Director, Script Author – Jūratė Trimakaitė (Lithuania)
Designer – Cerise Guyon (France)
Composer – Thomas Demay (France)
Lighting Designer – Felix Bataillou (France)
Cast: Sigita Mikalauskaitė, Lijana Muštašvili, Imantas Precas, Deivis Sarapinas, Erika Gaidauskaitė, Elvyra Piškinaitė (Lithuania)

Photos by Dmitrij Matvejev

Death is always somewhere nearby, just in case. Although it not death, but life, that bring misfortunes… It does, of course, bring lots of nice things as well – friendship, chats and games, and warm friendly atmosphere that surrounds us. It can seem strange but by getting to know death, we get to know life and vice versa. That’s why the right thing to do is to talk about these things and not to run away or hide. Puppet theatre performance Duck, Death and the Tulip is an attempt to show the importance of such conversations and to introduce children to life’s final moment, portraying it as a cycle of nature, a necessary contrast to life.

Vilnius Theatre Lėlė was established in 1958 by a puppeteer, actor and director Balys Lukošius. Lėlė performances have been awarded at many international puppet theatre festivals. Although most tours are held in Lithuania, the theatre has also toured a number of foreign countries such as China, Algeria, Ethiopia, USA, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Germany, France, Finland, Denmark, England, Austria, India, Kazakhstan, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Ukraine. The team of Vilnius Theatre Lėlė does their best to keep the theatre open to not only the best traditions of children’s puppet theatre but also to valuable trends of modern theatre. Nevertheless, the primary aim is to retain the interest and attention of both the youngest audience and the adults.