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Glej Theatre
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| Gledališče Glej | |
| http://www.glej.si | |
| info@glej.si | |
| Gregorčičeva 3, SI-1000 Ljubljana | |
| Phone | 386 (0) 1 421 9240 |
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| Region | SI-1 |
| Inga Remeta, President | |
| inga@glej.si | |
| Barbara Poček, Producer, head of international projects | |
| barbara@glej.si | |
| Jure Novak, Public relations | |
| jure@glej.si | |
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- ID : Babylon, 2018
Project summary - Generation to Generation (G2G), 2015
Project summary - DNA - Developement of New Art, Continuum 2011-2013, 2011
Project summary - DNA - Developement of New Art, 2009
Project summary
- 18 November to 25 November 2018
The devised theatre performance The Lords, produced by Glej Theatre, at Ryan International Schools in Mumbai, India more
- 18 October to 21 October 2018
The visual essay and performance Tea for 5 - Opium Clippers by Neja Tomšič (MoTA Museum of Transitory Art), ceramics by Anja Slapničar, supported by Glej Theatre, at UN8 msdm gallery in London, United Kingdom - 13 October 2018
The visual essay and performance Tea for 5 - Opium Clippers by Neja Tomšič (MoTA Museum of Transitory Art), ceramics by Anja Slapničar, and the poetry reading by Gašper Torkar, supported by Glej Theatre, at Brutal Beauty in Vienna, Austria
programme - 6 October to 7 October 2018
The visual essay and performance Tea for 5 - Opium Clippers by Neja Tomšič (MoTA Museum of Transitory Art), ceramics by Anja Slapničar, supported by Glej Theatre, in the frame of the exhibition Postcolonial Frames/Ex Oriente at B#S Gallery in Treviso, Italy
programme - 14 October 2017
Potential Performance by Urška Brodar, Eva Nina Lampič, Melissa Krodman and Dani Modrej, produced by Glej Theatre and Ballhaus Ost (DE), at the DISKURS 17 Festival at Probebühne 2 in Giessen, Germany
programme - 8 September to 14 September 2017
How to temper the existential revolution?, co-produced by Divja misel Institute, The Second Freedom, produced by Bunker Institute, Pekinpah Association and Kink Kong, Life®Anti, produced by Glej Theatre, Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, KD TNK and School of Arts Nova Gorica, and Chairs, produced by Mini Theatre, at the FIAT Festival of International Alternative Theatre at KIC Budo Tomović, Kuslev’s House, Montenegrin Nationa Theatre in Podgorica, Montenegro
programme - 14 July to 19 July 2017
Madame Bovary, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, A Conference of Birds, produced by Glej Theatre, and A Continental Divide by Barbara K. Anderlič, at the International Theatre Institute World Congress at Women's Prison in Segovia, Spain
programme - 6 June to 7 June 2017
A Potential Performance by Urška Brodar, Eva Nina Lampič, Melissa Krodman and Dani Modrej, produced by Glej Theatre and Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, organised by the Theatre Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, at Suvilahti Cultural Centre in Helsinki, Finland
programme - 20 May 2016
Something Is Missing, produced by Glej Theatre, in the framework of the project Generation to Generation at Cour des Trois Coquins in Clermont-Ferrand, France
programme - 8 May 2016
Forest of Songs, conceived, directed and music by Peter Kus with art by Kaja Avberšek, co-produced by Glej Theatre and Federacija Institute, Animal Farm, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and Turlututu, co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 27th International Puppet Theatre Festival SommerTraumHafen at Schlosstenne Burgstall in Wies, Austria
programme - 7 May 2016
The Conference of the Birds, produced by Glej Theatre and the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), at MIT Fest Montenegro International Theatre Festival at Royal Theatre Zestki dom in Cetinje, Montenegro
programme - 15 April 2016
This Is It, Like It or Not!, produced by Glej Theatre, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia The Hague, at Compagnietheater in Amsterdam, Netherlands
programme - 3 November to 7 November 2015
