SEPTEMBER 2025
The Making of Pinocchio: Digital Edition / HOMO NOVUS
In this hybrid of theatre and film, shot and edited all in one take, you are invited to go behind the scenes of Cade & MacAskill’s creative process and their relationship, and question what it takes to tell your truth.
Creative Team: Cade & MacAskill (United Kingdom)
Place: Vimeo
Language: English
Additional Information: After purchasing a ticket, the digital version of the performance can be viewed until the end of the festival.
Workshop with the Artists of SYN.Tropia / HOMO NOVUS
Alongside the performance, the creators invite participants to explore some of the sound and choreographic materials developed during the creation process.
Creative Team: Yola Pinto, Simão Costa (Portugal)
Place: Dirty Deal Teatro, Talsu street 1, Riga
Language: English
Ummis and Lobelia / HOMO NOVUS
The visually stunning experimental contemporary music theater performance ‘Ummis and Lobelia’ is a poetic tribute to the unequal opposition between the autonomy of nature and the pressure of civilization.
Creative Team: Evarts Melnalksnis, Ernests Valts Circenis, Katrīna Neiburga (Latvia)
Place: Spirits & Wine premises, Andrejostas iela 5, Riga
Language: Latvian. English translation provided
The Tooth of Time and the Peelers of Silence / HOMO NOVUS
Family-friendly performance. We welcome
audience members from the age of 7!
Creative Team: Dace Ignatova, Kirils Ēcis, Guna Zariņa, Band “Alejas” (Latvia)
Place: The Latvian National Opera and Ballet, Aspazijas bulvāris 3, Riga
Language: Latvian. Without subtitles
The Tooth of Time and the Peelers of Silence / HOMO NOVUS
Family-friendly performance. We welcome
audience members from the age of 7!
Creative Team: Dace Ignatova, Kirils Ēcis, Guna Zariņa, Band “Alejas” (Latvia)
Place: The Latvian National Opera and Ballet, Aspazijas bulvāris 3, Riga
Language: Latvian. Without subtitles
Ummis and Lobelia / HOMO NOVUS
The visually stunning experimental contemporary music theater performance ‘Ummis and Lobelia’ is a poetic tribute to the unequal opposition between the autonomy of nature and the pressure of civilization.
Creative Team: Evarts Melnalksnis, Ernests Valts Circenis, Katrīna Neiburga (Latvia)
Place: Spirits & Wine premises, Andrejostas iela 5, Riga
Language: Latvian. English translation provided
The Tooth of Time and the Peelers of Silence / HOMO NOVUS
Family-friendly performance. We welcome
audience members from the age of 7!
Creative Team: Dace Ignatova, Kirils Ēcis, Guna Zariņa, Band “Alejas” (Latvia)
Place: The Latvian National Opera and Ballet, Aspazijas bulvāris 3, Riga
Language: Latvian. Without subtitles
The Tooth of Time and the Peelers of Silence / HOMO NOVUS
Family-friendly performance. We welcome
audience members from the age of 7!
Creative Team: Dace Ignatova, Kirils Ēcis, Guna Zariņa, Band “Alejas” (Latvia)
Place: The Latvian National Opera and Ballet, Aspazijas bulvāris 3, Riga
Language: Latvian. Without subtitles
Ummis and Lobelia / HOMO NOVUS
The visually stunning experimental contemporary music theater performance ‘Ummis and Lobelia’ is a poetic tribute to the unequal opposition between the autonomy of nature and the pressure of civilization.
Creative Team: Evarts Melnalksnis, Ernests Valts Circenis, Katrīna Neiburga (Latvia)
Place: Spirits & Wine premises, Andrejostas iela 5, Riga
Language: Latvian. English translation provided
Ummis and Lobelia / HOMO NOVUS
The visually stunning experimental contemporary music theater performance ‘Ummis and Lobelia’ is a poetic tribute to the unequal opposition between the autonomy of nature and the pressure of civilization.
Creative Team: Evarts Melnalksnis, Ernests Valts Circenis, Katrīna Neiburga (Latvia)
Place: Spirits & Wine premises, Andrejostas iela 5, Riga
Language: Latvian. English translation provided
Expedition to Lake Ummis / HOMO NOVUS
Please dress appropriately for a hike in the forest and bring snacks and water for a picnic break. Beginning and end of the expedition: Riga Railway Station.
Place: Carnikava Parish
Language: English
Additional Information: Participants must provide their own train ticket to and from the event.
Fun Fact / HOMO NOVUS
Fun Fact is an international coproduction by three authors from Slovenia and three from Estonia. The team cleverly addresses the context of the national from the position of researching the essence of how the common is constituted.
Creative Team: Primož Bezjak, Eero Epner, Branko Jordan, Mart Kangro, Katarina Stegnar, Juhan Ulfsak (Slovenia, Estonia)
Place: Culture palace Ziemeļblāzma, Ziemeļblāzmas street 36, Riga
Language: English
Fun Fact / HOMO NOVUS
Fun Fact is an international coproduction by three authors from Slovenia and three from Estonia. The team cleverly addresses the context of the national from the position of researching the essence of how the common is constituted.
Creative Team: Primož Bezjak, Eero Epner, Branko Jordan, Mart Kangro, Katarina Stegnar, Juhan Ulfsak (Slovenia, Estonia)
Place: Culture palace Ziemeļblāzma, Ziemeļblāzmas street 36, Riga
Language: English
Fun Fact / HOMO NOVUS
Fun Fact is an international coproduction by three authors from Slovenia and three from Estonia. The team cleverly addresses the context of the national from the position of researching the essence of how the common is constituted.
Creative Team: Primož Bezjak, Eero Epner, Branko Jordan, Mart Kangro, Katarina Stegnar, Juhan Ulfsak (Slovenia, Estonia)
Place: Culture palace Ziemeļblāzma, Ziemeļblāzmas street 36, Riga
Language: English
The Rest of Our Lives / HOMO NOVUS
Hopefully hopeful, The Rest of Our Lives is a joyful dose of dance, theatre, circus and games.
Creative Team: Jo Fong, George Orange (United Kingdom)
Place: Cultural Venue V-13, Vienības street 13, Daugavpils
Language: English. With Latvian subtitles
Additional Information: Ticket sales provided by Biļešu Paradīze
The Power Game / HOMO NOVUS
Bold, raw and provocative physical theatre performance dealing with manipulation and the abuse of power.
Creative Team: Andrea Miltnerová, Jan Komárek (Czech Republic)
Place: Daugavpils Theatre, Rigas street 22a, Daugavpils
Language: No language
Additional Information: Ticket sales provided by Biļešu paradīze
The Rest of Our Lives / HOMO NOVUS
Hopefully hopeful, The Rest of Our Lives is a joyful dose of dance, theatre, circus and games.
Creative Team: Jo Fong, George Orange (United Kingdom)
Place: Cultural Venue V-13, Vienības street 13, Daugavpils
Language: English. With Latvian subtitles
Additional Information: Ticket sales provided by Biļešu Paradīze
The Selfie Concert / HOMO NOVUS
Ivo Dimchev only sings and performs when audience members take selfies with him.
Creative Team: Ivo Dimchev (Bulgaria)
Place: Daugavpils Design and Art School SAULES SKOLA, Saules street 8, Daugavpils
Language: English. Concert, improvised part understandable without translation
Additional Information: Ticket sales provided by Biļešu Paradīze
