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Performances for children

Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear
8+
75 min
Andy Stanton

Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear

Puppetry performance
Director: Luka Marcen

Do you like bears? Hot air balloons? And sailing boats with crazy captains and grumpy old geezers? And travelling around the world and back again? And adventures that require a lot of courage and even more imagination? Welcome to the weirdest little town in the world with the weirdest inhabitants, to whom something unexpected...
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Tin House
6+
40 minutes
Jana Nunčič

Tin House

Puppetry performance
Director: Jana Nunčič

The performance is anchored in Magnus Mills' story Three to See the King, serving as a starting point from where the creative team takes us on a journey through the emotional landscape of the explorer Gregor's heart.
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How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse
12+
65 minutes
Ben Muir

How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse

A scary comedy
Director: Ajda Valcl

How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse, a blend of comedy and horror, is a drama template themed around a subject that is particularly dramatic and disturbing for teenagers (and adults): zombies! In his one-act play, award-winning playwright and screenwriter Ben Muir uses education as a narrative framework to prepare teens for the...
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Who Made Videk's Shirt
3+
35 minutes
Eka Vogelnik, Fran Levstik

Who Made Videk's Shirt

Puppetry performance

Direction: Eka Vogelnik

The story was written by Fran Levstik, and we know it just as well as his story about Martin Krpan. They are both quite old. But in the words of Hans Christian Andersen: Stories are like many people – they grow better with age.
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Whale's Navel
5+
45 minutes
Vida Cerkvenik Bren, Jurij Bobič and cast

Whale's Navel

Interactive performance in public space

Direction: Vida Cerkvenik Bren

A 15-metre-long whale puppet that feeds on stones and happily devours the audience has arrived at the arboretum. In the belly of the whale, 33 spectators are whisked away into a dream world with the help of puppets, singing and live music - where they encounter unusual creatures, face fears from ancient times and listen to the...
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The Little Witch
3+
45 minutes
Otfried Preußler

The Little Witch

Adaptation of Jože Pengov's 1967 marionette show

Direction: Brane Vižintin

The Little Witch is only 127 years old... which is very young for her profession. She lives alone in her witch house in the middle of the woods, with Abraxas the raven as her companion. Every year on Bonfire Night, the older witches gather on Mount Klek and dance the night away. The Little Witch is too young to attend the dance,...
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