JMDT | UNLEARNED LESSONS Directed by Aleksandr Špilevoj

We invite you to the final performances of the play-concert UNLEARNED LESSONS! Menų spaustuvė, Vilnius June 5 & 6, 7:00 PM

Aleksandr Špilevoj

UNLEARNED LESSONS
A one-act play-concert

• Playwright & Director – Aleksandr Špilevoj

• Sound Designer – Darius Jurašius

• Lighting Designer – Povilas Apulis

• Set & Costume Designer – Rūta Lendraitytė Utalla

• Original Music & Live Performance – “Colours of Bubbles”

Cast:
Greta Grinevičiūtė, Paulius Markevičius, Greta Petrovskytė, Aleksandr Špilevoj, Severina Špakovska

Duration: 1 hr 40 min
World Premiere: December 8, 2016

Premiere at Juozas Miltinis Drama Theatre: September 1, 2022

“Unlearned Lessons” is a play-concert that boldly fuses theatre and indie rock, brought to life by an inspiring script written by Aleksandr Špilevoj himself.

With four actors, five musicians, and twelve intertwined music-text compositions, the performance dives deep into what we were never taught in school – the essential life lessons beyond equations, sprinting times, and memorized dates.

But the play does not point fingers.
Its characters, caught in their own fears and ambitions, take a momentary journey back to the eighth grade, in search of clarity.

This is not just a show for students – “Unlearned Lessons” is for anyone questioning their choices and the world around them.

The play is also a return home for Špilevoj – not a documentary, but a deeply personal work filled with the echoes of a former student roaming school corridors.

“We wanted to create something exciting not just for theatre-goers, but also for those who visit the theatre even less often than church. I believe we’ve succeeded. ‘Unlearned Lessons’ is modern theatre at its core – and at the same time, a live concert by ‘Colours of Bubbles’. So we won’t be teaching – we’ll be sharing this experience with you.”
– Aleksandr Špilevoj

Created under Menų spaustuvė’s “Open Space ‘16” program
Tickets available here