Prešernovo gledališče Kranj
Glavni trg 6, SI-4000 Kranj
Phone386 (0) 4 280 4900
Founded byMunicipality of Kranj
Mirjam Drnovšček, Director
Phone386 (0) 4 280 4912
Prešeren Theatre Kranj
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Past Events
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The performance Reisefieber, produced by the Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje and Prešeren Theatre Kranj,
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The Jewish Dog and The Carrot Dwarf, directed by Robert Waltl, both produced by Mini Theatre and co-produced by Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Jewish Cultural Centre Ljubljana,
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A Party for Boris, directed by Snežana Trišić and co-produced by Ptuj City Theatre and Prešeren Theatre Kranj,
at the Joakim InterFest
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Bulgaria Vratsa
The dance performance Tobelia by Rosana Hribar and Nick Upper, produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, and the theatre performance The Jewish Dog, produced by Mini Theatre and co-produced by Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Jewish Cultural Centre Ljubljana,
at the National Festival of Small Theater Forms
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Russia Saint Petersburg The Vasilyevsky Island Drama Theatre
The theatre performances Our Class, directed by Nina Rajić Kranjac, produced by Prešeren Theatre Kranj and co-produced by Mini Theatre and Ptuj City Theatre, and The Bedbug, directed by Jernej Lorenci and produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Ptuj City Theatre,
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The multi-media performance art event Webbing by Eva Petrič and the theatre performance The Jewish Dog, produced by Mini Theatre and co-produced by Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Jewish Cultural Centre Ljubljana, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Washington,
at the United Solo Theatre Festival
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The performance A Grain of Salt or Happy Birthday, Marina, directed by Neda R. Bric and produced by Prešeren Theatre Kranj and National Theatre Tuzla,
at the Theatre Festival of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Dead Man Comes for His Sweetheart, directed by Jernej Lorenci and produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Ptuj City Theatre,
at the REFLEX
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The Jewish Dog, produced by Mini Theatre and co-produced by Prešeren Theatre Kranj and the Jewish Cultural Centre Ljubljana,
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Branislav Nušić's Bereaved Family, directed by Igor Vuk Torbica and co-produced by Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje,
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Austria St. Johann im Rosental/Šentjanž v Rožu
Helver's Night, directed by Alen Jelen and co-produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and ŠKUC Theatre,
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The Jewish Dog, produced by Mini Theatre and co-produced by Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Jewish Cultural Centre Ljubljana, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Tel Aviv,
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The performance A Grain of Salt or Happy Birthday, Marina, directed by Neda R. Bric and produced by Prešeren Theatre Kranj and National Theatre Tuzla,
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Branislav Nušić's The Grieving Family, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje
at the Theatre City Festival Budva
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Helver's Night, directed by Alen Jelen and produced by Škuc Theatre and Prešeren Theatre Kranj
at the Zlatni lav - Leone d'Oro, International Festival of Chamber Theatre
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Branislav Nušić's Bereaved Family, directed by Igor Vuk Torbica and coproduced by Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Slovene People's Theatre (SLG) Celje,
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The performance The Jewish Dog, co-produced by Mini Theatre, Prešeren Theatre Kranj and the Jewish Cultural Centre Ljubljana
at the Kolkata International Theatre Festival
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Simona Semenič's We, European Corpses, produced by Mladinsko Theatre, and Svetlana Makarovič's Dead Man Comes for His Sweetheart, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Ptuj City Theatre, at the 41st International Theatre Festival MOT
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Svetlana Makarovič's Dead Man Comes for His Sweetheart, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Ptuj City Theatre,
at the Barski ljetopis Festival
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Svetlana Makarovič's Dead Man Comes for His Sweetheart, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Ptuj City Theatre,
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The Second Time, a solo performance by Simona Semenič, produced by Integrali Cultural Association and City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture, and Svetlana Makarovič's Dead Man Comes for His Sweetheart, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Ptuj City Theatre, at the TESZT - Euroregional Theatre Festival Timișoara, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Bucharest,
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Lost Loves, produced by the Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje, and The President and Eve of Retirement, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj, at the 12th Virovitica Theatre Meeting Virkas
