THE PAST

Once, all the people of the world were united. One nation. One language. One God. One day, the leaders of the nations decided to build a magnificent tower—so tall and beautiful that people could reach God in the heavens. But God did not approve of this plan. Humans should not strive to equal God.

So God shattered their unity. He gave them different languages so that they could no longer understand one another. He made them fear each other, and they began to wage war against one another. Thus, the people of the world abandoned the great common project of Babel and created nations. They were confused and afraid. And in the distant future, the people of planet Earth even destroyed their own planet.

THE FUTURE

The world after a climate catastrophe. Only a few small human tribes have survived, scattered across the globe. Each tribe has its own language and customs. They behave like animals, searching for food and trying to survive in a world devastated by the apocalypse. What will happen if these tribes meet?

This is a story about the past, the present, and the future. About what may happen to us. Will humanity be able to unite once again around a common project? Or are we doomed to live and fight against one another forever?

The game The Tower of Babel begins!
Come and join us.

Premiere- August 19, 20,  23, 26 2022

Participants of the project: Káva Kulturális Műhely (Hungary), Kompani 13 (Norway), Bird & Bat (Iceland), and the National Kaunas Drama Theatre (Lithuania). An international team of actors: Jorunn Lullau (K:13, Norway); Steinar Thorsen (K:13, Norway); Snædis Lilja Ingadóttir (Bird & Bat, Iceland); Sigurður Arent (Bird & Bat, Iceland); Anna Boznanszky (Káva Kulturális Műhely, Hungary); András Kazári (Káva Kulturális Műhely, Hungary); Saulė Sakalauskaitė (NKDT, Lithuania); Ugnė Žirgulė (NKDT, Lithuania); Andrius Alešiūnas (NKDT, Lithuania), Kamilė Lebedytė (NKDT, Lithuania), Artūras Sužiedelis (NKDT, Lithuania), Inga Mikutavičiūtė (NKDT, Lithuania), Marius Karolis Gotbergas (NKDT, Lithuania), Greta Šepliakovaitė (NKDT, Lithuania), Arnas Ašmonas (NKDT, Lithuania).

The performance is a part of the international project “Participate in your Life”.

The performance is a part of the Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022 programme.

Arts Council Norway, Bergen Municipality, Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, Kaunas 2022, FFUK (Fond for utøvende kunstnere), Fritt