Kukutis in the Dark
14 May, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
| £5 – £8Kukutis in the Dark: audio drama, plus Q and A with the team
When: Sunday 14th May 2023. 7.30pm (doors and bar from 7pm)
Where: Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge HX7 8EE
Tickets: available from Ticket Source www.ticketsource.co.uk/arc-publications, concessions £5.00, full price £8.00. Tickets also available on the door.
Written by poet and playwright Amanda Dalton and directed for ARC publications by award-winning producer Polly Thomas, Kukutis In The Dark is an anarchic, political, playful audio adaptation of The Ballads of Kukutis, an iconic poetry sequence by Lithuania’s leading poet, Marcelijus Martinaitis (1936- 2013), translated by Laima Vincė.
Featuring a brilliant sound design and offering the audience a unique in-the-dark playback experience, the piece stars Paterson Joseph (Vigil, Peep Show), Guy Rhys (Mary Queen of Scots, The Witcher) and Kristina Buikaite (Lithuanian Theatre Company).
The event will run from 7.30 – 9.30pm including interval with bar, an introduction from ARC and informal Q and A with the creative team following the playout. This promises to be an informative, unusual and entertaining evening, bringing to vivid life a cultural icon who speaks powerfully to politics in Europe today.
The Ballads of Kukutis was written in the last days of Soviet rule in Lithuania. Its hero, the trickster figure Kukutis, acts and comments on the world around him in the manner of a Shakespearean fool on acid! Kukutis is a folk hero in Lithuania, symbolising the ‘little’ people rising up against the elite. When Lithuania broke away from Soviet rule in 1988, in what became known as the ‘Singing’ Revolution, thousands of people gathered on the streets singing and shouting the name of Kukutis as a symbol of a free, independent Lithuania.
Produced by ARC Publications https://www.arcpublications.co.uk/- and supported by the Lithuanian Culture Institute.