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Pretty Vida, co-produced by the Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, Slovene Permanent Theatre in Trieste and the Prešeren Theatre Kranj,
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Pretty Vida, co-produced by the Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, Slovene Permanent Theatre in Trieste and the Prešeren Theatre Kranj,
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Svetlana Makarovič's Dead Man Comes for His Sweetheart, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Ptuj City Theatre,
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Ivo Svetina’s ABC oder Krieg, produced by the Muzeum Institute and co-produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Cankarjev dom opens the Vukov sabor 2015
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Svetlana Makarovič's Dead Man Comes for His Sweetheart, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Ptuj City Theatre, Tobelija, co-produced by B-51 Cultural Society, Cyril and Methodius, Who Are You?!, co-produced by New European Theatre Action (NETA), Hurrah, Nosferatu!, directed by Simona Semenič and produced by Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica and Mladinsko Theatre, at the NETA 2015 International Theatre Festival
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Irena! or I can’t anymore, directed by Nick Upper (Niko Goršič), performed by Mirel Knez and co-produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj
at the International Theatre Festival Actor of Europe
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Svetlana Makarovič's Dead Man Comes for His Sweetheart, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Ptuj City Theatre, and Manipulations, produced by Via Negativa, at the 42nd International Festival of Alternative and New Theatre
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Ivo Svetina’s ABC oder Krieg, produced by the Muzeum Institute and co-produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Cankarjev dom at the Festival Grada Teatar
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Svetlana Makarovič's Dead Man Comes for His Sweetheart, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Ptuj City Theatre,
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Ivo Svetina’s ABC oder Krieg, produced by the Muzeum Institute and co-produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Cankarjev dom, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Belgrade,
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Svetlana Makarovič's Dead Man Comes for His Mistress, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Ptuj City Theatre,
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Boris, Milena, Radko, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, and Dead Man Comes for His Mistress, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Ptuj City Theatre, at the 38th Fadil Hadžić Days of Satire
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Peter Handke's Storm Still, co-produced by the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana and Slovene Permanent Theatre in Trieste, and 25.671, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj, at the 59th Sterijino Pozorje Festival
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Marlene Dietrich, produced by the ŠKUC Association, Prešeren Theatre Kranj, and Imaginarni Institute,
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Little Luna and Big Luna, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and the Prešeren Theatre Kranj, at the 14th International Naj, naj, naj Festival
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Nebojša Pop - Tasić's Marlene Dietrich produced by the ŠKUC Association, Prešeren Theatre Kranj, and Imaginarni Institute
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25.671 produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj at the 8th International Theatre Festival JoakimInterFest
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Marlene Dietrich, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj, and The Forest Ends Here, by the Slovene National Theatre Maribor, at the 14th International Festival of the Chamber Theatre
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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
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Three Sisters directed by Oliver Frljić and produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and The Storm directed by Jernej Lorenci and produced by the Ljubljana City Theatre (MGL) at the Sarajevo Winter Festival
History
During the first years of Prešeren Theatre's existence, it became known for experimental stagings, the introduction of modernist dramaturgical elements, and the first stagings of a number of drama texts, especially from the Anglo-Saxon area. The first Slovene staging of a text by Jean-Paul Sartre took place precisely in Prešeren Theatre Kranj, in December 1954. In the late 1950s, the political climate in Slovenia was not favourably disposed toward the theatre, which resulted in the theatre's suspension in the season 1957/58 and one of the biggest cultural scandals in the time of the communist regime in Slovenia. The theatre continued with its production as an amateur theatre until 1989. During this period, in 1971, it organised for the first time an overview of the stagings of Slovene dramatic texts, the now already firmly established annual festival – Week of Slovenian Drama, which proved to be of extreme importance for the artistic renown of the theatre and the subsequent professionalisation of the theatre in 1989.
