Education & workshops

Did you know that the main building of the National Kaunas Drama Theatre has three stages: the Big Stage, the Rūta Hall and the Small Stage? And then there are the make-up rooms, the make-up workshop, the sewing room, the props workshop, where the sets and the various objects used in the play are created! During the tour, you will visit the theatre’s stages, meet the craftsmen in the workshops – at each stop you will learn the interesting history of the theatre and get answers to your questions.

Did you know that the main building of the National Kaunas Drama Theatre has three stages: the Big Stage, the Rūta Hall and the Small Stage? And then there are the make-up rooms, the make-up workshop, the sewing room, the props workshop, where the sets and the various objects used in the play are created! During the tour, you will visit the theatre’s stages, meet the craftsmen in the workshops – at each stop you will learn the interesting history of the theatre and get answers to your questions.

It’s probably hard to imagine a performance without music. Especially for children. Music, songs, various atmospheric sounds help us to understand the story better, to feel the emotion, the mood of the action. Composers know best what else a whole palette of sounds brings to a performance. Pijus Narijauskas is a composer who composes music specifically for children. He has composed soundtracks for dozens of plays and has released several music albums for children. In the workshop, Pijus will be happy to share his experience and show how everyone can create music in theatre and theatre in music.

It is an education for young and curious theatre friends who want to get to know the world of theatre from a closer perspective. The lecturers will reveal how a performance is born in a professional theatre, what creative stages are necessary to achieve a result, and how many professionals work in different professions. You will learn what a play is, what a prop is, what a director is, what a lighting designer is, what a set designer is, what a traversos is, what a costume designer is, who creates costumes and sets in the theatre. During the activity, step by step, using the mysterious “Theatre Cube” of the National Kaunas Drama Theatre for education, the invisible laboratory of the creation of a performance will be opened to the audience, from the story to its “dressing” on stage.

The creators of the educational workshop “Lė-kiau-lė-kiau” have a social goal and a mission in analyzing the everyday life of teenagers: to start a conversation – a game between teenagers themselves, in which each one of them is not only responsible for himself, but also for every person in his environment. Using creative tools and role-playing situations, the principle of one for all and all for one is put into practice in practical solutions. For a young person, changes in social and mental development, the search for identity, values, accepting and sticking to commitments and complicated relationships with adults are stressful. The educational workshop “Lie-Lie-Lie-Lie-Lie” is particularly relevant for young people aged 14-16 years old, as teenagers can use the workshop to explore their problems through their own experiences or to recognize themselves in the stories of their peers.