Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana
Krekov trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 300 0970
Founded byMunicipality of Ljubljana
Uroš Korenčan, Director
Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
From Culture.si
Contact
.svg)
Past Events
-
to
A performance Somewhere Else directed by Tin Grabnar, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre,
at the Materia Magica
-
Medea, directed by Oliver Frljić and produced by the Slovene National Theatre Maribor, Goodbye directed by Jasna Vastl produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
at the REGIONS International Theatre Festival Hradec Králové
-
-
A performance Somewhere Else directed by Tin Grabnar, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre,
at the Zlatna iskra, Golden Spark Festival
-
to
The performance Open the Owl, an intermedia interpretation of The Castle of Owls (1936), directed by Renaud Herbin and co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and TJP – Centre Dramatique National d’Alsace, Strasbourg, France, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia London,
at the Manipulate Festival
-
to
The puppet miniature Goodbye, directed by Jasna Vastl, and Session Bulgakov, directed by Matija Solce, both produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre; and Snow Queen, directed by Tin Grabnar and produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre,
at the PIF Zagreb, International Puppet Theatre Festival
-
The performance The Little Prince, directed by Yulia Roschina and co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Rijeka City Puppet Theatre,
-
to
The performances Little Blue and Little Yellow, directed by Miha Golob and produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre; Duck, Death and the Tulip, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre; The Forest of Songs, directed by Peter Kus and produced by Federacija Institute; and Shockheaded Peter, directed by Ivana Djilas and produced by the Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica,
at the International Puppet Theatre Festival
-
to
White Camel, directed by Nika Bezeljak and produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre, and Goose the Bear, directed by Ivana Djilas and produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre,
at the PIF Zagreb, International Puppet Theatre Festival
-
Open the Owl, directed by Renaud Herbin, a co-production of the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and TJP – Centre Dramatique National d’Alsace, Strasbourg, France,
at the Synergura International Puppet Theatre Festival
-
The performance Somewhere Else, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre,
at the Mediteraneo Festival
-
Open the Owl, directed by Renaud Herbin, a co-production of the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and TJP – Centre Dramatique National d’Alsace, Strasbourg, France,
at the International Puppet Theatre Festival Blickwechsel
-
to
Open the Owl, directed by Renaud Herbin, a co-production of the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and TJP – Centre Dramatique National d’Alsace, Strasbourg, France, at the Les Giboulées Festival - International ‘Body-Object-Image' Biennial
at the Les Giboulées Festival
-
to
Little Blue and Little Yellow, produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre, Goose the Bear and Somewhere Else, both produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Ankara,
at the Izmir International Puppet Days
-
to
The interactive performance Little Salamander Goes Across The Road, directed by Matija Solce and produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Paris,
-
Aquarius, a puppet show performed underwater, directed by Miha Golob and produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, in the framework of Wide Eyes, a European celebration of performing arts for the very young,
at the Baboró international Arts Festival for Children
-
to
A Little Lamp, Pea and Feather, written and directed by Katja Povše and produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre,
-
to
A Little Lamp, Pea and Feather, written and directed by Katja Povše and produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre,
-
Katja Gehrmann's Goose the Bear, directed by Ivana Djilas and co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre,
at the Revue of Puppet Theatres in Rijeka
-
to
Open the Owl, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre,
at the World Puppet Theatre Festival Charleville-Mézières
-
to
Somewhere Else, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and A Child’s Dream of a Star, produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre,
at the PIF Zagreb, International Puppet Theatre Festival
-
to
Italy Cividale del Friuli/Čedad International Centre Vittorio Podrecca – Maria Signorelli’s
The pioneers of European puppetry, an exhibition featuring Milan Klemenčič's puppets (Museum of Puppetry), in the framework of the All Strings Attached: Pioneers of the European Puppetry Behind the Scenes, a Creative Europe project organised in cooperation with Ljubljana Puppet Theatre,
-
to
Seminars, workshops, an exhibition and Doctor Faustus, a performance produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, in the framework of the Creative Europe project All Strings Attached: Pioneers of the European Puppetry Behind the Scenes
-
to
A Little Lamp, Pea and Feather, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre,
at the Teatralia International Dramatic Arts Festival for Children and Young Adults
-
to
Duck, Death and the Tulip, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre,
at the Festival de Casteliers International Festival of Puppet Theatre for Adults and Children
-
to
