First of all, Adrian is a clown, comedian, opera singer, actor and director. He’s main work of field is contemporary circus and street theatre. The distinguishing feature of Adrian is the mixing of all these experiences in one performance. His performances are filled with chaos and absolute innocence at the same time. This struggle between two different energetics has made Adrian Schvarzstein one of the most famous street theate eartists in the world. 

On the other hand, Matteo is an Italian actor, director, drama teacher. A true mask theater and Commedia dell’Arte professional. He’s leading creative workshops at universities and art academies in Verona, Ecuador, Tartu, Minsk, Kyiv. Matteo has performed in both classical and modern Italian theaters. Some of Matteo’s work you can still find in Belarus, Slovenia, and Ukraine theatres. 

We sat them both together and invite you to watch their cosy chat about life and of course visual street theatre.

 In creative workshops project participants started working with a Lithuanian director, playwright and street artist Linas Jurkštas. He’s one of the founders of the art syndicate Bad Rabbits. Linas is a member of the European Federation on Education and Training in Street Arts and the International Street Theater Troupe “Third Hand Group”.

 First of all, a team of professional actors and dancers, together with director Linas Jurkštas, started preparing for street theatre performances during an intensive one-week rehearsal. Furthermore, their work was presented as a result of the workshops. Unfortunately, when the developers chose public places in Vilnius city they faced with astonishing findings. Information of incredible size. It’s importance and nature is undoubtful. But most of all, which was hidden from the city residents and its guests for many years. Therefore, a lot of questions has been asked. What kind of Vilnius do we really live in? The unprecedented stories of Vilnius and the scandalous veil of lies have forced the creators to stop rehearsing. With all that in mind, they establish a freely operating museum in the city. A city where the TRUE HISTORY of Vilnius from the great H is revealed. Finally, it will be shared with you.

 Secondly, the creators themselves comment on the activities of their opening museum “PARALEL VILNIUS” as follows.
“This is without a doubt the first real Museum of TRUE History (from the big H!) in Vilnius. Pat the Goat, find out the truth, buy a souvenir, take off the cloak of lies. These entertainments and a bunch of other important things are waiting for you at our – PARALEL VILNIUS Museum. Furthermore, you will be greeted and served only by the most educated masters and oracles of History (no doubt – again from the great H!). We call them guides. You call them friends. Don’t let your cultural group subconscious develop. Come and run your fields of knowledge. Let your thoughts only green and wrap around the Historical (from the great H!). Leave the darkness, come to the light. ”