VALLEY OF ASTONISHMENT

A performance based on the motifs of Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne, and Alexander Luria's play "The Valley of Astonishment".

On the search for the divine in the unusual. On the strange nature of the human brain and the very strange way it remembers.

Where we see words in colors, but can taste music.

This will be a tribute to the outstanding director Peter Brook, who had a close connection to Latvia, on the centenary of his birth, bringing together Sufi mythology, musicality, and research into an unusual phenomenon - synesthesia.

The performance takes place at 25 Lāčplēša Street, in the Small Hall.

Duration: 1h 35min (1 act).

Premiere on February 5, 2026.

Authors – Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne, Alexander Luria

Director – Matīss Kaža

Set and costume designer – Reinis Dzudzilo

Movement artist – Ramona Levane

Composer – Elīza Dombrovska

Dramaturg and assistant director – Elza Marta Ruža

Lighting designer – Niks Cipruss

Makeup artist – Ilona Zariņa

Cast – Guna Zariņa, Vilis Daudziņš, Gerds Lapoška