
Žilvinas Vingelis – theatre director, artistic director, LMTA PhD candidate. In 2016, he completed bachelor’s studies in theatre directing, and in 2018 – his master’s studies. From 2017 to 2019, he was both the artistic director and director of the Baltic Chamber Opera Theatre. In 2020, he founded the independent visual experiments theatre named Kosmos Theatre, where he works as an artistic director and creates performances, installations, visual and sound experiences. Since 2020, he has been the coordinator of creative programmes at Vilnius Theatre Lėlė.
Ž. Vingelis has directed performances at the Kaunas National Drama Theatre, Vilnius Theatre Lėlė, cultural bar Kablys and others. He also creates dramaturgy and scenography for his own performances and is the artistic director of the visual theatre workshop Kosmos LAB. Since 2021, he has been coordinating the experimental contemporary puppet theatre creative laboratory SurReality Check. Vingelis also creates interactive and virtual art, and was awarded the Golden Stage Cross for Lithuania’s first online performance #Protest.