Forest of Songs, conceived, directed and music by Peter Kus, with art by Kaja Avberšek, co-produced by Glej Theatre and Federacija Institute, Animal Farm, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and Turlututu, co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 20th Festival of Puppet Theatre Rijeka at Croatian Cultural Centre Šušak in Rijeka, Croatia
programme - 23 October 2015
Forest of Songs, conceived, directed and music by Peter Kus, with art by Kaja Avberšek, co-produced by Glej Theatre and Federacija Institute, at Trešnja Theatre in Zagreb, Croatia
programme - 1 September 2015
Forest of Songs, conceived, directed and music by Peter Kus, with art by Kaja Avberšek, co-produced by Glej Theatre and Federacija Institute, at the Luaga & Losna Festival at Pförtnerhaus Feldkirch in Feldkirch, Austria
programme - 7 July 2015
Forest of Songs, conceived, directed and music by Peter Kus, with art by Kaja Avberšek, co-produced by Glej Theatre and Federacija Institute, at the 23rd Kotor Festival of Theatre for Children at Summer stage in Kotor, Montenegro
programme - 21 September 2014
The Passsion of John, produced by Glej Theatre, at the 1st International Festival of Young Audience Korzo at Mostar Youth Theatre in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
programme - 8 September to 14 September 2014
Liferanti, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, Cultural Association Teater na konfini, School of Arts, University of Nova Gorica, and Glej Theatre, The Second Freedom, produced by the Pekinpah Association and Bunker Institute, at F I A T Festival of International Alternative Theatre, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Podgorica, at KIC Budo Tomović in Podgorica, Montenegro
programme - 28 May 2014
The Passsion of John, produced by Glej Theatre, at the Tact Festival 2014 at Silvio Pellico Theatre in Trieste/Trst, Italy
programme - 15 November to 17 November 2013
Reasons to be happy and How Jaromir Sought Happiness produced by Glej Theatre at Teater Sláva in Stockholm, Sweden
programme - 23 October 2013
Always the Same Story, co-produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre, and Edge, co-produced by the MKC Maribor Youth Culture Centre, Glej Theatre, and Maribor Puppet Theatre, at the 4th International Puppet Theatre Show Lutkokaz in Osijek, Croatia
programme - 16 October to 20 October 2013
Videk’s New Shirt by Fru Fru Puppet Theatre, Forest of Song by Glej Theatre, Thumbelina by Mini Theatre, and The Enormous Turnip by Bobek Puppet Theatre at the International Puppet Festival Cikl Cakl in Bleiburg/Pliberk, St. Michael/Šmihel, Austria
programme - 14 October to 19 October 2013
Plays Whore by Vedrana Rudan and directed by Marko Bulc (Glej Theatre) and Happily Divorced by Iztok Valič and directed by Jaša Jamnik (Valič Theatre), and a screening of the film Good to go directed by Matevž Luzar (PAKT Media) with a special guest Milena Zupančič, and other events at the Days of Slovene culture Istria in Pula, Croatia
programme - 12 October to 14 October 2013
Jure Novak’s Reasons to Be Happy, produced by Glej Theatre, at the Café Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, in Budapest, Hungary
programme - 6 June 2013
How Jaromir Sought Happiness, produced by Glej Theatre, at Mohorjeva hiša in Klagenfurt/Celovec, Austria
programme - 5 June to 17 June 2013
Christmas at the Ivanovs, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, Women's Comedy, by Ljubljana City Theatre (MGL), 25.671, by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj, and Whore, by Glej Theatre at the Fadil Hadžić Satire Days at Kerempuh Satirical Theatre, Zagreb Youth Theatre in Zagreb, Croatia
programme - 19 May to 25 May 2013
Forest of Song produced by Glej Theatre and Little Sleepy Star produced by Mini Theatre at the International Festival of Children's Theatres in Subotica, Serbia
programme - 3 May to 5 May 2013
Doctor Faustus produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Forest of Song co-produced by Glej Theatre at the SLUK Festival Osijek at Branko Mihaljević Children's Theatre, Gallery of Fine Arts in Osijek, Croatia
programme - 12 March 2013
