in a concentration camp in Stuttow (Poland) during World War II.
Without departing from the original text and maintaining the ironic tone of the story (the production uses the genre of stand-up comedy), the play depicts the relationship between the guards and the inmates, the hierarchy of the camp, the debilitating work, the miserable life and the punishments that crush human dignity.
The author and director of the play, Agnė Sunklodaitė, draws on her successful creative experience and the genre possibilities of puppet and object theatre to explore fundamental questions about human nature: what is humanity? Where is the boundary between humanity and dehumanization? Are we still able to understand the horrors of the Holocaust today and remain vigilant to prevent a repeat?
According to the creators of the play, Sruoga's "Forest of the Gods" is more relevant today than ever. People tend to forget the great lessons of history. Compassion and tolerance are proclaimed, but at the same time people are able to be horrified by "different" people, as if they subconsciously yearn for a perfect race, for a society of healthy and clichédly "right" people. What can we do to prevent a repeat of the horrors of World War II or the Siberian exile? Perhaps look inwards? After all, all the crimes of mankind are initially born in the consciousness of one individual or another. What determines this?