CityTelling Festival. The Youth Talk About War, a performance
On 23 September, when Lithuania commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day, the young generation of Kaunas participating in this project will ask audiences: What would you do if war knocked on your door? Unfortunately, war is a subject that continues to remain relevant to today’s generations. The youth of Kaunas will invite audiences to listen to the forgotten stories of the Second World War and consider the challenges posed by contemporary history. After listening to stories recounted by a prior generation of Kaunas residents, the eyewitnesses to war, the project’s participants worked with professional theatre directors from Holland and Lithuania to create a theatrical retelling to be presented in one of the city’s public spaces. The idea for this project was conceived at the Theatre Na de Dam in Amsterdam. For several years, its creators have been involving young people in meaningful conversations about the memory of the Second World War and what the war means to us today. Organizer: Kaunas 2022. Partners: Theatre Na de Dam (Netherlands).