CAFÉ EXISTANS (2024)

Immersive, site specific theatre play, inspired by the existentialism era. Audiences move freely through different spaces and create their own authentic experience in the world of CAFÉ EXISTANS.

When eight characters meet at the café on an ordinary evening, unusual things start to unfold. While having their favourite drink, they find themselves in life-changing situations. Together they join forces to inspire meaning to their lives, taking the audience along with them.

Welcome to the CAFÉ EXISTANS!

Winner - Golden Stage Cross, Lithuania, 2025

Winner - Exceptional Play, Vilnius International Theater Festival SIRENOS, 2024

Winner - Exceptional Performance for Jolanta Daplkūnaitė, Vilnius International Theater Festival SIRENOS, 2024

Photographs: Vismantė Ruzgaitė

Director and playwright – Paulius Markevičius

Actors – Jolanta Dapkūnaitė, Indrė Patkauskaitė, Vytautas Kaniušonis, Vygandas Vadeiša, Aistė Lasytė, Karolis Norvilas, Viktorija Žukauskaitė, Šarūnas Datenis
Set design – Sigita Šimkūnaitė
Costume design – Fausta Naujalė
Makeup – Karolina Rukšnaitytė
Music – Jonas Narbutas

Sound design - Matas Samulionis
Lights – Julius Kuršys
Choreography – Greta Grinevičiūtė
Director's assistant – Justina Biekšaitė
Technical manager – Vlad Bajaznyj
Dramaturgy consultant – Marija Kavtaradzė
Poster photography – Tomas Kauneckas
Campaign – Not Perfect Vilnius
Producer – Inga Galvanauskaitė

Translation to English - Alexandra Bondarev
Organiser – Tolyn Gilyn

Premiere - 2024 05 29