In 2007, the Mladinsko Theatre launched a festival overview of its annual production under the title Prelet (Overflight), later renamed the Mladinsko Showcase. Conceived as an outward-looking, internationally oriented project, with performances surtitled in English, it revisits and brings together standout productions from the theatre’s previous season.
A still from Republika Slovenija [The Republic of Slovenia], a docudrama about the arms trafficking events from the early years of Slovenia. Shown at Mladinsko Showcase in 2016 and that same year also given the Borštnik Jury Award.
Programme
The showcase brings together works by radical, internationally renowned Slovenian directors alongside contributions by international theatre makers connected to Mladinsko Theatre. The programme highlights the theatre’s own productions as well as co-productions within the contemporary performing arts field, and sometimes also features new or previously unseen works.
In addition to the theatre’s own stages, performances are frequently held at The New Post Office and other venues across the city.
International collaborations
In 2012, the festival partnered with the Croatian performing arts festival Perforacije, engaging in exchanges and co-productions of selected performances and programme segments. The following year, it collaborated with ICORN, the International Cities of Refuge Network. In 2014, the festival was held alongside the Ljubljana meeting of the East European Performing Arts Platform (EEPAP).
Still from Pavla Nad Prepadom [Pavla Above the Precipice], a play inspired by the life of mountain climber Pavla Jesih, with the text for the play was written by Andrej E. Skubic. First staged in 2013, the play was featured at Mladinsko Showcase in 2015 (called Prelet at that time).
A scene from Naše nasilje in vaše nasilje (Our Violence and Your Violence) by Oliver Frljić (HR). The play was chosen for the 2017 edition of the Mladinsko Showcase. Photo taken at Wiener Festwochen, where it premièred in 2016. The performance opened the Maribor Theatre Festival in 2017.
A still from Republika Slovenija [The Republic of Slovenia], a docudrama about the arms trafficking events from the early years of Slovenia. Shown at Mladinsko Showcase in 2016 and that same year also given the Borštnik Jury Award.
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![Still from Pavla Nad Prepadom [Pavla Above the Precipice], a play inspired by the life of mountain climber Pavla Jesih, with the text for the play was written by Andrej E. Skubic. First staged in 2013, the play was featured at Mladinsko Showcase in 2015 (called Prelet at that time).](/en/File:Mladinsko_Showcase_2013_Pavla_Nad_Prepadom_Photo_Peter_Uhan.jpg)
![A still from Republika Slovenija [The Republic of Slovenia], a docudrama about the arms trafficking events from the early years of Slovenia. Shown at Mladinsko Showcase in 2016 and that same year also given the Borštnik Jury Award.](/en/File:Mladinsko_Showcase_2016_Republika_Slovenija_Photo_Iztok_Dimc.jpg)