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  • GINTARĖ RADVILAVIČIŪTĖ

    GINTARĖ RADVILAVIČIŪTĖ

    Director, artist and creator of puppet theatre Gintarė Radvilavičiūtė (b. 1981) studied theatre and event directing at Klaipėda University where …

  • DR. GORAPARASIT

    DR. GORAPARASIT

    Theatre artist, experimental filmmaker and designer Gintarė Minelgaitė (b. 1984) is better known by the pseudonym Dr. GoraParasit. The Kaunas-born …

  • GABRIELĖ TUMINAITĖ

    GABRIELĖ TUMINAITĖ

    During the first decade of her career, the young generation director Gabrielė Tuminaitė (b. 1983), who regularly works at the …

  • EGLĖ KIŽAITĖ

    EGLĖ KIŽAITĖ

    The young director Eglė Kižaitė (b. 1991) studied theatre directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre from where …

  • DALIA IBELHAUPTAITĖ

    DALIA IBELHAUPTAITĖ

    Dalia Ibelhauptaitė (b. 1967), a director and producer living between London and Vilnius, is the artistic director and main director …

  • ALEKSANDR ŠPILEVOJ

    ALEKSANDR ŠPILEVOJ

    Actor, director and playwright Aleksandr Špilevoj (b. 1987) studied music technology at Kaunas University of Technology and later took up …

  • IRENA VEISAITĖ. LIFE SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT

    IRENA VEISAITĖ. LIFE SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT

    HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Aurimas Švedas, Irena Veisaitė, Life Should be Transparent (Gyvenimas turėtų būti skaidrus), Vilnius: Aukso žuvys, 2016, 2019, …

  • THE LAND OF CYBORGS: THE STORY OF RUSSIA’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE

    THE LAND OF CYBORGS: THE STORY OF RUSSIA’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE

    HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Dovydas Pancerovas, The land of cyborgs: The story of Russia’s war against Ukraine (Kiborgų žemė: pasakojimas apie …

  • THOUGHT WE’D BE BACK SOON. 18 STORIES OF REFUGEES

    THOUGHT WE’D BE BACK SOON. 18 STORIES OF REFUGEES

    HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Thought we’d be back soon. 18 stories of refugees, 1940—1944 (Manėm, kad greit grįšim. 18 pokalbių apie …

  • SUMMERHOUSE: THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF VILNIUS PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, 1944—1990

    SUMMERHOUSE: THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF VILNIUS PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, 1944—1990

    HISTORY AND BIOPGRAPHY Tomas Vaiseta, Summerhouse: The social history of Vilnius psychiatric hospital, 1944—1990 (Vasarnamis: Vilniaus psichiatrijos ligoninės socialinė istorija …

  • MAGNETIC NORTH: CONVERSATIONS WITH TOMAS VENCLOVA

    MAGNETIC NORTH: CONVERSATIONS WITH TOMAS VENCLOVA

    HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Ellen Hinsey, Tomas Venclova, Magnetic North: Conversations with Tomas Venclova. University of Rochester Press, 2017, Vilnius: Apostrofa, …

  • Marija Drėmaitė. ARCHITECTURE OF OPTIMISM: THE KAUNAS PHENOMENON, 1918—1940

    Marija Drėmaitė. ARCHITECTURE OF OPTIMISM: THE KAUNAS PHENOMENON, 1918—1940

    ARTS AND LITERATURE Architecture of Optimism: The Kaunas phenomenon, 1918—1940 (Optimizmo architektūra: Kauno fenomenas, 1918—1940), edited by Marija Drėmaitė, Vilnius: …