Mini teater
Križevniška 1, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 425 6060
Organised byMini Theatre
Robert Waltl, Festival Director, Artistic Director and Programme Selector
Phone386 (0) 31 330 600
Contact
Past Events
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27 Mar 2024
A performance of "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Vinko Möderndorfer. Coproduced by Mini Theatre and Jewish Cultural Centre (JCC).
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25 Nov 2023
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by the Mini Theatre and the City Theatre Ptuj.
at the 36. Gavelline večeri
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2 Jul 2021
5 Jul 2021
Eduard Louis's The History of Violence directed by Ivica Buljan produced by Mini Theatre, coproduced by City Theatre Ptuj
at the Almada International Theatre Festival
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18 Oct 2020
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6 Feb 2020
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22 Nov 2019
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2 Nov 2019
3 Nov 2019
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26 Oct 2019
27 Oct 2019
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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9 Oct 2019
Croatia Krapina
A Beautiful Ending, directed by Ivica Buljan and produced by Mini Theatre, Ptuj City Theatre and New Theatre Zagreb,
at the Monodrama Festival
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7 Oct 2019
The puppet performance The Little Match Girl, produced by Mini Theatre,
at the International Puppet Theatre Festival Banja Luka
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11 Aug 2019
Powerlessness, directed by Primož Ekart, produced by Imaginarni Institute and co-produced by Mini Theatre,
at the International Festival of Contemporary Theatre Zadar Snova
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13 Jun 2019
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16 May 2019
20 May 2019
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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5 May 2019
The puppet performance The Little Match Girl, produced by Mini Theatre,
at the FEDU Children Arts Festival
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24 Apr 2019
25 Apr 2019
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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1 Nov 2018
3 Nov 2018
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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18 Oct 2018
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12 Oct 2018
13 Oct 2018
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9 Sep 2018
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9 Aug 2018
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3 Aug 2018
8 Aug 2018
A Beautiful Ending, produced by Mini Theatre, Ptuj City Theatre and New Theatre Zagreb,
at the Mostar Summer Festival, International Festival of Contemporary Theatre Zadar Snova
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1 Aug 2018
A Beautiful Ending, produced by Mini Theatre, Ptuj City Theatre and New Theatre Zagreb,
at the Split Summer Festival
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30 Jul 2018
16 Aug 2018
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6 Jul 2018
10 Jul 2018
Love's End, directed by Ivica Buljan and produced by Mini Theatre and Ptuj City Theatre,
at the Almada International Theatre Festival
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11 May 2018
The Jewish Dog, produced by Mini Theatre and co-produced by Prešeren Theatre Kranj and the Jewish Cultural Centre Ljubljana,
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9 Apr 2018
10 Apr 2018
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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22 Feb 2018
27 Feb 2018
Genet's Balcony, directed by Ivica Buljan, costumes by Ana Savić Gecan, music by Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar, with artistic collaboration by Robert Waltl (Mini Theatre), produced by Residenztheater,
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18 Oct 2017
The Adventures of Poop, produced by Mini Theatre,
at the International Festival of Children's Theatre Banja Luka
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8 Sep 2017
14 Sep 2017
Montenegro Podgorica KIC Budo Tomović,Kuslev’s House,Montenegrin Nationa Theatre
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
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30 May 2017
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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4 Apr 2017
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19 Feb 2017
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25 Jan 2017
Consciousunconscious, written by Draga Potočnjak, directed by Mare Bulc and produced by the Mini Theatre,
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6 Dec 2016
10 Dec 2016
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, Mini Theatre and Ptuj City Theatre,
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17 Nov 2016
19 Nov 2016
Mephisto, co-produced by Maska Institute and Mini Theatre, and Our Violence and Your Violence, produced by Mladinsko Theatre, at the Desiré Central Station
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20 Oct 2016
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29 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016
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
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14 Sep 2016
15 Sep 2016
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
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13 Aug 2016
Thyestes, produced by Mini Theatre, at the 20th International Festival of Contemporary Theatre Zadar Snova
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11 Aug 2016
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16 Jun 2016
A Slovenian poetry evening with actress Polona Vetrih and director Robert Waltl (Mini Theatre), organised in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Tel Aviv,
