Paulius Tamolė: Pommerat’s “Little Red Riding Hood” is about a small girl and her loneliness. We, as parents, hardly ever think about how lonely our children feel in the absence of us. How are our children affected by loneliness? What is the relationship between parents and children in general? How do we define the independence of children? This tale speaks about the meeting of three generations. We can see the interaction of a daughter, a mother and a grandmother. The wolf embodies our fears, our limits and the strangers we encounter in life. All of this is encoded in this authentic play, the storyline of which comes from the original tale “Little Red Riding Hood”. The play is marked with some purity: while reading it, you understand that the amount of text is precisely measured. On the other hand, its laconic and accurate language leaves a lot of space for imagination.
My daughter Elzė is five years old, and she is my Little Red Riding Hood. Ideas and inspirations come into my head while I am watching her. The stories that little girls go through have not changed since The Brothers Grimm time, it is only the context that has. We will try to speak about this change with our audiences.
I think there must be theatre productions for families because children come to theatre with their parents. I would love to see all of the family enjoying their experience at the theatre. In the information age, it is important for all of us to stop for a moment, to make a pause. It is also important to find some time after the performance to talk to a child, share ideas about what she has seen on stage, how she felt, what she understood or learned.
