"Madagascar" is a play by playwright Mariaus Ivaškevičius, which presents Lithuania as a phenomenon, the attitude of Lithuanians towards themselves and the world in an original, self-ironic and intellectual manner. The reason for the success of the play is the intriguing plot, intelligent situations and masterful dialogues, written with the help of an authentic first 20th century. half the language. Dramas about Lithuanian utopias M. Ivaškevičius "discovered" a unique and non-legendary 20th century. the personality of the first half - Kazi Pakšta. This geographer, traveler, geopolitician and public figure has been called a "minister of propaganda without ministerial rank", "a marcher of free Europe", "Ulysses", "patriotic whirlwind", "crier of the nation", "national apostle", compared to J. A. Herbačiauskas, S. Šalkauskiu, A. Lincoln... Sensing the fate of Lithuania, he planned to move it to some African country and create a "reserve" homeland there.
If in the first part of Rimos Tumin's performance, which makes the audience cheer, the main focus is on Kazimierus Pokštu (actor Tomas Rinkūnas) and his crazy idea "to gather Lithuanians for mass emigration" to Africa, then the second part belongs more to Sale (actress Indrė Patkauskaitė), whose prototype is the sensitive Salome Nėris, to her dramatic fate. The second part of "Madagascar" also echoes the disaster, war, and occupation of "Lituanika".