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16 Jun 2016
A theatre workshop by actress Polona Vetrih and director Robert Waltl (Mini Theatre), supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Tel Aviv,
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31 May 2016
The Mishmash Bakery, produced by Mini Theatre, at the Festivalul Internaţional de Teatru pentru Copii
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19 May 2016
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19 Mar 2016
20 Mar 2016
Meet You at Noah’s Ark at 8, produced by Mini Theatre, and The Wizard of Oz, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, at the 16th Naj, naj, naj Festival
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27 Oct 2015
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20 Oct 2015
Capital, directed by Ivica Buljan and produced in the framework of the international touring theatre master class Ecole des Maître, with actor Benjamin Krnetić, composer Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar, and Mini Theatre, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Brussels,
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17 Oct 2015
Capital, directed by Ivica Buljan and produced in the framework of the international touring theatre master class Ecole des Maître, with actor Benjamin Krnetić, composer Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar, and Mini Theatre,
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4 Oct 2015
Little George and the Three Bandits, produced by Mini Theatre, at the 14th International Festival of Children’s Theatres Banja Luka
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27 Sep 2015
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17 Sep 2015
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13 Sep 2015
Capital, directed by Ivica Buljan and produced in the framework of the international touring theatre master class Ecole des Maître, with actor Benjamin Krnetić, composer Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar, and Mini Theatre,
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9 Sep 2015
'Capital, directed by Ivica Buljan and produced in the framework of the international touring theatre master class Ecole des Maître, with actor Benjamin Krnetić, composer Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar, and Mini Theatre,
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27 Aug 2015
Capital, directed by Ivica Buljan and produced in the framework of the international touring theatre master class Ecole des Maître, with actor Benjamin Krnetić, composer Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar, and Mini Theatre,
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18 Jul 2015
19 Jul 2015
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30 Jun 2015
1 Jul 2015
#Pornographia, produced by Mini Theatre and Hybrid Theatre, and Become a Street Lamp, produced by Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, at the Golden Lion International Festival of Chamber Theatre
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21 Jan 2015
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11 Jan 2015
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4 Dec 2014
5 Dec 2014
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19 Nov 2014
21 Nov 2014
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6 Nov 2014
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4 Nov 2014
8 Nov 2014
Snow White, produced by Mini Theatre, and The Rooster Assembles, produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre, at the 19th Festival of Puppet Theatres in Rijeka
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19 Oct 2014
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8 Oct 2014
9 Oct 2014
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1 Oct 2014
15 Oct 2014
100 Years of Slovene Puppet Art, an exhibition by Mini Theatre, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest,
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30 Sep 2014
How to Catch a Star, produced by Mini Theatre, at the 13th International Festival of Children’s Theatre
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26 Sep 2014
29 Sep 2014
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich, co-produced by Mini Theatre, and The Crazy Locomotive, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, at the Bitef Festival
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22 Sep 2014
The Mishmash Bakery, produced by Mini Theatre, at the 21st Subotica International Festival of Children's Theatres
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19 Sep 2014
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11 Sep 2014
20 Sep 2014
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
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4 Aug 2014
6 Aug 2014
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich, co-produced by Mini Theatre, and The Debt of Rakef Saška / The Debt of RS, a performance by Saška Rakef and produced by Maska Institute, at the 18th International Festival of Contemporary Theatre Zadar Snova
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19 Jul 2014
21 Jul 2014
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich, co-produced by Mini Theatre, and Damned be the traitor of his homeland!, produced by Mladinsko Theatre, at Mittelfest
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8 Jul 2014
10 Jul 2014
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13 May 2014
15 May 2014
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26 Apr 2014
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24 Apr 2014
25 Apr 2014
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26 Feb 2014
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2 Feb 2014
3 Feb 2014
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12 Jan 2014
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5 Jan 2014
8 Jan 2014
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23 Nov 2013
25 Nov 2013
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16 Oct 2013
20 Oct 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
