Thelma and Louise

Two friends—a frustrated housewife and an independent shopkeeper—decide to get away for a couple of days from their tiresome domestic lives, and from their no less tiresome and abusive husband, boyfriend and their predictable demands. On the trip, while defending their freedom as women, they commit a crime against their will, and a desperate escape begins. The people they meet along the way reflect society today. When a theatre has two actresses like Elīna Vāne and Ieva Puķe, this story simply has to be staged. “I absolutely love this piece! It’s a situation in which a person begins to understand the word freedom,” says director Juris Rijnieks. Ridley Scott’s film Thelma & Louise reached screens in 1991, making it the ideal road movie. The production has received nominations in the 2025/2026 Spēlmaņu nakts season in the following categories: