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Founded in 1984, Fru Fru Puppet Theatre is a repertory puppet theatre, producing performances based on communication with children through a combination of puppetry, acting, and live music. Now based at House of Children and Arts, Fru Fru Puppet Theatre is the vehicle for the work of Irena Rajh, Marjan Kunaver, Ana Špik, and Anže Virant, although the theatre co-operates with numerous visual artists, puppet makers, and directors. Its productions have been presented widely in Slovenia and abroad and have received many awards.

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Background

Fru Fru Puppet Theatre was founded by student puppeteers who worked at Pionirski dom (Pioneer Home) with Lojze Kovačič as their tutor and produced several small-scale mobile performances that toured kindergartens and schools. Later on, the ensemble (which then included Mateja Bizjak, Ava Lokošek, Irena Rajh, and Andreja Hočevar) fell apart. However, in 1992 Irena Rajh established a family puppet theatre troupe with her husband Marjan Kunaver, reviving the Fru Fru name.

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Performances

Fru Fru Puppet Theatre collaborates with numerous puppet makers and designers, such as Igor Cvetko, Marko A. Kovačič, Marina Hrovatin, Petra Petan puppetry directors, such as Jelena Sitar, Matevž Gregorič, Katja Povše, Jan Zakonjšek, Mateja Bizjak, musicians, visual and puppet artists, and writers. Fru Fru also collaborates extensively with Zapik Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre. Its productions regularly appear and are awarded at the Slovene Puppetry Biennial and the Summer Puppet Pier Festival.

Fru Fru's productions have appeared also at international puppetry festivals in Belgium, Poland, Croatia, Scotland (best children's performance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Italy, Austria, the USA (regularly touring in the Washington area), etc.

External links

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-Fru Fru Theatre was founded in 1984 by student puppeteers who worked at Pionirski dom with Lojze Kovačič as their tutor and produced several small-scale mobile performances that toured kindergartens and schools. Later on, the ensemble (which then included Mateja Bizjak, Ava Lokošek, Irena Rajh and Andreja Hočevar) fell apart. However, in 1992 Irena Rajh established a family puppet theatre troupe with husband Marjan Kunaver, reviving the Fru Fru name. Their performances address a young audience and are based on communication with children through a combination of puppetry, acting and live music. Now based at [[KUD France Prešeren Arts and Culture Association]], Fru Fru Theatre co-operates with visual artists who create puppets (Igor Cvetko, Marko A Kovačič, Marina Hrovatin), and directors (Jelena Sitar, Jan Zakonjšek, Mateja Bizjak). Fru Fru also collaborates extensively with [[Zapik Theatre]]. Its productions have been presented in Belgium, at the Festival Bielsko-Biala in Poland, at PIF in Zagreb and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and have received many awards.
+Founded in [[established::1984]], [[Fru Fru Puppet Theatre]] is a repertory puppet theatre, producing performances based on communication with children through a combination of puppetry, acting, and live music. Now based at [[House of Children and Arts]], Fru Fru Puppet Theatre is the vehicle for the work of [[Irena Rajh]], [[Marjan Kunaver]], [[Ana Špik]], and [[Anže Virant]], although the theatre co-operates with numerous visual artists, puppet makers, and directors. Its productions have been presented widely in Slovenia and abroad and have received many awards.
 }}
-In 2005 Fru Fru Theatre produced the performance based on W Holzwarth's The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit  and in 2006 the interpretation of the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears. In August 2007 Fru Fru Theatre produced the mini festival The Labyrinth of the Moments on four stages set up within a labyrinth-type setting in a tent. During the day children were encouraged to find the performance of their liking, while in the evening the same challenge was offered to adults. Ten Slovene puppetry groups - including [[Konj Puppet Theatre]], [[Teatro matita]] and [[Papelito Puppet Theatre]] - and seven puppetry groups from Slovakia, Italy, Belgium, France and Germany presented their plays. The first venue for the 'labyrinth' was Tivoli Park in Ljubljana, following which the structure was set at the city square in Maribor within the framework of the [[Summer Pier International Puppetry Festival, Maribor]]. In 2008 The Labyrinth of the Moments will be presented at the Edinburgh Festival and the following year in Reims, France.
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+==Background==
+Fru Fru Puppet Theatre was founded by student puppeteers who worked at Pionirski dom (Pioneer Home) with [[Lojze Kovačič]] as their tutor and produced several small-scale mobile performances that toured kindergartens and schools. Later on, the ensemble (which then included [[Mateja Bizjak]], [[Ava Lokošek]], [[Irena Rajh]], and [[Andreja Hočevar]]) fell apart. However, in 1992 [[Irena Rajh]] established a family puppet theatre troupe with her husband [[Marjan Kunaver]], reviving the Fru Fru name.
+{{YouTube|7BYEVO3kar4}}
+==Performances==
+Fru Fru Puppet Theatre collaborates with numerous puppet makers and designers, such as [[Igor Cvetko]], [[Marko A. Kovačič]], [[Marina Hrovatin]], [[Petra Petan]] puppetry directors, such as [[Jelena Sitar]], [[Matevž Gregorič]], [[Katja Povše]], [[Jan Zakonjšek]], [[Mateja Bizjak]], musicians, visual and puppet artists, and writers. Fru Fru also collaborates extensively with [[Zapik Theatre]] and [[Konj Puppet Theatre]]. Its productions regularly appear and are awarded at the [[Slovene Puppetry Biennial]] and the [[Summer Puppet Pier Festival]].
+Fru Fru's productions have appeared also at international puppetry festivals in Belgium, Poland, Croatia, Scotland (best children's performance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Italy, Austria, the USA (regularly touring in the Washington area), etc.
+== See also ==
+* [[House of Children and Arts]]
+* [[Slovene Puppetry Biennial]]
+== External links ==
+*[http://www.frufru.si/index.php/en Fru Fru Puppet Theatre website]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1eQEt1exhdGy1lUjg6eD6A Fru Fru channel on YouTube]
+[[Category:Theatre]]
+[[Category:Theatre groups]]
 [[Category:Theatre producers]]
 [[Category:Puppetry]]
+[[Category:Producers]]
+[[Category:Theatre & Dance]]

Difference between revisions of "Fru Fru Puppet Theatre"

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Background

Performances

See also

External links

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