{"id":235758,"date":"2026-09-08T21:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vilnius-events.lt\/?post_type=event&p=235758"},"modified":"2026-09-10T10:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T07:00:37","slug":"lt-teatras-gyva-istorija-spektaklis-un-aktor-s-un-s-babickait-s-dienora-i-motyvais-ru-ciklas-teatras-gyva-istorija-spektaklis-un-aktor-s-un-s-babickait-s-dienora-i-motyvais","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.vilnius-events.lt\/en\/event\/lt-teatras-gyva-istorija-spektaklis-un-aktor-s-un-s-babickait-s-dienora-i-motyvais\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTheatre \u2013 Living History\u201d. Performance \u201cUN\u0116 | Based on the Diaries of Actress Un\u0117 Babickait\u0117\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

V\u0161\u012e Solo Theatre, in cooperation with the Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum (LTMKM), presents the 2026 event series \u201cTHEATRE \u2013 LIVING HISTORY\u201d.<\/strong> Through documentary theatre experiences, insights from professional theatre researchers, discussions and the opportunity to visit the LTMKM collections, the events will introduce visitors to important cultural figures connected with the development of Lithuanian theatre.<\/p>\n

On September 23, we invite you to an event in the \u201cTheatre \u2013 Living History\u201d series. The programme:<\/strong><\/p>\n

17:15 \u2013 Guided tour of the LTMKM museum collections.<\/strong> Registration here.<\/a><\/p>\n

18:00 \u2013 \u201cUN\u0116 | Performance based on the diaries of actress Un\u0117 Babickait\u0117\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cUn\u0117\u201d is a performance based on a play by Birut\u0117 Mar, inspired by the diaries of actress Un\u0117 Baye-Babickait\u0117 (1897\u20131961). The play \u201cUn\u0117\u201d was among the winners of the Lithuanian contemporary drama festival \u201cVersm\u0117s 2009\u201d. Later, the author also created a performance based on the play. The performance incorporates photographs from the collections of the Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum.<\/p>\n

Birut\u0117 Mar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cUn\u0117 Babickait\u0117 was one of the most prominent and colourful Lithuanian theatre figures of the last century \u2013 an actress and director who appeared in Hollywood films and performed on stages in New York, Washington and Paris.<\/p>\n

Her diary, written in Paris in 1930\u20131932, seemed to be asking to be brought to the stage \u2013 Un\u0117 knew how to look at her surroundings through the eyes of a playwright, with self-irony, passion and humour. She was a person of extraordinarily beautiful spirit, rather extravagant \u2013 she married her first cousin Vytautas Grai\u010di\u016bnas, whom she met in America, and remained happy with him throughout her life. She especially revered and idealised theatre. Unfortunately, after returning to Lithuania before the war, Un\u0117 was not recognised by Lithuanian critics and hardly performed anymore. Soon, her fate took a tragic turn \u2013 in 1951 she was deported to Siberia, where her husband died in a labour camp, followed by years of loneliness in Kaunas\u2026 But Un\u0117 remained Un\u0117 \u2013 she organised evenings, recited poetry, and never lost her sense of humour or inner radiance.<\/p>\n

I discovered so many parallels between Un\u0117\u2019s biography and my own life! Like me, she studied in St Petersburg and performed in film and theatre. After returning from her studies \u2013 before leaving for America \u2013 she directed at the State Theatre in Kaunas (after my studies in St Petersburg, I also staged my graduation performance \u201cHappy Days\u201d in Kaunas). She was also interested in Eastern culture, travelled extensively and performed in several languages\u2026<\/p>\n

I thought that through the character of Un\u0117, it might be possible to reflect on my own theatrical experiences and create a performance about THEATRE \u2013 its enchanting and fragile illusion. And about our lives, which, like a performance, pass by so quickly, a mirage of existence\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Playwright, director and performer \u2013 BIRUT\u0116 MAR<\/strong>
\nSet designer \u2013 DMITRIJUS MATVEJEVAS<\/strong>
\nCostume designer \u2013 JOLANTA RIMKUT\u0116<\/strong>
\nChoreographer \u2013 EDITA STUNDYT\u0116<\/strong>
\nComposer \u2013 ANTANAS KU\u010cINSKAS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Performance duration: 1 hour 15 minutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the performance<\/strong>, writer and author of artistic biographies Aldona Ruseckait\u0117<\/strong> will present the creative legacy of U. Babickait\u0117, one of Lithuania\u2019s first professional actresses and directors, and talk about the activities of Lithuanian artists in emigration during the first half of the 20th century. Discussion with the audience<\/strong> (with writer A. Ruseckait\u0117 and the performance\u2019s creative team; moderated by Birut\u0117 Mar).<\/p>\n

The project is partially funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Project partner \u2013 Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Tickets are available here.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":235759,"template":"","categories":[7],"tags":[],"ticket-vendor":[21],"class_list":["post-235758","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spektakliai","ticket-vendor-bilietai-lt"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t