Programme
In its repertory Prešeren Theatre Kranj aims to include the plays by most visible contemporary national and international authors and present the most ground-breaking and original contemporary works by following the world trends in playwriting. Thus, it has recently produced plays by authors such as Paula Vogel, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Mark Ravenhill, Elfriede Jelinek, Martin Crimp, and Jaan Tätte. It also produces comedy works, such as the highly successful stagings of Desa Muck's best-selling youth novels Dead Serious About (Blazno resno ...), Partnership (Partnerski odnosi) (2008) by Tone Partljič, Mr. Chance (Gospod Chance) (2008) by Jerzy Kosinski, etc. The theatre has also entered several Slovene co-productions, for example, with the Ex Ponto International Festival in the performance Life in the Shadow of the Banana Plant (Življenje v senci bananovca) (2007) and with Anton Podbevšek Theatre in the 2010 performance The Bondsmen – Commented Edition (Hlapci - Komentirana izdaja) based on Ivan Cankar's play and directed by Matjaž Berger. Prešeren Theatre Kranj also includes in its programme performances by other Slovene production houses, for example, Koper Theatre, Glej Theatre, Mini Theatre, etc.
Awards
Prešeren Theatre Kranj and the members of its ensemble often receive prestigious awards at Slovene and international theatre festivals. In 2009, the performance Highway Crossing or a Tale of a Goldfish (Prečkanje avtoceste ali Zgodba o zlati ribici) (2008) was voted by the audience as the best performance at the Slovene Festival of Chamber Theatre (SKUP), the ensemble received the Little Golden Stick Award for acting achievement in the performance Cat the Slipper Cobbler (Muca Copatarica) (2009) at the 2009 Golden Stick Festival in Ljubljana, in 2008, Mateja Koležnik's performance Miss Julia (Gospodična Julija) (2008) received the SKUP Award for best performance and best direction, while the members of the ensemble have been awarded with the Sever Award (Primož Pirnat in 2009, Peter Musevski in 2007) and special mentions of the Slovenian Association of Dramatic Artists (Vesna Slapar in 2008). In 2001, the theatre was awarded the Grand Prix at the Golden Lion Festival in Umag, Croatia, for the staging of How I Learned to Drive (Kako sem se naučila voziti) (2001) by American author Paula Vogel, while the play Mayor’s Micka (Županova Micka) (2001), directed by Vito Taufer, was voted the best performance at the Week of Slovenian Drama in 2002.
Week of Slovenian Drama Festival
Prešeren Theatre Kranj also organises the annual Week of Slovenian Drama, which presents the most successful Slovene plays staged at home and internationally. The theatre aims to further expand the international part of the festival by devising round-table conferences involving famous dramatists, theatre experts, producers and publishers, whilst also trying to present more foreign plays based on Slovene drama texts. The festival presents the Grum Award for best original Slovene play and the Grün-Filipič Award for excellence in dramaturgy, as well as the jury-selected Šeligo Award for the best performance of a Slovene play at the festival and the audience-voted Audience Award.
In 2014 the Šeligo Award for best performance went to the performance 25.671 about the Erased, directed by Oliver Frljić, created by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj ensemble.
Venues
- type of venue: theatre hall
- main use: drama theatre performances
- seating: 253 seats total, comprising 192 stalls, 61 balcony
- proscenium opening: 11m W x 1.5m D x 10m H
- performing area: 10m W x 13m D x 8,5m H, flat wooden stage floor suitable for dance
- apron stage: 0.9m
- wing spaces: 1.5m W SR, 1.5m W SR
- suspension equipment: 13 electric lines, max load 150 kg
- soft hangings: black house curtain, black legs and borders
- lighting: 256-channel computer desk, extensive lighting rig including 20 profile 1000w, 46 PS 1000w, 20 PAR 1000 w
- sound: 36-channel mixer, 4+2 loudspeakers, 6 wireless microphones, 4 hand microphones;
- backstage: 4 dressing rooms accommodating 16 persons
- availability: available for hire
- technical staff: 4 technicians available
See also
External links
- Prešeren Theatre Kranj website (in Slovenian, with some English)
- Prešeren Theatre Kranj architecture – the history of the building from the Theatre Architecture in Central Europe web database
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