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Rūdolfs Blaumanis
TAILORS' DAYS AT SILMAČI
Love lost and found in 3 parts
Director - Elmārs Seņkovs
Set Designer - Reinis Suhanovs
Costume Designer - Ilze Vītoliņa
Movement Artist - Elīna Gediņa
Lighting Designer - Oskars Pauliņš
Composer - Edgars Mākens
Cast: Anna Nele Āboliņa, Rihards Jakovels, Sandis Runge, Ģertrūde Rubins, Ieva Estere Barkāne, Kārlis Freimanis, Kristaps Ozols, Artis Jančevskis, Klinta Reinholde, Māra Mennika, Elīna Vāne, Ieva Puķe, Aigars Apinis, Diāna Krista Stafecka, Rūdis Bīviņš, Kārlis Dzintars Zahovskis, Adrija Plūmane or Helēna Ekhart
The performance also features live music.
What is revealed when Rūdolfs Blaumanis's Tailors' Days at Silmači is read like any other play, without the stereotypes imposed by beloved interpretations?
Director Elmārs Seņkovs is ready to challenge himself and the audience to read Tailors' Days at Silmači with fresh eyes. “If they say every director has to stage Hamlet, then every Latvian director has to stage Tailors' Days at Silmači. It is a challenge, because the play has a huge layer of audience expectations built up around it. I want to take a closer look at some scenes that are often skimmed over or even rejected,” says director Elmārs Seņkovs, inviting audiences perhaps to discover something new or to look at the beloved play in a different way.
But, as on Midsummer's Eve at Silmači, the stove will burst, and the bees will attack. And there will be live music too.
Premiere on 12 June 2026. Main Hall.
The performance was created with the support of the Boris and Ināra Teterev Foundation in Valmiera Theatre's 2026/2027 season.
With the foundation's support, the following reached audiences in the 2026/2027 season: The Fear and Misery of the Third Empire (director Indra Roga). In the 2025/2026 season: Evil Spirit (director Inese Mičule), Medea (director Reinis Suhanovs), You Will Be Mine! (director Jānis Znotiņš), Tailors' Days at Silmači (director Elmārs Seņkovs). In the 2024/2025 season: Romeo and Juliet (director Inese Mičule), Blue (director Māra Ķimele), Sprīdītis (director Reinis Suhanovs), Four White Shirts (director Jānis Znotiņš), and Magic Mountain (director Toms Treinis).
The friendship between the theatre and the foundation began in the 2023/2024 season, the theatre's centenary season, when four classics of Latvian drama were staged: Valmieras Boys (director Jānis Znotiņš), The Widow's Son (director Viesturs Roziņš), as well as the particularly acclaimed Joseph and His Brothers (director Inese Mičule) and The Prodigal Son (director Reinis Suhanovs).
