Adamas Juška: "Don Quixote" is an inexhaustible work, almost indecipherable, which does not lend itself to any single interpretation. The idea to build it came about two years ago. Don Quixote as a character is a symbol of humanity for me. I think he embodies the universal desire to become something else, something closer to your dreams and aspirations. In a world abandoned by God, man can only be created by man himself. This is what Alonso Qichote does, believing in novels about knights and riding out into the world to live as a knight-errant himself. This is a story about faith in a broad sense. About an individual's encounter with a world that doesn't give in to him, about efforts to impose his imagination and values on that world. Basically, it is a work about human existence in the world with other people. It would be a mistake to say that Don Quixote only believes in fictions and does not understand reality. As you actually read the book, it begins to become clear that the lines between reality and fiction are almost invisible, and that Don Quixote is much more like each of us than it might appear.
Another very important aspect is the style of Cervantes. It is incredibly original, especially when viewed in the context of the literature of the time. Cervantes looked at the world with fresh eyes and achieved an unprecedented vitality in literature. No character is looked down upon. There are no completely good or completely bad people in the book - Cervantes is too subtle for that. A moralistic approach becomes completely worthless. There is no one true truth - it is changed by dialogue. Don Quixote needs Sancho, Sancho needs Don Quixote. Their views on the world complement each other, they learn from each other and both grow and change through dialogue. My goal in putting this work on stage is to look for an original theatrical expression, not to be afraid to play with the usual theatrical conventions - just as Cervantes dealt with literary traditions.
