The leader of the Sate Small Theatre of Vilnius Rimas Tuminas  is among the most prominent directors of contemporary Lithuanian theatre. After graduating from Moscow A. Lunacharsky Art Institute (GITIS) in 1978, next year Tuminas started his career at the State Academic Drama Theatre and stood out from the general repertory of this theatre already with his first works. In performances directed by Tuminas daily life turns imperceptibly into poetry, drama acquires a tinge of tender irony and every detail on the stage arouses the audience's emotions. His performances are dominated not by effects of directing, but by a playful improvisational acting of the actors. The most talented Lithuanian actors perform in the productions of the Small Theatre: Arvydas Dapšys, Eglė Gabrėnaitė, Gediminas Girdvainis, Sigitas Račkys, Arūnas Sakalauskas, Andrius Žebrauskas as well as the young actors, former Tuminas’s students.
In Lithuania and abroad Rimas Tuminas has staged about 40 different productions.

Foreign theatres eagerly invite Tuminas to work for them. He worked in Gothenburg City Theatre (Sweden), The National Theatre of Iceland, Vakhtangov Theatre (Russia), Sovremennik Theatre (Russia), Dundie Rep Theatre (UK), Vasa Theatre (Finland), Wspolcsesny Theatre (Poland), and STUDIO Theatre (Poland).

As well Lithuanian productions by Tuminas have toured many countries and international festivals in Canada, Ireland, England, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Poland, Iceland, Russia, France, Germany, Slovakia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, USA, Italy, South Korea, Columbia, Mexico, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Performances directed by Rimas Tuminas:

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