“It’s a one-woman play about Grace, a young woman who is hungry for love, affection, and validation and who looks for it in all the wrong places and people.”
WHO: Gintare Parulyte
WHAT: “A brutally honest, hilarious and heartbreaking one-woman show navigating the impossibly confusing gender dynamics of modern love. Grace, a young woman hungry for affection and looking for love in all the wrong places, is forced to discover what healthy (self) love might look like. A sensational solo performance championing a life’s endless pursuit of healing, told with vulnerability and humour. Presented by the Théâtre National du Luxembourg, where it played to sold out audiences and received critical acclaim. This extraordinary piece of new writing received its UK Premiere at The Coronet Theatre.”
WHERE: Summerhall – Red Lecture Theatre (Venue 26)
WHEN: 19:15 (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
It’s my first time showing my work at the Edinburgh Fringe, although it’s not the first time for my actor Kristin Winters, who performed her show “Ghislaine/Gabler” there last year and had already been there before. This run at the Summerhall is very special for us both for different reasons. Sharing the show and connecting with so many different people in such a short amount of time is a true dream come true, and I absolutely can’t wait to meet artists whose work I have admired for years and see their work, as well as discover new talent and get inspired, moved, and imbued with theatrical magic.
And, I mean, for a theatremaker, Edinburgh is the ultimate dream and I still can’t fully believe that it’s all happening. I also think that it’s rare and unique to be able to marinate in pure theatre bliss and in an isolated artistic bubble like that, where the city is imbued with people who either make or love watching theatre. I feel incredibly fortunate to be part of this universe.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2022 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
I have learnt the beauty of working with talented people who place love and kindness at the centre of all collaboration. I have worked on “Lovefool” and other film projects since last year and realized how much hard work, focus, time, and energy is involved in creating meaningful work that matters, and I want to continue to create projects that not only speak about the necessity of being kind and compassionate towards each other but reflect that mindset in the creation process as well.
Tell us about your show.
My name is Gintare Parulyte, and I am a Lithuanian-born actor, writer, filmmaker, and theatre director from Luxembourg. “Lovefool” is the second play I have both written and directed, and it was commissioned by The Fundamental Monodrama Festival, a yearly theatre festival that takes place in Luxembourg and that celebrates the best solo shows in the world. It’s a one-woman play about Grace, a young woman who is hungry for love, affection, and validation and who looks for it in all the wrong places and people. It’s about addictions, sexual assault, emotionally absent fathers, codependent mothers, substance abuse, and the effects of trauma on our ability to love and receive love as adults. Although we explore difficult and painful topics, the show is also extremely funny, unapologetically honest, and ends up with a uniting and uplifting note.
The National Theatre of Luxembourg invited the play after its initial opening, and since I had to do a re-casting, I ended up meeting Kristin Winters, my magnificent actror who became a close friend as well, and who I have been sailing on this adventure with. The play was performed to two sold-out runs at The National Theatre in Luxembourg, we then followed this success with a sold-out run at The Coronet Theatre in London where we had our UK Premiere, and we are very excited about upcoming shows at the ConTempo Festival in Lithuania as well as our run at the Edinburgh Fringe. We will return to the National Theatre of Luxembourg for an additional run in autumn and can’t wait to continue to travel the world with it. It’s such a special play, and we are extremely grateful and excited that people receive it in the way we hoped they would.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
Performing alongside people I admire and love is such a beautiful part of this adventure. I am particularly looking forward to seeing Daniel Foxx’ “Villain”, Victor Esses’ “The Death and Life of All of Us”, “A Spectacle of Herself” with Laura Murphy, “Summer Camp For Broken People” by Emily Beecher, “Sad” by Brigitte Aphrodite and Quiet Boy, among others.
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