Why do people use violins?

November 25, 2022.
We don't know, but we'll try to remember the feeling,
since memory is a tricky thing.
Here's what we know.
It's Friday.
One of us doesn't masturbate.
One of us is trying to quit smoking.
One of us still photographs the sunrise every morning.
And one of us is having breakfast.
Once again we wonder if we will be able to survive.
What a life.

“Why do people use violins?” is a Physical Theatre performance that explores memories of relationships, loneliness, addiction, and pain in everyday life, and how these can become the trigger for violent actions. Using only eleven chairs, three roses, and a banana (and occasionally a cigarette), the performance creates a complete world of movement, voice, rhythm, and music, in which terrible things can happen at any moment.

Creative team and performers:
Līva Nora Apšeniece
Narayana Sieber
Jana Štofaniková
Nico Dorigatti

Duration: 50 min

Photographer: Willi Hohnwald

Lighting design: Andrea Ferrari

Music played live:

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Piano Concerto No.1 B flat minor, Op.23

• Alan Silvestri — Forrest Gump Suite

• Scott Joplin — The Entertainer

• Arvo Pärt — Spiegel im Spiegel

• Yann Tiersen — Porz Goret

Sung / Whistle Music:

• Ingus Ulmanis — Aijā Žūžū Lāča bērni

• Von Wegen Lisbeth — Podcast