Liepāja Theater Gets New Box Office Hit - Freimanis Makes People Cry Again, But Now From Laughter
Andris Sudmalis reveals why the new theater production 'Freimanis' cannot be analyzed - it must simply be felt like getting paid in Karosta back in the day.
Liepāja theater critic Andris Sudmalis has revealed a sensational secret - turns out there can be theater productions that cannot be analyzed, only felt. What a revolutionary discovery! Next thing we'll learn - that at the beach you can not only think, but also breathe.
Comparing the latest box office darling 'Freimanis' to the legendary 'Kaupēn, My Dear!' is like trying to compare Liepāja's tram to Riga's trolleybus - both drive, both transport, but only one of them is real. 'I think both these productions hit exactly where they need to - in the heart,' says local theater enthusiast Maija Kalniņa. 'Of course, they wouldn't understand it in Riga.'
Sudmalis's admission that 'Freimanis' inadvertently reminds him of 'Kaupēns' makes one wonder - maybe the problem isn't with the productions, but with the audience's memory? When you go to the same theater for years, everything starts to look alike. It's like with Liepāja's cafés - after a while they all seem the same, but each has its own charm.
Mārtiņš Freimans's career beginning with 'Kaupēns' now becomes the launching point for the new production. Local theater expert Jānis Ozoliņš comments: 'It's like with our port - everything that happens there is somehow connected to what came before.' Let's just hope we won't have to watch the new 'Freimanis' more than a hundred times.
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