Not Now, Leonas (Premiere)

KLAIPĖDA CASTLE THEATRE “NOT NOW, LEONAS” (Premiere)
An ordinary rehearsal for an extraordinary concert, based on a script by Alvydas Vizgirda and Valerijus Gončarovas
An imagined sequel to Jean Anouilh’s comedy “The Orchestra”

Director – Alvydas Vizgirda
Music – Valerij Gončarov
Costumes – Aina Zinčiukaitė
Choreographer – Mantas Svirskys
Photographs – Algirdas Kubaitis

CAST:
Siunziana – Vilhelmina Jašinskaitė-Paniuškienė
Leonas – Valerij Gončarov
Madam – Auksė Naujokienė

Premiere: 24 November 2026

Former Siuzana (now Siunziana), searching for herself and fleeing a monotonous life, quits the orchestra job she dislikes, moves to another city, finds a new occupation and even changes her name… Leonas, also searching for himself and fleeing the same monotony, leaves the orchestra, goes abroad and finds work independent of other people… But do their lives change as a result? Do any radical turning points occur? Or is this manoeuvre in the lives of two still fairly young people equivalent only to a minor cosmetic renovation of an apartment, one that changes nothing about the home—it becomes neither more beautiful nor more comfortable to live in?

The creators of the production say of this phenomenon: “A person’s character does not change. It is a gift of fate, intended for the individual’s entire life.” And what does artificial intelligence think about this? The claim that a person’s character is a gift of fate intended to last a lifetime is one of the oldest and most debated topics in philosophy, psychology and literature. It touches on a fundamental question: how much are we programmed in advance, and how much can we change ourselves? This view can be considered from two different perspectives.

Event duration: approximately 1 hour 30 minutes (no interval)
Doors open 1 hour before the event.
Children are not admitted free of charge.

Discounts:
50%* – for school pupils, students and people who have reached the statutory retirement age.
100%* – for a person with a disability and one accompanying person (one accompanying person per person with a disability).
25% – for holders of a Klaipėdietis Card or a Klaipėda District Resident Card “Atviri horizontai”.
10% – for groups of more than 20 people.

*Discounted tickets are available for up to 15% of the total number of tickets sold for the event, except when fewer than 24 hours remain before the event and for educational repertoire programmes.

For purchases of 10 or more tickets, contact: vipklientai@bilietai.lt
Information: +370 46 410565; renginiai@zvejurumai.lt