Boris Barsky — I Know How to Make People Happy

Boris Barsky. "I Know How to Make People Happy"

You know him without words — quite literally. Boris Barsky, star of the legendary Maski-Show theatre and People's Artist of Ukraine, has been making us laugh on screen and on stage for decades. Now you have a rare chance to attend his anniversary evening.

On 7 November 2026 in Vilnius, at Laisva Scena (Laisvės 28), the living legend of clownery steps out to meet the audience — no masks, no script. It is a live conversation with the audience that holds everything the artist can do: poetry and pantomime, lyrical songs and dance, magic tricks, and backstage stories from the Maski-Show tours that you won't hear anywhere else.

Barsky is a one-man orchestra: a comedian with the face of a tragedian, a mime who writes poetry, and a poet whose silence is funnier than other people's jokes. Every evening is created anew — out of the audience's questions, the mood, and improvisation. No two shows are ever alike.

The performance features excerpts from Barsky's books:

Lyrisms — poems, lyrical and ironic
Playing the Classics — plays
Ponaroshku (Just Pretend) — a book for children and about children
Black Kittens — prose about actors' adventures on tour
The event is held in Russian.

One evening. One artist. And a hall full of happy people — see for yourself.