Duck, Death and the Tulip, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, You Catch!, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre, and Doctor Faustus, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 7th Lutkokaz Puppetry Festival
-
to
Little Blue and Little Yellow, produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre, and Duck, Death and the Tulip, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 21st International Puppet Theatre Festival
-
-
to
Duck, Death and the Tulip, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and Goldilocks, produced by Mini Theatre, at the 23rd International Children’s Theatre Festival Subotica
-
to
-
Turlututu, co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 11th International Puppet Theatre Festival Synergura
-
to
Croatia Zagreb Etno Art Gallery,Travno Cultural Centre,Zagreb Dance Centre,Zagreb Puppet Theatre
Freaks, produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre, Tomorrow’s Party, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, In the Land of Finger Puppets, produced by Zapik Theatre in association with the House of Children and Art, and Snow White, produced by Mini Theatre, as well as a book presentation of Edi Majaron’s Vera v lutko
at the PIF Zagreb, International Puppet Theatre Festival
-
Duck, Death and the Tulip, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 22nd International Puppet Theatre Festival Three Are Too Many, Two – Not Enough
-
Scary Fairy, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the Šibenik International Children’s Festival
-
to
Practical Advice to Well-Behaved Children, produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre, and Mission X, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 22nd International Festival Theatre European Regions
-
Duck, Death and the Tulip, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 32nd Skupa´s Pilsen International Theatre Festival
-
Duck, Death and the Tulip, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 28th International Theatrical Festival Valise
-
A Little Lamp, Pea and Feather, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
at the NuQ Treff Visual Theatre Festival
-
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 International Puppet Theatre Festival SommerTraumHafen
-
to
United Kingdom Aberdeen,Cumbernauld,Glenrothes,Lochgelly,North Berwick Cumbernauld Theatre,Lochgelly Centre,North Berwick Community Centre,Rothes Halls,The Lemon Tree
Catch Me!, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre
at the Puppet Animation Festival in Scotland
-
to
-
to
A Little Lamp, Pea and Feather, written and directed by Katja Povše and produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre,
at the Teatralia International Dramatic Arts Festival for Children and Young Adults
-
to
Turkey Izmir Balçova Kipa AVM,Çiğli Kipa AVM,Fatih Koleji,Han Tiyatrosu,İzmir Mimarlık Merkezi,İzmir Sanat
A Little Lamp, Pea and Feather, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, A Story about a Boy and a Penguin and Little Blue and Little Yellow, produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre, and Little Night Tales and Pulcinella, produced by Teatro matita, the exhibition Contemporary Slovenian Puppet Theatre, the workshop Secret of Life Buttons, and the conference Slovenian Puppetry Today with Jelena Sitar and Mojca Redjko (Maribor Puppet Theatre) during Focus Slovenia,
at the Izmir International Puppet Days
-
-
to
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
-
-
Krabat, co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre, at the 9th International Puppet Theatre for Adults Festival "Pierrot"
-
to
Turlututu, co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, The Trial or The Woeful Story of Joseph K., produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre, and The Room, produced by Nebo Puppet Theatre, at the World Puppet Theatre Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Paris,
-
Animal Farm, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 21st Subotica International Festival of Children's Theatres
-
to
Little Blue and Little Yellow, produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre, Duck, Death and the Tulip, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and This Is Ernest, produced by Nebo Puppet Theatre
at the PIF Zagreb, International Puppet Theatre Festival
-
to
Turlututu, co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the International Festival of Puppet Theatre, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Tel Aviv,
-
-
to
Turlututu, co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and The Trial or The Woeful Story of Joseph K., produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre,
at the NuQ Treff Visual Theatre Festival
-
Turlututu, co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
at the Kaunas International Puppet Theatre Festival
-
Animal Farm, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the Subotica International Festival of Children’s Theatres
-
-
-
to
100 Years of Slovene Puppet Art, an exhibition by Mini Theatre, Little Salamander Goes across the Road, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and The Boy Who Became a Hedgehog, produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre
at the PIF Zagreb, International Puppet Theatre Festival
-
to
She, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and The Night Porter, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Maribor, at the Golden Lion - the international festival of the chamber theatre
-
Little Salamander Goes across the Road, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 20th International Festival Theatre European Regions
-
to
