"A Spiritual Matter," based on a script by famous Swedish director and writer Bergman, follows Victoria, a strong woman struggling with her life, who is being tortured by unfulfilled dreams while seeking self-acceptance.
The script involves imaginary conversations Victoria has with her husband and friends, as well as her maid, father, a stranger she meets, and finally with herself. It provides an uncompromising and deep insight into the soul of an exhausted middle-aged woman.
Writer: Ingmar Bergman
Director: Kirilas Glušajevas
Performance: The State Small Theatre of Vilnius
A theatre is only possible when there is a director with his own theatre vision. The history of the State Small Theatre of Vilnius is firstly the theatre vision history of director Rimas Tuminas. Rimas Tuminas staged his first performance in 1978, theatre critics spoke about a distinctive theatrical language, about performances which “became example of more conditional psychological acting, which was based on poetical, lyrical elements and proved the director’s intentions to search for his own theatre language, to experiment”.