Irish theatre group ‘Macnas’ to perform at Vilnius Culture Night, 19 June

The Embassy of Ireland, in cooperation with Culture Ireland and Kulturos Naktis, is pleased to announce that the Irish theatre group ‘Macnas’ will take to the streets of Vilnius this Friday, 19 June, as part of the Culture Night celebrations.

Macnas, an award-winning international performance and spectacle company takes its name from the Irish word for “joyful abandonment”. They energise audiences with interactive performances at festivals and celebrations around the globe, bringing stunning large-scale images and brilliant chaos to the streets of the world. These pioneers of invention have toured the world performing with U2, celebrated the millennium in New York Times Square, and been part of the magic at the MTV awards, performed in China, Australia, and San Francisco. Macnas are ambitious, contemporary and utterly unpredictable.

Their new street theatre show Who’s Kingdom is this anyways? is a comedy of errors about an over the top, larger than life Queen, in a 6ft wide 7ft high dress, who wheels, reels and prances her way across Europe in search of a suitor. Macnas performers include Helen Gregg, Jonathan Gunning, Emma O'Grady and Victoria McCormack.

Queenie and her troupe of comedic advisors will vamp their way across the city from the Vilnius Cathedral to City Hall, bringing comedy, physical theatre and buffoonery through the Lithuanian streets in two shows, beginning at 20:30 and 23:30 from Cathedral Square.

Find out more about Macnas on their website.