Ronald Keaton
CHURCHILL
A politician's self-portrait in 2 parts
Director - Reinis Suhanovs
Video artist - Anna Konovalova
Costume designer - Ilze Vītoliņa
Music - Arvīds Saulītis
Translation - Laura Romanovska
Winston Churchill - Tālivaldis Lasmanis
I am ready to meet my Maker, but whether my Maker is prepared for the heavy ordeal of meeting me is another matter - said one of the most remarkable and imposing British statesmen and politicians, Winston Churchill (1874-1965), with his characteristic self-irony and sarcasm. He not only drank whiskey and smoked Cuban cigars, but even in his own time supported the idea of the European Union, coined the term “iron curtain,” and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his nation-inspiring speeches and memoirs. Self-made man* - from a stammering boy to a decisive strategist, never giving up his human weaknesses either.
The play by American actor and playwright Ronald Keaton, Churchill (2015), invites us into Winston Churchill's inner world. Giving in to his passion for painting, Churchill himself creates a subjective biography in which both events engraved in the annals of history and intimate moments dear only to him stand side by side.
“Ronald Keaton's play is an emotional historical figure's story about the role of the individual in an era of global geopolitical upheavals. Parallels with today's processes allow us to look at it through the filter of history. It is an open conversation about the end of a politician's life, about old age and what has been accomplished in politics,” says director Reinis Suhanovs.
*Latvian explanation - achieved everything on his own
Premiere - May 8, 2026. Round Hall
English subtitles will be provided during the performance. Best subtitle visibility starting from row 8.