Forest of Song, directed by Peter Kus and produced by Glej Theatre, at Lojze Bratuž Cultural Centre in Gorizia/Gorica, Italy
programme - 31 January 2013
Vedrana Rudan's Whore, directed by Marko Bulc and produced by Glej Theatre at Slovene Permanent Theatre in Trieste in Trieste/Trst, Italy
programme - 27 January to 29 January 2013
Forest of Song, directed by Peter Kus and produced by Glej Theatre, at Dubrava Children Theatre in Zagreb, Croatia
programme - 22 December 2012
How Jaromir Sought Happiness, produced by Glej Theatre, at the Neapolis Festival in Nabeul, Tunisia
programme - 11 December 2012
Vedrana Rudan’s Whore, directed by Marko Bulc and produced by Glej Theatre, at Students' City Cultural Centre in Belgrade, Serbia
programme - 6 December to 9 December 2012
Forest of Song, directed by Peter Kus and produced by Glej Theatre, at Dubrava Children Theatre in Zagreb, Croatia
programme - 24 November to 25 November 2012
Reasons to be Happy produced by Glej Theatre and Zavod Poza; Damned be the Traitor of his Homeland! and Re-/de-/construction: Class Enemy produced by Mladinsko Theatre at the Desire Festival in Subotica, Serbia
programme - 15 October 2012
Forest of Song, directed by Peter Kus and produced by Glej Theatre, at the Assitej Festival at Čakovec Cultural Centre in Čakovec, Croatia
programme - 11 October to 15 October 2012
Forest of Song, directed by Peter Kus and produced by Glej Theatre, at Dubrava Children Theatre in Zagreb, Croatia
programme - 6 October to 11 October 2012
Lalanit and Doctor Faustus produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Mišmaš Bakery and Snow-White produced by Mini Theatre, When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw by Maribor Puppet Theatre, and How Jaromir Sought Happiness produced by Glej Theatre at the Banja Luka International Festival of Children's Theatre in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
programme - 1 October 2012
Jure Novak’s Reasons to Be Happy, produced by Glej Theatre, at Impact – International Festival of Performing Arts at J.H.K.Dzinot Theatre in Veles, Macedonia
programme - 23 August to 27 August 2012
When I Was Dead by Ernst Lubitsch, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, Whore by Vedrana Rudan, produced by Glej Theatre at the Festival of Mediterranean theatre - Purgatorije in Tivat, Montenegro
programme - 29 June to 1 July 2012
Scream, directed by Boris Kadin and produced by Glej Theatre, Misterio Bufo, directed by Marko Bratuš and produced by Glej Theatre, and How Jaromir Sought Happiness, produced by Glej Theatre, at Antic Teatre in Barcelona, Spain
programme - 15 April 2012
How Jaromir Sought Happiness produced by Glej Theatre at Dječje kazalište Dubrava in Zagreb, Croatia
programme - 5 March 2012
Scream by Boris Kadin, performed by the Glej Theatre at the Sarajevo Winter Festival at Chamber Theatre in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
programme - 29 September 2011
Stephen King's Šajning directed by Borut Bučinel, produced by Glej Theatre at the PLArtFORMA festival Klaipeda in Klaipėda, Lithuania
programme - 16 September to 26 September 2010
Damned Be the Traitor of His Homeland!, directed by Oliver Frljić and produced by Mladinsko Theatre; The Bridge Over Blood by Damir Avdić, directed by Marko Bulc and produced by the Glej Theatre; and Exit the King, co-produced by Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana and Ex Ponto International Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Skopje, at the International Theatre Festival MOT at Youth Cultural Centre in Skopje, Macedonia
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Contents
Background
Glej, which first emerged under the name "Experimental theatre Glej", was initially a response to the need for an alternative space for independent theatrical productions in Ljubljana. It was founded by a group of directors – who were inspired by the evolving experimental theatre approaches and who also introduced them into the Slovene space – among Lado Kralj, Dušan Jovanović and Zvone Šedlbauer. The name of the theatre (which can be translated as "Look!", "See!" or "Behold!") is a nod to the notions developed by the American theatre theorist and director Richard Schechner.
