Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana
Krekov trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 300 0970
Founded byMunicipality of Ljubljana
Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
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Events
- EU Contemporary Puppetry Critical Platform, 2020
Project summary - Puppets & Design, 2019
Project summary - ConnectUp – The Life of the Others | European Theatres for Young Audience in a Union of Diversity, 2019
Project summary - MAPPING - A Map on the aesthetics of performing arts for early years, 2018
Project summary - Numeric’s Art Puppetry Project, 2017
Project summary - All Strings Attached: Pioneers of the European Puppetry Behind the Scenes, 2015
Project summary - Small Size, Performing Arts for Early Years, 2014
Project summary - European Puppetry Knowledge Exchange (EPKE), 2013
Project summary - Small Size Big Citizens - widening of the european network for the diffusion of the performing arts for early years, 2009
Project summary - Small Size, The Net, 2006
Project summary - Small Size – European Network for the Diffusion and Development of the Performing Arts for Early Childhood, 2005
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Background and notable performances
Established as the City Puppet Theatre, LPT emerged as a follow-up to numerous semi-professional puppet groups organised in the region since the beginning of the 20th century. The theatre fast developed its own mode of expression and soon became the leading puppet theatre in the then Yugoslavia. At first, the performances were based on the marionette technique, but later it also got engaged in the possibilities of hand puppetry. However, from the 1970s onward the theatre has been consistently trying to advance the technological and dramatic possibilities of puppetry, cultivating a captivating mixture of classical contents and experimentation.
Though it initially focused on works by Slovene authors, the theatre's most important early performances were adaptations of foreign works. One such production is the Žogica Marogica (Speckles the Ball), written by the Czech puppeteer Jan Malik, which remains unchanged in the repertoire ever since its première in 1951. Another timeless hit appears to be the Zvezdica zaspanka (Twinkle Sleepyhead), written by Frane Milčinski - Ježek and in the repertoire since 1955. It was followed by the eponymous film, the first Yugoslav colour marionette film, which greatly contributed to its huge success.
Doktor Faust (Doctor Faustus) is based on the motifs from the first Slovene production of the play (1938) by Milan Klemenčič, the founder of Slovene puppetry, after whom the most prominent Slovene award for achievement in puppetry is named (the Klemenčič Award). The slightly refreshed performance still uses puppets from the original staging.
Granny with the drums and Granddad with the lajna instrument, joined by Speckles the Ball who has flown in through the window. The puppets were fabricated by Jan Malik, the performance saw its première at the City Puppet Theatre (today's Ljubljana Puppet Theatre) in 1951 and became immensely popular around Slovenia.
Programme
The repertory programme of the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre is divided into two segments: puppet performances and drama performances, with about twelve premières annually. The programme includes stagings of classical works, performances based on fresh texts by emerging as well as established Slovene authors (Svetlana Makarovič, Boris A. Novak, Anja Štefan and Silvan Omerzu among the more prominent ones), works by international authors as well as original, often multimedia performances. LPT collaborates with Slovene and international directors specialised in puppetry as well as theatre directors and even choreographers.
The theatre cultivates all the main puppetry genres (marionette, hand puppets, Javanese puppets, shadow puppets, mimic puppets) and also develops new ones. It also preserves more than 2000 puppets from past performances. It keeps an important collection relating to the Slovene puppetry heritage – see the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre Museum Collection, now partly incorporated into the Museum of Puppetry.
The staging of Virginija Volk (Virginia Wolf), based on the motifs from the picture book by Kyo Maclean and Isabelle Arsenault, 2017
Besides its regular performances, the theatre runs the Biennial Festival of the Contemporary Puppetry Art LUTKE and co-produces the Golden Stick Festival. Productions of Ljubljana Puppet Theatre are active on international stages and also often awarded. The theatre organises puppetry workshops and generally devotes a lot of attention to various educational activities through which it wishes to advance the art of puppetry. To this end, it systemically collaborates with schools across Slovenia.
Doctor Faustus performance staged in 2005 with the puppets made in 1938 by Milan Klemenčič. Directed by Jelena Sitar, music by Igor Cvetko, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre.
The theatre is a member of the International Puppetry Association UNIMA, the first congress of which was held in Ljubljana in 1933, and then repeated in 1992 again (the Lutke festival was initiated on that occasion). It is also a member of ASSITEJ, the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People; Small Size, the international association focused on productions for early years (under six years of age); and is one of the founding members of NEECPA, a network of puppet centres joining primarily the key players from Scandinavia, the Baltic region and Russia.
Love dolls by Duda Paiva (Brazil/Netherlands), a puppetry/objects extravaganza with live music, coproduced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Duda Paiva Company in 2009
Venues
- Large hall, 253 seats total.
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Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Large hall, 2010
- Small Hall, 100 seats total.
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Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Small Hall, 2010
- Stage Under the Stars, 300 seats total.
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Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Stage Under the Stars, 2010
- Culturoom, 70 seats total.
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Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Cultroom, 2010
- Tunnel
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Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Tunnel, 2010
See also
External links
- Ljubljana Puppet Theatre website
- Digitalised almanac Po stopinjah lesene Talije, 60 let Lutkovnega gledališča Ljubljana (in Slovenian)
- A short history of Slovene puppetry, LPT web page
- Ljubljana Puppet Theatre architecture - the history of the building from the Theatre Architecture in Central Europe web database
- Twinkle Sleepyhead, a reconstruction of the 1955 puppetry performance, video
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The Ljubljana Puppet Theatre (LPT) is the central puppet theatre in Slovenia, running a varied programme of puppet and also theatre performances. +
The Ljubljana Puppet Theatre (LPT) is the central puppet theatre in Slovenia, running a varied programme of puppet and also theatre performances. +
Lutkovno Gledališče Ljubljana je osrednje lutkovno gledališče v Sloveniji, ki izvaja pester program lutkovnih in občasno tudi gledaliških predstav. +
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