Vaidas Jauniškis is a theatre and culture critic. He teaches at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, writes on cultural politics and performing arts for Lithuanian and foreign press. Between 2005 and 2017 he worked in Menų spaustuvė, created and edited the website Menų faktūra, between 2013 and 2017 he was a member of the Lithuanian Council for Culture. Areas of interests: performativity, social theatre strategies, festivals, cultural politics.