Žilvinas Vingelis - theatre director.

Education

2007 - 2012 – audio-visual art school ,,Kurkuria”, classical guitar specialty.

2012 – 2016 – Lithuanian academy of music and Theatre, bachelor in theatre directing. Course head: Gintaras Varnas.

2016- 2018– Lithuanian academy of music and Theatre, master in theatre directing. Course head: Gintaras Varnas. Masters theme ,,K. G. Jung theories of analytic psychology usage to characters psychological analysis and concept creation for directing performance”.

Profesional work in theatre:

2015 September. Directors assistant. Falk Richter ,,Under Ice"
(OKT/Vilnius city theatre and AAT/Artūras Areima theater coproduction; director. A. Areima)
Play video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf7x71B7MKQ

2016 December. Director and script author. ,,Madman VLOG” by N. Gogol ,,Diary of a Madman”
(Lithuanian academy of music and Theatre; director. Ž. Vingelis)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gso5GFTRpA8

2016 May. Director and scenographer of dance and live music performance ,,SUB’evening” by Feliksas Bajoras ,,Sakmių Suita"
(Baltic Chamber Opera Theater; director. Ž. Vingelis).
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftXLjcygQ64

2016 May. Director. ,,A Number" by Caryl Churchill
(National Kaunas Drama Theatre director.: Ž. Vingelis). 
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AetUcro3To

2017 March. Director and script author. Puppets, shadows, modern opera and dance play ,,LILA: Demiurge’s secret plays"
(Vilnius theatre ,,LĖLĖ" and Baltic Chamber Opera Theatre co-production. Director : Ž. Vingelis).
Video: https://vimeo.com/218543963

2017 June. Director, script author and scenographer ,,Eben and Abbie" by E. O’Neill play ,,Desire under the elms"
(Vytautas Magnus University Theater, director Ž. Vingelis)

2017 December. Director, script author and scenographer. ,,Sonny’sBlues’’ by J. Boldwin novel.
(Baltic Chamber Opera Theater and culture bar “Kablys” co-production)
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oDl_31_qgE&feature=youtu.be

2018 June. Director, script author. Virtual reality performance- dream based on
F. Dostoevsky novel “Ridiculous man’s dream” and ,K. G. Jung theories of analytic psychology
(Baltic Chamber Opera Theater, dir.: Ž. Vingelis)
Making of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEHDoDHtq2o

Theatre Awards and Nominations:

2017 Dalia Tamulevičiūtė professional theater festival award for ,,Best directing debut” for play ,,LILA: Demiurge’s secret play” (director. Ž. Vingelis)

2017 Dalia Tamulevičiūtė professional theater festival award for ,,Best music” for play ,,LILA: Demiurge’s secret play”(accordionist Tadas Motiečius, music program by Ž. Vingelis)

2017 Dalia Tamulevičiūtė professional theatre festival nomination ,,Best scenography” for play ,,LILA: Demiurge’s secret play” (stage designer : Neringa Keršulytė)          

Additional experience in theatre, cinema, commercials and education:

2012 - 2016 while studying in Lithuanian academy of Music and Theatre participated in rehearsals by Krystian Lupa, Arpad Schilling, Gintaras Varnas, Kirsten Dehlholm, Artūras Areima, Vidas Bareikis and Oskaras Koršunovas.

2014-2016 worked as first director assistant in ,,Utopia”, ,,AAT/Artūras Areima theatre” and ,,OKT/Vilnius city theatre” theaters.

2015 hosted practical seminars of  J. Grotowski and E. Barba at Vytautas Magnus University for III course acting students.

2016-2017 with projects ,,Dialogues in Vilnius region” and ,,Together we have power to create” visited more than 15 Lithuanian High Schools. Lecture theme ,,Art like a rebellion“.

2016 Directors assistance in ,,Summerhall” stage , Edinburgh ,,Fringe 2016” (Falk Richter ,,Under Ice”).

2017 Quest in ,,professionals program”, Roterdamo ,,Operadagen 2017”.

2017  Directed short documentary- art movie “Visual story” By V. Pelevin texts.

From 2017 Baltic Chamber Opera Theater art director.

From 2017 screenwriter in full service video production companies ,,Pixel studio” and ,,Insane videoagency”

2017-2018 wrote more than 20 screenplays for commercials and short movies.

From 2020 independent visual theatre “Kosmos Theatre” founder and artistic director and Vilnius state puppet theatre “Lele” artistic programmes coordinator. 

From 2020 lecturer at Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.