On 26 February at 19:00, a spectacular and very important landmark in the field of theatrical arts will take place! At the request of many fans, Vilnius will host My Father, a play that was born not only thanks to the talent of its creators, but also inspired by the reality of life itself, which, as we know, can be more incredible and strange than the wildest fantasy!

The only performance of this great play will take place in Vilnius, on 26 February at 19.00 in the very centre of the Lithuanian capital, in a wonderful and unique place - J.Heifetz Chamber Hall, located at Pylimo g. 4, on the 3rd floor of the Lithuanian Jewish/Lithuanian community, which can accommodate only 100 people! Due to the requests of many art lovers from Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, the performance in Russian will take place only on 26 February!

The performance, which despite all its tragic content is filled with light, warmth and love, will be seen by only 100 lucky! And that's just wonderful! And it's not for nothing that it's very difficult to "catch" in Lithuania: because it's a participant of prestigious international theatre festivals, and it's been awarded the Grand Prix at many of them! But we managed to agree to show only one performance, and it will take place in one of the favourite cities of both the actor and the director, as well as of the organisers themselves - Vilnius!"

""My Father" tells the unique story of the life of my father, Stanislovas Rubinovas (1930 - 2013). His father was shot in Paneriai at the beginning of July 1941, and he and his mother were forced to hide in the forests of Western Belarus until 1944, when they disobeyed and did not go to the ghetto. They dug out a winter house and lived in a hole. They suffered constant hunger and cold, and more than once narrowly escaped death... This is a miraculous story of survival."

 

As maestro Alexander Rubinov himself says:

 

I had a special relationship with my father: he was my friend, my teacher, and the director of my life. We would talk for hours, sometimes even argue, but we couldn't live without each other... I think I knew everything about him. He loved (and knew how) to talk about his life, his encounters with wonderful people, interesting stories. But there was one topic he tried to avoid - his Jewish background and the whole tragedy of his family. I only knew that his father (my grandfather) had been shot in 1941 and that he and his mother (my grandmother) had been forced to hide somewhere in the woods... But I didn't know the reason or the details.

 

It wasn't until 2013, six months before he died, that his father made up his mind and wrote a book, "On the Forest and the Stage". When I read the manuscript, I was shocked, I literally cried. A story that was enormous in its tragic scope opened up before me. Now I understand why my father did not want to talk about it and remember it. He was simply protecting me and my children from the horrors he had to go through, and most importantly, he was protecting us from the Jewish curse."

 

It took me a long time to decide to put on a play and to tell people about MY FATHER