Songs from the Brasa Yard

SONGS FROM THE BRASA YARD

children's performance

Creative team

Dramaturgy: Rūta Dišlere

Directed by: Rihards Zelezņevs

Set design, costumes, puppet: Signija Joce

Puppet making: Sintija Šadurska

Music: Edgars Šubrovskis and the band Effekts

Lighting: Ivars Vācers

Performed by: Alise Dzene, Aleksandrs Bricis, Rūdolfs Apse

Summer in Brasa at the beginning of the 2000s. Eight-year-old Ričards is bored at home until he gathers the courage to go looking for friends in the courtyard he has never been to before. It is a challenge that requires not only boldness and patience, but also an open and selfless heart.

In the nearby Great Cemetery, Ričards meets an unusual companion, an imaginary friend. This meeting marks the beginning of a special and adventure-filled summer.

This story, based on real childhood impressions, lets us return to a time when money was still called lats, children did not have mobile phones, and life moved through courtyards. There, little clubhouses were built, small and big trials were overcome, and adventures were lived that stay in memory forever. Because the greatest wonders are often right next door, all it takes is to see them.

The performance is created with financial support from the State Culture Capital Foundation's target program "Creation of Content for the Program 'Latvian School Bag'" and the Riga City Council.