THE LION AND THE BIRD

Based on the book by Marianne Dubuc ‘The Lion and The Bird’

Director: Kata Csató
Scenographer and Puppet Designer: Julija Skuratova
Composer: Rita Mačiliūnaitė
Vaidina: Indrė Endriukaitė, Vigita Rudytė / Jolita Ross, Andrius Žiurauskas / Mindaugas Černiauskas

Premiere: December 1, 2023

This play is a subtle and inspiring tale about friendship and its meaning. One day, Lion finds an injured Bird in his autumnal garden. This Lion is different from other lions: he is very sensitive and caring, so he allows Bird to live in his cozy home. Thus begins an unexpected but true and profound friendship between two very different animals. Days go by, Christmas comes and goes, Bird recovers and wants to leave, so the friends inevitably have to part… However, true friendship never disappears – the warm feeling always travels together, and a dear friend lives in a special place – in the heart.

Until the moment when the friends meet again…

The Kaunas State Puppet Theatre is an exceptional, professional, and cozy theatre for all age groups. The time just melts away in this theatre, which is filled with a rich variety of classic fairy tales and contemporary theatrical performances, artistic activities, and entertainment with lasting value for the whole family. Professional actors welcome the audience into imaginative creative spaces, where internationally recognized performances are created and presented. The theatre spreads eternal values and shapes a creative, conscious, art-loving Person of the Future. 

Recently the theatre celebrated its 66th season, which combines the history of Kaunas State Puppet Theatre with new trends in contemporary puppet and object theatre. This is reflected in the theatre’s repertoire, which offers performances that appeal to every viewer – both children and adults.

Kata Csató – puppet theatre director, actress, cultural manager and teacher of puppet theatre acting and directing for puppet theatre. She graduated from Department of Cultural Organisation (specialisation: theatrical) at Janus Pannonius Academy in Pécs, Hungary in 2000. In 2001 she enrolled at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Academy of Theatre Arts – Puppet Theatre Art Department in Białystok and graduated in 2006 with a degree in both specializations: puppet theatre acting and directing. Since 2008 she has been pursuing a PhD degree at at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Academy of Theatre Arts – Puppet Theatre Art Department in Białystok, Poland.

She has received many awards for her work, and recently also for best directorial prizes (best directing in ‘Theatre Festival for Children’ – Subotica, in ‘Spring Festival’ – Krasnoyarsk, in ‘International Puppet Festival’ – Kurgan, in ‘UNIMA Puppet Festival for Children’ – Békéscsaba and in ‘Puppet Festival for Adult’ – Pécs).  

She is a founding member and from autum 2021 she is the president of the Freeszfe Society.

From 2024 she is a head of the Mesebolt Bábszínház institut, Szombathely, Hungary.