Bear and Piggy
Bear is patient, prudent and neat. Piggy, who is younger, is bubbly, playful and a tad rash. The adorable duo have their own way of dealing with (extra)ordinary day-to-day adventures and lessons to be learned. Their peculiarity is a source of endearing hiccups, which they manage to overcome thanks to the power of their sincere friendship.
The adventures of Bear and Piggy are a regular feature of the Cicido children’s magazine. The selected stories are also included in the Bear and Piggy picture books published by the Mladinska knjiga publishing house.
Opening: 18 April 2024, Grand Stage LGL
Sebastijan Pregelj is a multiple award-winning author of eight novels, four collections of short stories and twelve books for young readers. He was awarded the Večernica Award for the 6th part of the children’s series Stories from the End of the Stone Age. Three other parts of the same series were nominated for the Desetnica Award, and all seven parts received the Golden pear (Zlata hruška) quality label. His novels have been translated into German, English, Italian, Swedish, Croatian and Macedonian, while his short stories have featured as part of various anthologies in Slovenian, German, Czech, English and Polish.
Igor Šinkovec is multiple award-winning illustrator, animator and intermedia artist. His main field of creation is literary illustration, mainly for children and teenagers. His humorous illustrations adorn numerous books and text books, and are featured in Ciciban and Cicido Galeb magazines.He exhibits his works at joint and solo exhibitions and illustration biennales.
Polona Janežič is a musician, keyboardist, composer, music arranger, and member of the Katalena musical ensemble and former Melodrom musical group. She regularly collaborates with many music and theatre artists. She is the author of the novel Sinbad’s Muses (Sinbadove muze), and a composer and performer, and is regularly involved in storytelling and film events.
Mare Bulc is a multiple award-winning theatre director, often creating performances for children and young people. He directed the Secret Society PGC and the Secret Society KRVZ at the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre. In September 2022, he became the artistic director of the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre.
- Author and illustrator of the picture book:
Sebastijan Pregelj and Igor Šinkovec - Director:
Mare Bulc - Author of the performance’s concept:
Mare Bulc - Adaptation:
Sebastijan Pregelj and Mare Bulc - Music:
Polona Janežič - Visual design:
Igor Šinkovec - Puppet engineer:
Iztok Bobić - Set design:
Damir Leventić - Animation consultant:
Brane Vižintin - Costume designer:
Jadranka Pavlović - Lighting designer:
Niko Štabuc - Language consultant:
Irena Androjna Mencinger - Solo clarinettist in the composition “Kotalke in skiro”:
Boštjan Gombač - Cast:
Matevž Müller, Brane Vižintin - Stage managers and sound designers:
Izidor Kozelj and Damir Radončić - Set technicians:
Klemen Sašek / Miha Zorman in Jure Popovič - Lighting technician:
Niko Štabuc - Producer:
Alja Cerar Mihajlović - LGL workshops manager:
Zoran Srdić - Puppet, set and costume production:
Iztok Bobić, David Klemenčič, Damir Leventić, Igor Šinkovec, Olga Milić, Katarina Planinc, Laura Krajnc, Sandra Birjukov, Marjeta Valjavec, Žiga Lebar, Uroš Mehle, Rok Drusany, Artiko, David Tavčar, Strugarstvo Jernej Mali