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6 Oct 2013
8 Oct 2013
The Jungle Book, The Ugly Duckling, and Mišmaš Bakery directed by Robert Waltl and co-produced by Mini Theatre at the Intentional Children's Theatre Festival Banja Luka
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14 Sep 2013
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14 Sep 2013
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11 Sep 2013
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9 Sep 2013
14 Sep 2013
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
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7 Sep 2013
Snow White by Mini Theatre supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Podgorica,
at the International Children's Theatre and Puppet Festival Podgorica
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14 Aug 2013
Love's End, performed by Pia Zemljič and Marko Mandić and co-produced by Mini Theatre and Ptuj City Theatre
at the Zadar Snova International Festival of Contemporary Theatre
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13 Aug 2013
Love's End, performed by Pia Zemljič and Marko Mandić and co-produced by Mini Theatre and Ptuj City Theatre
at the Silba Cultural Summer
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20 Jul 2013
22 Jul 2013
Thumbelina produced by Mini Theatre presented in Hebrew language, and workshops by Robert Waltl and Ivica Buljan, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Tel Aviv
at the International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Film Holon
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7 Jul 2013
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5 Jul 2013
Snow White, produced by Mini Theatre, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Podgorica,
at the Kotor Children's Theatre Festival
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11 Jun 2013
The Ugly Duckling, directed by Robert Waltl and co-produced by Mini Theatre, in the framework of the European project Puppet Nomad Academy III,
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6 Jun 2013
8 Jun 2013
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
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23 May 2013
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21 May 2013
Tristan and Isolde produced by Mini Theatre, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest,
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19 May 2013
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
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16 May 2013
17 May 2013
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15 May 2013
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11 Apr 2013
The Fabulous Adventures of the Apprentice Hlapich produced by Mini Theatre, at the Mali Marulić Festival
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6 Apr 2013
7 Apr 2013
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5 Apr 2013
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4 Apr 2013
7 Apr 2013
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22 Mar 2013
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5 Nov 2012
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2 Nov 2012
6 Nov 2012
Thumbelina and Snow White by Mini Theatre, and Attention Moose! and Happy Bones by Teatro matita
at the International Festival of Puppet Theatre Moscow
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6 Oct 2012
11 Oct 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
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5 Sep 2012
Mišmaš Bakery by Svetlana Makarovič, directed by Robert Waltl, and produced by Mini Theatre
at the International Puppet Theatre Festival Plovdiv
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7 Aug 2012
9 Aug 2012
Thumbelina by Hans Christian Andersen, directed by Robert Waltl and co-produced by Mini Theatre, Forum Ljubljana and Cankarjev dom
at the Bitolino International Children Theatre Festival
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6 Aug 2012
12 Aug 2012
In the Solitude of the Cotton Fields, directed by Ivica Buljan and produced by Mini Theatre and Medea's Scream, directed by Sašo Jurcer by Jurcer, Inner World Theatre Production Company
at the zadARSnova Festival
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8 Jul 2012
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13 Jun 2012
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28 May 2012
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26 May 2012
27 May 2012
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
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20 May 2012
26 May 2012
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8 Dec 2011
11 Dec 2011
Heiner Mueller's Macbeth after Shakespeare, directed by Ivica Buljan, co-produced by Mini Theatre and Novo Kazaliste Zagreb (Croatia)
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18 Mar 2011
3 Apr 2011
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17 Mar 2011
20 Mar 2011
Damned Be the Traitor of His Homeland!, directed by Oliver Frljić and produced byMladinsko Theatre; Out, Invalid, Tonight I Celebrate, and Game With Toothpicks by Via Negativa; Ma and Al, directed by Ivica Buljan and produced by Mini Theatre,
at the Perforations Festival
Programme
Mini Theatre's produces quality puppet and theatre performances in cooperation with artists from different artistic environments, staging about 500 performances in Slovenia and abroad annually. The theatre is dedicated mainly to puppetry performances of various genres but also produces acted contemporary theatre performances for adults and youth within its "Post-drama Theatre" section, working with Slovene and international stage directors and actors, such as Robert Waltl, Ivica Buljan, Philippe Calvario, Jaka Ivanc, etc. Next to staging Slovene texts (preferably from Slovene national heritage), Mini Theatre's programme promotes contemporary world drama texts for adults as well as develops new approaches in directing. Mini Theatre's newly-obtained venue at Križevniška Street also hosts performances of other producers, concerts, and exhibitions.
