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With the Canadian production Offbeat Arctic Tales, a performance combining puppetry, storytelling, live music and cinematic soundscapes, the four-day international festival of contemporary puppetry Lutke 2026 opens in Ljubljana today. The festival...

On the Grand stage of the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, director Uroš Korenčan, artistic director Martina Maurič Lazar and the directors of the performances presented the program for the 2026/27 season. Seven new performances will invite...

As of April 1st, 2026, the artistic direction of the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre has been taken over by Martina Maurič Lazar, an actress and director, a member of the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre ensemble since 2000.      

At the initiative of the international association of puppeteers UNIMA, since 2003, every year on March 21st, we celebrate World Puppetry Day. On that day, the international and Slovenian delegacy were announced, and events for a wider recognition of...

The Transport project (Cargo and Departure) won four awards at the Biennial of Puppetry Artists of Slovenia.

Join us for Museum Week, during which the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Ljubljana Castle will host festive events and puppet performances by various puppet theatres and artists who are an important part of Slovenia's puppet past, present and future....