"The Tunnel" is an extraordinary performance that aims to make friends with darkness and enjoy light like the most delicious dessert. At first it may seem that the light can be controlled, but the unknowable, threatening darkness is not. However, in the play, this preconceived notion is instantly turned upside down – a pinch of courage and communion allows us to tame the darkness and learn to enjoy it.
eni beni riki taki
we will go together into the night
everywhere you look, it's dark
black black, even scary
eni beni riki taki
burbu hurbu shmiki shmaki
I'll tell you a secret
if you understand, we will find a way:
we just need to summon courage,
for all darkness hides the light
burbu hurbu shmiki shmaki
Both light and darkness live in the tunnel. Where there is light, there is color, form, depth, distance and movement. When the light goes out, it becomes dark. In the dark, we cannot see colors, we cannot perceive the real shapes and sizes of objects, and without touch we can hardly understand spatial arrangement or determine distances. The world unfolding in the light disappears in the dark, without a clear image the sounds are distorted. Many people are uncomfortable in the dark. Or maybe fear?
The performance, which experiments with light and darkness, will invite the audience to a "playground of darkness" where associative visual and sound paintings are created, playfully raising questions about fear and courage. In the performance "Tunelis" a lot of attention is paid to the exploration of the possibilities of the chosen matter, taking into account its physical, chemical, applied properties and symbolic meanings. In the performance, the puppeteers bring different forms of darkness and light to life, testing their movement possibilities until they reach a point where darkness and light become not only sensory perception, but also a form of expression. Small viewers seem to enter an associative playground, where imagination can be lost and creativity can be stimulated, while for adults it can become an opportunity to reflect on this intangible substance that surrounds us everywhere, which seems to be practically impossible to cover in one go.
