Maribor Puppet Theatre

Contact info

Lutkovno gledališče Maribor
http://www.lg-mb.si
info@lg-mb.si
Vojašniški trg 2, SI-2000 Maribor
Phone	386 (0) 2 228 1970
Fax	386 (0) 2 228 1978
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Region	SI-2
Founded by	Municipality of Maribor
Mojca Redjko, Director
mojca.redjko@lg-mb.si
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Katarina Klančnik Kocutar, Dramaturg
katarina.klancnik-kocutar@lg-mb.si
Phone	386 (0) 2 228 1974
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Mojca Planšak, Public relations
mojca.plansak@lg-mb.si
Phone	386 (0) 2 228 1971
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Events

Past Events

• 1 April to 9 April 2013
  The Maribor Puppet Theatre touring Scotland with When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw at Cumbernauld Theatre, Haddington Corn Exchange, Mull Theatre, Rothes Hall, The Lemon Tree, Universal Hall, Wood End Barn in Aberdeen, Banchory, East Lothian, Findhorn, Glenrothes, Isle of Mull, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom programme
• 23 March to 1 April 2013
  When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre and Forbidden Loves produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre at the 7th Izmir International Puppet Days in Izmir, Turkey programme
• 28 January 2013
  Back to Bullerbyn, directed by Jakub Vašíček and co-produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre at ALFA Theatre in Plzeň, Czech Republic programme
• 16 September 2012
  Back to Bullerbyn, directed by Jakub Vašíček and co-produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre at the 20th International Theatre Festival Plzeň in Plzeň, Czech Republic programme
• 7 September to 8 September 2012
  Romeo and Juliet by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw by the Maribor Puppet Theatre at the 45th International Puppet Theatre Festival in Zagreb, Croatia programme
• 30 June 2012
  Back to Bullerbyn directed by Jakub Vašíček and co-produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre at the Festival of Puppeteers in Chrudim, Czech Republic programme
• 23 June 2012
  ?Proč/?Why directed by Jakub Vašíček, produced by Maribor Puppet Theatre at the 18th International Festival of European Regions in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic programme
• 19 June 2012
  Back to Bullerbyn directed by Jakub Vašíček and co-produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre at the Festival of Czech professional puppet and alternative theatre in Plzeň, Czech Republic programme
• 14 May 2012
  Singer's As Schlemihl to Warsaw went puppetry performance directed by Jelena Sitar Cvetko, produced by Maribor Puppet Theatre at the Zlatna iskra Festival in Kragujevac, Serbia programme
• 8 May 2012
  Singer's As Schlemihl to Warsaw went puppetry performance directed by Jelena Sitar Cvetko, produced by Maribor Puppet Theatre at the 3rd International Puppetry Festival EUROFEST in Słupsk, Poland programme

Established in 1974, the 22-member Maribor Puppet Theatre is a repertory theatre, staging mainly new works from contemporary Slovene children's and youth literature. The company performs at its own venue, gives performances around Slovenia, and undertakes foreign tours.

Since 1990, the theatre organises the Summer Puppet Pier Festival in Maribor and has also hosted several editions of Slovene Puppetry Biennial. It is engaged in extensive collaboration with festival partners all over Slovenia as well as in Austria and Italy.

In late 2010 the theatre moved in the reconstructed former Minorite convent on the bank of the Drava river. With the 2500 m2 and two stages (320 seats) it became the largest puppet theatre in Slovenia. The reconstruction was designed by ATELIERarhitekti and received the Plečnik Award.

Programme

The theatre produces four new shows each year involving more than 400 performances, among them educational performances for schools and language institutes (it also performs in German, English, and Spanish). Its programme is intended mainly to children, including classical texts but focusing on adaptations of Slovene children's literature, which are revived in all puppetry techniques. It also collaborates with theatre directors, such as Jernej Lorenci, who directed the 2006 adaptation of Pinocchio [Ostržek], which received a special award for visual concept at the Slovene Puppetry Biennial, Ivana Djilas, who directed Maya the Bee [Čebelica Maja] (2008), etc. It has also collaborated with Slovene National Theatre Maribor in the production of King Matjaž [Kralj Matjaž] (2008), based on a national myth about a king who lived in the 14th century.

The theatre is often awarded at festivals, such as the Summer Puppet Pier Festival, Mini Summer - International Festival for Children, Slovene Puppetry Biennial, and appears at international festivals, such as the Austrian Puppet Festival ANIMA, the Festival of Puppet Theatres in Rijeka (HR), etc.

See also

• Summer Puppet Pier Festival
• ATELIERarhitekti

External links

• Maribor Puppet Theatre website (in Slovenian)
• Maribor Puppet Theatre on Facebook
• Maribor Puppet Theatre architecture - the history of the building from the Theatre Architecture in Central Europe project database

Gallery

Jakob in mesto [Jakob and the City], directed by Tatjana Peršuh, 2010

Jakob in mesto [Jakob and the City], directed by Tatjana Peršuh, 2010

Jakob in mesto [Jakob and the City], directed by Tatjana Peršuh, 2010

Jakob in mesto [Jakob and the City], directed by Tatjana Peršuh, 2010

Krst pri Savici [Baptism on the Savica], directed by Andreja Kovač, 2010

Krst pri Savici [Baptism on the Savica], directed by Andreja Kovač, 2010

Krst pri Savici [Baptism on the Savica], directed by Andreja Kovač, 2010

Krst pri Savici [Baptism on the Savica], directed by Andreja Kovač, 2010

Krst pri Savici [Baptism on the Savica], directed by Andreja Kovač, 2010

Krst pri Savici [Baptism on the Savica], directed by Andreja Kovač, 2010

Maribor Puppet Theatre

Maribor Puppet Theatre, 2010

Poster for the annual Summer Puppet Pier Festival - International Puppetry Festival in Maribor