Nacionalinis Kauno dramos teatras

Ridas Žirgulis

Actor

R. Žirgulis was born in 1970. He studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music (currently the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre). The actor used to perform at the State Small Theatre of Vilnius. From 1994 he has been working as an actor at the National Kaunas Drama Theatre.

Photographer Dainius Ščiuka


The Most Important Works in Theatre

2023
W. Shakespeare The Tempest
Caliban, director P. Jalakas (Estonia)
2019
Athlete, Tobacco Plantation Owner (Claire's Husband VII), Actor (Husband VIII), Nobel Prize-winner (Husband IX) in The Visit (Lith. Senos damos vizitas) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Director A. Giniotis
2017
Father, Pleasure of Owning Everything, Man in Love, The First Child in The Blue Bird (Lith. Žydroji paukštė) by Maurice Maeterlinck
Director V. Martinaitis
2016
Piero de' Medici in Fiorenza (Lith. Fjorenca) by Thomas Mann
Director J. Vaitkus
2015
Lokitas in The Beggar’s Opera (Lith. Vargšų opera) by John Gay
Director A. Kurienius
Radvila the Brown (Lith. Radvila Rudasis) in Barbara (Lith. Barbora) based on Barbara Radziwiłł (Lith. Barbora Radvilaitė) by J. Grušas
Director J. Jurašas
2013
Joe Yankee in Dear Pamela by John Patrick
Director A. Latėnas
2010
Emilis in The Fourth Chair by Tonino Guerra
Director R. Atkočiūnas
2007
Larry Keller in All My Sons by Arthur Miller
Director J. Vaitkus
2004
He in Shooting Rats by Peter Turrini
Director T. Hinterberger
1999
Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Director V. Balsys
1997
Chopin in Summer in Noan by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
Director D. Duškinas
1995
Lucky in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Director V. Masalskis
1995
Braun in Die Reise nach Aschenfeld by Friedrich Karl Waechter
Director T. Hinterberger
1994
Bear Karaliūnas in Bear's Hut (Lith. Meškos trobelė) by Aldona Liobytė
Director D. Juronytė

Awards

2020
Sign of Santaka of the 3rd Degree (Lith. Santakos 3-iojo laipsnio apdovanojimas)
2011
Fortune Diploma (Lith. Fortūnos diplomas) for his role as Emilis in The Fourth Chair
2005
Special prize from UAB Kauno grūdai for role in Shooting Rats (Lith. Žiurkių medžioklė)
1995
Fortune Statuette (Lith. Fortūnos statulėlė) for his role in Friedrich Karl Waechter's play Die Reise nach Aschenfeld

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