In 2005 Mini Theatre collaborated with WaxFactory, New York, on a multimedia production She Said... with a soundtrack by Random Logic. In 2006 and 2007 its productions included Quartet [Kvartet] by Heiner Mueller, Mad About Vincent by Hervé Guibert as well as 5 performances for children: Little Red Riding Hood by Brothers Grimm and Caliph Stork by Wilhelm Hauff, The Mishmash Bakery [Pekarna Mišmaš] by the Slovene poet Svetlana Makarovič, The Wishing Table by Brothers Grimm and Marek Becka, and The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen and Robert Waltl.
Some of the recent most-recognised performances by Mini Theatre include Heiner Mueller's Macbeth After Shakespeare [Macbeth po Shakespearu] (2009), co-produced by Cankarjev dom and ZeKaM, Croatia, which was awarded the best performance at the 2009 Maribor Theatre Festival, Jackie by Elfriede Jelinek, co-produced by New Theatre Zagreb, Croatia and Bernard-Marie Koltès' and The Night Just Before the Forests [Noč čisto na robu gozdov] (2009) co-produced by ARL Dubrovnik and New Theatre Zagreb, Croatia, all three performances were directed by Ivica Buljan. In 2010 Ingmar Bergman's Persona (2010) was directed by Janez Pipan, while in 2011 the Melville's Bartleby, the Scrivener [Bartleby pisar] (2011), directed by Miloš Lolić, got the best performance award at the Maribor Theatre Festival.
Behind the ancient walls of the Ljubljana Castle, Mini Theatre organises the "Summer Castle Afternoons". It also annually organises two festivals: the Mini Summer - International Festival for Children and since 2005 the Festival of Medieval and Renaissance Music.
International cooperation
Mini Theatre regularly collaborates with internationally renowned theatre makers and puppeteers. In 2004, it staged Pushkin's The Tale of Tsar Saltan [Car Saltan], which was directed by the prominent director Alexander Anurov, it collaborated twice with Aleksei Leliavski, who directed Pushkin's Little Tragedies [Male tragedije] and the 2010 staging of Cinderella [Pepelka], produced in the frame of the project Puppet Nomad Academy.
Mini Theatre's partners are New Theatre Zagreb (Croatia), ARL Dubrovnik (Croatia), ZeKaeM - Zagreb Youth Theatre (Croatia), Zadar of Dreams International Festival (Croatia), Teatar ITD (Croatia), and Croatian National Theatre Rijeka, with which Mini Theatre regularly enters co-productions. The theatre's activity (also the adaptation of the venue at Križevniška Street) is supported by a grant from Iceland, Lichtenstein, and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norway Financial Mechanism. Since 2009, Mini Theatre is involved in the international project of workshop exchange Puppet Nomad Academy, which is supported by the Culture Programme of the European Commission.
In the time of its activity, Mini Theatre has appeared worldwide at international festivals over 180 times. The performances were performed in Italy, Egypt, Venezuela, Denmark, USA, Austria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Belgium, United Kingdom, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, etc. In November 2011 the performance Macbeth After Shakespeare was staged at the renowned La MaMa Experimenatal Theatre in New York.
See also
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Mini Theatre was founded in 1999 by the actor and puppeteer Robert Waltl and director Ivica Buljan with the purpose to enhance creativity in post-dramatic theatre and in theatre for the young. +
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