Works that did not (and do not) fit into the existing institutional theatre structures are Glej's staple. Already in its formative years it staged a number of highly acclaimed performances, most notably Bojan Štih's Monument G (Spomenik G, 1972), directed by Dušan Jovanović, and Milan Jesih's The Bitter Fruits of Justice (Grenki sadeži pravice, 1974), directed by Zvone Šedlbauer, which strongly influenced the theatre production in then-Yugoslavia.
During the 1980s, the theatre slowly moved away from radical experimental production. However, it retained its main orientation towards emerging and innovative authors able to offer new aesthetics and emphases. In the coming decades, it collaborated with a number of (still influential) directors and authors such as Vinko Möderndorfer, Eduard Miler, Iztok Kovač, Matjaž Pograjc, Matjaž Berger, Igor Štromajer, Jernej Lorenci, Tomi Janežič, Sebastjan Horvat, Diego DeBrea, Ivana Djilas, Ivica Buljan and Emil Hrvatin, to name but a few.
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A rather small place in the old city centre, Glej has profiled itself as an alternative theatre of a diverse nature, setting up "devised theatre" alongside classical dramatic works, puppetry and even dance performances. It fosters numerous collaborations with Slovene as well as international organisations and often lends its premises for various independent artistic productions and festivals. Its challenging performances are frequently invited to international festivals, collecting several awards.
Art direction
As of the 2016/17 season, the theatre is led by a collective body, an "artistic council", which comprises personnel from different fields (production, criticism, public relations and organisation) and cooperates with the artists from conception to post-production to foster collaboration and safeguard high-quality art production. This gives Glej the flexibility to swiftly respond to any potential initiatives and needs in the theatre community.
Production through artist development
The theatre annually produces or co-produces several performances of different genres and styles. To counter hyper-productivity and fragmentation of the contemporary performing arts scene, Glej aims to develop and offer sustained support to artists (both those with established careers and those who are new to making work) by providing them the conditions for continuous production and opportunities for future work (also outside of the production itself, through education and visiting projects).
As of 2013, the theatre runs Glej, Resident, a unique residency programme offering upcoming artists the opportunity to research, develop and produce their own poetics over a period of one year as an antidote to the prevailing fast-production models. Glej also runs a platform for short experimental theatre pieces, regardless of whether they are completed works or works in progress, called Glej, Miniatures. Glej strives to keep its programme structure open also through a year-round open call for theatrical and multidisciplinary projects.
Glej Theatre frequently collaborates with other institutions, be they fellow theatres or those coming from other artistic fields. One of its more striking collaborative enterprises is Transferzala, a combined season ticket for five independent Ljubljana theatres: Mini Theatre, Dance Theatre Ljubljana, Španski borci Culture Centre, Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station and Glej Theatre.
Glej also publishes a journal called Glej, Paper, reflecting on the state of contemporary theatre and on how this particular theatre house deals with it.
Empowering less privileged groups through education and cultural production
Glej differs from other theatres in Slovenia by its unique way of identifying and addressing challenges in the performing arts community in Slovenia. (It has initiated a number of platforms that were later used by major institutions, one of them being the now defunct PreGlej na glas! Playwriting Festival, meant for the development of quality Slovene playwriting.) Recognising the urgency for addressing the needs of less privileged social groups (teenagers, seniors), Glej runs the Generation 2 Generation programme, with partners from the Netherlands, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and France, which aims to culturally empower these groups by developing their skills and offering them suitable contents. To this purpose, the theatre runs the project ŠtudenTeater (StudenTheatre), which encourages and facilitates cultural production amongst students who are not studying at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT). Here its partners are GT22, the Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, Moment Arts and Culture Association and the Public Fund for Cultural Activities.
