Laurynas Adomaitis, Antanas Obcarskas: BOXING

Fueled by an unrelenting fighting spirit, the performance “Boxing” is a sports-mystical travel drama about fighters from two generations. Saúlas (played by Laurynas Jurgelis) is a talented boxer whose exceptional potential is spotted by the club’s coach (played by Marius Repšys), who wants to make him world champion at any cost. Tsiganas (played by Gediminas Rimeika) is a boxer pushed into the background who refuses to accept his status as an outsider. A businessman (played by Giedrius Savickas), sensing his ambitions, takes the young athlete under his wing and seeks to overcome the traumas of his own life. Who will be knocked out? The face-off between the two young boxers, Saúlas and Tsiganas, at a local club sparks global ambitions that reach beyond geographical borders and, at times, beyond the physical world. The young men’s journey to discover the fighter within becomes a means for old wolves to settle scores. On the one hand, society reveres fighters as heroes; on the other, it rejects them, accusing them of aggression. The fighter’s paradox gives rise to a tendency toward self-destruction. Boxers destroy their opponents, yet after winning they often feel they have destroyed themselves. Unlike other sports, boxing is never “played.” That is why real fighters will appear on the theatre stage, under the supervision of professional coaches. The actors’ physical and psychological preparation for the performance is unique.

Performance partner: “City Boxing” boxing and fitness club
The performance sketch was created in collaboration with “Utopia” theatre.
The creation of the performance sketch was supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
Thanks to: Hyon Gak Sunim Zen Center Regensburg e.V.; “Helicentras” Helicopter Pilot School.