These were the times when the first TV celebrity-making factories produced their first “stars”, movie theaters were screening first parts of The Matrix, The Lord of The Ringsand Harry Potter, and one of Lithuania’s most scandalous politicians Rolandas Paksas made a brief but very impressive appearance as the President of Lithuania. These were the wild 00s. A look at these times from the today’s perspective – this is what Oskaras Koršunovas premiere Liucia Skatesbased on the play by Laura Sintija Černiauskaitėis about.
Cameras, screens and live stream are being used in the production. According to the director, modern theater can survive without media, although in this production various means of it are as important as they are in our everyday life.
“Perhaps because Shakespeare placed his characters of Romeo and Juliet in the medieval Verona or maybe because Homer described the war that has started because of the beautiful Helen during the times of ancient Troy, we are used to true love stories taking place somewhere in the past, during some almost mythical time. That’s what 00s are now. This period has become our Middle Ages. These were the times of the first supermarkets and mobile phones, when we’ve started sending each other short messages, in other words – SMS. And here love has returned to the times of troubadours. These were the wild times of the dawn of consumerism. In Lithuania people have finally started having money. The cult of money was horrible. The consumerist Sodom and Gomorrah have begun. By the way, at this particular time our production Shopping and Fucking criticizing consumerism first saw the light and was immediately “consumed” as the first production about gays and junkies. On the one hand, these were very primitive times, on the other – times filled with hope. Back then everyone believed in the future. I have noticed that modern youth considers these times a good vintage.” / O. Korshunovas