Regardless of particular endeavours, Glej, a member of the East European Performing Arts Platform (EEPAP), remains dedicated to young artists who often take their first steps in the theatre between the four pillars in Glej.
See also
External links
- Glej Theatre website
- Glej fanzines, publications
- About Glej - 40 years publication on Sigledal.org
- Generation to generation project website
- East European Performing Arts Platform website
- Transferzala website
Gallery
![Press image for Šajning [Shining], directed by Borut Bučinel, premiere in Glej Theatre, 2010](/en/File:Glej_Theatre_-_01.jpg)
Press image for Šajning [Shining], directed by Borut Bučinel, premiere in Glej Theatre, 2010
Screech Orchestra Škrip Orkestra,performing at Glej Theatre, 2009
Press image for Life®ranti, actors Maja Nemec and Luka Cimprič, directed by Miha Nemec, premiere at Glej Theatre 6 March 2011
Puppet created by Jasna Vastl for Kako je Jaromir iskal srečo, directed by Ajda Rooss, Jasna Vastl & Brane Vižintin, premiere at Glej Theatre 11 March 2011
Misterio Bufo, directed by Marko Bratuš, premiered at Glej Theatre, 8 April 2011![Kuhinja po meri, vsakdanje srhljivke [Kitchen by Measure], directed by Igor Samobor, producer Ptuj City Theatre, co-producer Glej Theatre, 2010](/en/File:Glej_Theatre_-_06.jpg)
Kuhinja po meri, vsakdanje srhljivke [Kitchen by Measure], directed by Igor Samobor, producer Ptuj City Theatre, co-producer Glej Theatre, 2010
R9-42U, directed by Marko Čeh, Glej Theatre 2010![V Imenu Ljudstva [In the name of the people], directed by Jure Novak, producer Maska Institute, co-producer Glej Theatre, 2010](/en/File:Glej_Theatre_-_08.jpg)
V Imenu Ljudstva [In the name of the people], directed by Jure Novak, producer Maska Institute, co-producer Glej Theatre, 2010
Butcher Shop, conceived and directed by Sabina Schwenner as a musical and physical operation for the dismemberment of everyday questions. Produced by Glej Theatre in 2011.
Prometheus: An apology for a split personality and a chorus of hungry men, based on Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, directed by Simon Belak. Produced by Glej Theatre, 2013.
Alice directed by Tjaša Črnigoj. Produced by Glej Theatre (Glej Miniature series), 2014.
Katarina Stegnar and Jure Novak in a devised performance entitled Katarina on Demand at Glej Theatre, 2014.We are coming, the third part of the theatre trilogy Silent City staged within the Glej Theatre residency programme under the direction of Jaša Koceli, 2014.
Freedom based on Ivan Cankar's essay White Chrysanthemum, conceived and performed by Branko Jordan and Miha Golob. Produced by Glej Theatre, 2014.
Sebastjan Starič in a devised performance entitled Razor: a duet for a performer and his character at Glej Theatre, 2015.
Performance The conference of the birds, directed by Glej’s 2015 resident Nina Rajić Kranjac at Glej Theatre.The conference of the birds, performance directed by Nina Rajić Kranjac; at Glej Theatre, 2015.
A Potential Performance by Urška Brodar and Eva Nina Lampič at Glej Theatre, 2016.
Devised performance Nikita. Born in 1985. by Miha Golob, Maruša Majer and Maja Šorli at Glej Theatre, 2016.
Documentary performance Stranger Than Paradise by Mark Požlep at Glej Theatre, 2016.
Katarina Stegnar in An Orgy at Glej Theatre, 2017.
sz3 residency project led by Ivan Mijačević and Aleš Zorec; at Glej Theatre, 2017.
Soulshine guerrilla - lighting graffiti by Borut Bučinel at Glej Theatre, Lighting Guerrilla Festival, 2013- Theatre
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