On Tuesday, 25 November 2025, at 6:00 PM, a special programme “The Throw” dedicated to the memory of Rolandas Rastauskas will be presented in the Small Hall of the State Šiauliai Drama Theatre.
Performed by: Pijus Opera, Arkadijus Gotesmanas, Herkus Kunčius, Vytautas Balsys, Tomas Kutavičius.
Tickets: https://www.ticketmarket.lt/cart/place/16141
The event is part of the contemporary art and fashion festival “Virus‘30”, organised by the Šiauliai Art Gallery.
Full event programme: https://siauliugalerija.lt/siuolaikinio-meno-ir-mados-festivalio-virus30-programa/
ABOUT THE EVENT
The “VIRUS” festival is unimaginable without the innovative audiovisual poetry performances by Rolandas Rastauskas, who passed away unexpectedly a year ago. “The Throw” is a special programme created by his long-time companions to honour his memory and to celebrate the long-standing creative friendship between the poet and the festival.
Herkus Kunčius, Vytautas Balsys, and Tomas Kutavičius will share their original texts dedicated to Rolandas, while percussionist Arkady Gotesman together with Pijus Opera will present a performative reading of Rastauskas’s poetry — a format in which RoRa stood out prominently on the Lithuanian literary scene. The event will immerse the audience in the many layers of Rolandas Rastauskas’s work and personality, revealing his talent, professionalism, and, of course, his uniqueness.
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Festival organizer – Šiauliai Art Gallery
Funded by – Šiauliai City Municipality, Lithuanian Council for Culture
Main media partner – Lithuanian National Radio and Television
Partners and Sponsors: UAB Sixteen media, Cupernican, wãpsva LT Design House, Soya Asia, Shopping Center Saulės miestas, UAB Laurema graphics, Tešla ir dešra, Simo Limonadai, SOVLI Toyota Center in Šiauliai, Meno niša, Šiauliai Aušra Museum, Šiauliai State Drama Theater, UAB Rūta, Šiauliai Vocational Education and Training Center of Technologies, Šiauliai Athletics and Wellness Center, Estonian Academy of Arts, Latvian Academy of Arts, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lviv Fashion Week, Independent Art Project Space Garažas, UAB Grafų baldai, Public Institution Aksida, Šiauliai Industrialists’ Association.
Festival designer – Marius Žalneravičius