The Tinderbox, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and the interactive exhibition The Garden of Sound by Peter Kus (Federacija Institute, Forum Ljubljana), at the 54th International Children’s Festival
-
The Bremen Musicians, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre,
at the NuQ Treff Visual Theatre Festival
-
Turlututu, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 2014 international festival The Magic Curtain
-
to
Little Luna and Big Luna, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and the Prešeren Theatre Kranj, at the 14th International Naj, naj, naj Festival
-
-
You Catch!, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre, at the Small Size, Big Festival
-
-
to
You Catch!, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre
at the Festival Culturescapes
-
to
You Catch!, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre, and The Trial or The Woeful Story of Joseph K. produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre, at the 18th Puppet Theatre Festival Rijeka
-
-
to
The Bremen Musicians, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 15th Puppet-Mime Festival of Kilkis
-
The Bremen Musicians and Bestiaires, (co) produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre,
at the Spectaculo Interesse Festival Ostrava
-
to
Animal Farm and Bestiaires, co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes
-
to
Puppetry performances The Gruffalo, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and Salto Mortale, produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre, and the exhibition Worlds and Heroes, co-organised by Mini Theatre
at the PIF Zagreb, International Puppet Theatre Festival
-
The Bremen Musicians, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the International Puppet Festival
-
The Bremen Musicians, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
at the Bratislava Puppet Theatre Festival
-
to
Morrison and the Four Seasons, produced by Mini Theatre, Hole and Little Salamander Goes Across the Road, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and Bestiaires, co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
at the NuQ Treff Visual Theatre Festival
-
You Catch! produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and co-produced by Konj Puppet Theatre at the International Festival of Puppet Theatre for Children - LUT Fest
-
to
Doctor Faustus produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Forest of Song co-produced by Glej Theatre
at the SLUK Festival Osijek
-
to
-
-
-
to
When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre and Forbidden Loves produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
at the Izmir International Puppet Days
-
to
When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre and Forbidden Loves produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
at the Izmir International Puppet Days
-
-
All Different, All Strange, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
at the Revue of Puppet Theatres in Rijeka
-
to
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
-
to
Romeo and Juliet by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw by the Maribor Puppet Theatre
at the PIF International Puppet Theatre Festival Zagreb
-
Romeo and Juliet directed by Jaka Ivanc and produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
at the TIBA Festival
-
to
The Tinderbox directed by Jan Zakonjšek Ljubljana Puppet Theatre at the UNIMA Congress
at the Chengdu International Puppet Festival
-
to
Love Dolls and All Different, All Strange, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Snow-White produced by Mini Theatre,
at the NuQ Treff Visual Theatre Festival
-
Forbidden Loves by Silvan Omerzu produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre
at the Spectaculo Interesse Festival Ostrava
-
-
to
Four musicians by Mitja Solce, Lost tone by Peter Kus, produced by Forum Ljubljana and Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
at the PIF Zagreb, International Puppet Theatre Festival
-
Forbidden Loves by Silvan Omerzu produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre
at the International Puppet Theatre Festival PIF
-
Forbidden Loves by Silvan Omerzu produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre
at the Pécs International Puppet Festival for Adults
-
Sleeping Beauty produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
at the International Puppet Festival Valise
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.
.jpg)
Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Large hall, 2010
- Small Hall, 100 seats total.
.jpg)
Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Small Hall, 2010
- Stage Under the Stars, 300 seats total.
.jpg)
Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Stage Under the Stars, 2010
- Culturoom, 70 seats total.
.jpg)
Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Cultroom, 2010
- Tunnel
.jpg)
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
Gallery
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
... more about "Ljubljana Puppet Theatre"
1,948 +
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. +
Has subobject"Has subobject" is a predefined property representing a container construct and is provided by Semantic MediaWiki.
EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki.
Categories:
- Theatre
- Theatre houses
- Theatre groups
- Theatre venues
- Venues
- Puppetry
- Producers
- Theatre producers
- Festival organisers
- Puppetry festival organisers
- Theatre festival organisers
- EU funding of Slovene organisations (Culture and MEDIA Programmes)
- EU Culture funding recipient
- EU Creative Europe, Culture funding recipient
- Municipal cultural institutions
- Theatre & Dance
- Puppetry festival and event organisers
- Theatre festival and event organisers
.svg){kind=link}
