Name: THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN | Play directed by Krystian Lupa | English subtitles
Start: 2025-02-09T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Arklių g. 5, LT-01305 Vilnius, Lithuania

THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN | Play directed by Krystian Lupa | English subtitles

This is a special showing of the play with English subtitles.
We await all of you, international folks!
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This is Krystian Lupa’s adaptation of the novel by Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain.
The Magic Mountain premiered at the Salzburg International Festival on August 20th. 5 performances were presented to the audience at the historic Salzburg Landestheater. And all the tickets to all the premiere shows have sold out.
JOURNEY is the key word when talking about Krystian Lupa’s creative method. It is a journey into the unknown based on exploration and collective work trying to penetrate the mysteries of a work of literature and the human psyche.
In the case of The Magic Mountain, it is, first and foremost, a journey into the personality of Thomas Mann himself and his secret relationship with the character of Hans Castorp. This journey of writing for Mann became more real than his real family life, concealing his furtive passions.
Through the dramaturgical contrast of the two acts, the director aims to show the evolution of the world from the 19th century manners and the optimistic faith in human reason and new technological discoveries of the early 20th century, to the collapse of all illusions and the deep anxiety about the future of the world…