On June 3 and 4 at 20:00, the Iliauni Theatre stage will host the premiere of a new performance.
The play “Tiny Giant” is a kind of theatrical experiment. This play by well-known Georgian playwright Irakli Samsonadze will be performed for the first time on a Georgian stage. The production is directed by emerging director Ana Gogishvili.
The genre of the play is defined by the author as a “not-so-funny comedy.” It explores themes such as blind obedience, the loss of meaning in life, and alienation from reality. The play belongs to the genre of absurdist theatre. It features two characters — a man and a woman — who are raising a nonexistent child, the “Tiny Giant.”
The themes presented in the play are highly relevant today. The modern Georgian audience will recognize their own daily lives in it: a reality full of absurd arguments, reasoning, and actions about the future and the past. Human identity is shaped by absurd narratives about one’s origin, identity, and future. In this sense, “Tiny Giant” can be considered one of the best examples of Georgian absurdist drama.
Can we ever completely forget the past? What will happen in the future if we abandon our core values? What happens when we declare war on the past, the present, and an uncertain future? We forget our childhood, the village where we grew up, the grandfather who used to smoke his pipe, and the pipe itself, which slowly fades away in our memory.
Perhaps you know how to help our child — the Tiny Giant — because he just keeps sleeping and sleeping…
