It Will pass (Lithuania, Teatras Atviras ratas). Festival Theatre in Close-Up

With the Liepāja Theatre Festival Theatre in Close-Up, one of the key programmes of Liepāja – European Capital of Culture 2027 will begin this year – the Open Theatre Quarter.

In 2025, the festival will take place from 21 to 24 August, presenting five international theatre productions from Finland, Lithuania, and Poland, along with one production by the Liepāja Theatre.

This initiative is dedicated to the development and accessibility of theatre arts, strengthening the role of the genre on regional, national, and international levels.

It Will pass (Lithuania, Teatras Atviras ratas)

Monoperformance
Duration:: 1h 40 min
In English (surtitles in Latvian and Lithuanian)
Performance 33+ (the play is created for audiences aged 33 and up. Younger viewers may not understand or recognise all the themes)

Justas Tertelis is a professional theatre maker: theatre and film actor, playwright, director who has been nominated and awarded at various festivals and got theatre awards for his roles, texts and performances. He works at Theatre Open Circle, Keistuolių Theatre, and collaborates with various Lithuanian theatres in individual projects. Part of his work is devoted to educational activities, initiating and curating educational projects that develop creativity.

A solo performance for everyone who loves theater. If you’ve always been curious about how actors learn so much text, how they not only “enter” but also “exit” a role, and what it feels like to perform in a “good” play – actor, playwright, and director Justas Tertelis reveals the backstage of today’s theater world in an engaging and light manner in his solo performance.

This solo performance continues the theme of Justas Tertelis’ first play “PRA – a one-act solo play for a beginner actor, but in the current performance, the actor views the relationship between theater and society not from the perspective of a beginner, but from that of an experienced, middle-aged theater creator. Through a general dialogue with the audience, involving and questioning established societal norms about theater and culture, and exploring paradoxical situations characteristic of the creative world, the actor invites not only smiles but also self-reflection – why do we still go to the theater today? What kind of theater and culture do we need today?

• Director, playwright, actor – Justas Tertelis
• Set designer – Laura Luišaitytė
• Composer – Nikolajus Polujanovas

The project Liepāja Theatre Festival “Theatre in Close-Up” is being implemented as part of the Liepāja 2027 programme with funding provided by the Ministry of Culture, the City of Liepāja, and the municipalities of South Kurzeme and Kuldīga.