Why do people use violins?

We don`t know, but we will try to remember the feeling, 

since memory is a tricky thing.

Here is what we know.

It is Friday.

One of us does not masturbate.

One of us is trying to give up smoking.

One of us is still taking pictures of sunrises every morning.

And one of us is having breakfast.

Once again we are asking ourselves if we can survive.

What a life.

„Why do people use violins?“ is a physical theatre performance exploring memories of relationships, loneliness, addiction and pain in everyday life and how they can become the trigger of violent actions. Using nothing but eleven chairs, three roses and a banana (and the occasional cigarette if needed), the piece creates a full world of movement, voice, rhythm and music, in which terrible things may happen anytime.

Creative Team and Performers
Līva Nora Apšeniece
Narayana Sieber
Jana Štofaniková
Nico Dorigatti

Length 50 min

Photographer Willi Hohnwald

Light Design Andrea Ferrari

Live Played Music

• 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

Singing / Whistling Music

• Ingus Ulmanis — Aijā Žūžū Lāča bērni
• Von Wegen Lisbeth — Podcast