CulturePublished: 20 October 2026 at 12:33

Staging of Hermann Hesse's novel «Siddhartha» to visit the Dailes Theatre

This week the Dailes Theatre in Riga will host guest performances of «Siddhartha», based on the novel by German writer Hermann Hesse. The international project is directed by Belgian artist Lisaboa Haubrehtsa.

This week the Dailes Theatre in Riga will host guest performances of «Siddhartha», based on the novel of the same name by German writer and Nobel Prize laureate Hermann Hesse. The production is a joint project involving several countries and comes to the Latvian stage as a guest show.

The director and concept author is Belgian artist Lisaboa Haubrehtsa. The main producers are also from the Belgian side, but other countries took part in creating the production as well.

Latvian participants

Latvia is represented in the production by the Latvian Radio Choir, led by Kaspars Putniņš, and by Dailes Theatre actress Milēna Miškēviča.

The source does not provide further details about the content of the performance, the exact dates or other members of the creative team.

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