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Performances for children

The Visitor
4+
40 minutes
Based on Antje Damm

The Visitor

Puppetry performance

Direction: Ivana Djilas

An old draughtsman lives alone, never answering the door, never leaving his little home. His life has lost all its colour. Then one day, he makes a mug out of old paper. And then a teapot and some flowers... Using the objects around him, the draughtsman starts designing a magical world of imagination where he feels less lonely....
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Thumbelina
3+
40 minutes
Hans Christian Andersen

Thumbelina

Puppet performance
Director: Maja Kunšič

Everything starts with a seed. And a desire for something to grow. Given some care and attention, the seed soon sprouts up from the ground, and grows a flower to blossom. From the flower, a tiny creature comes into the world full of brash curiosity. A creature no bigger than a thumb.
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Cinderella
5+
45 minutes

Cinderella

Guest puppetry performance

Direction: Elena Volpi and the team

You know how it is: wicked stepmothers, jealous sisters, mockery of difference, and greed... And you wonder where the magic spell or good fairy is that will save you from all this. 
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Peter Pan
5+
75 minutes
Jera Ivanc by motifs of J. M. Barrie

Peter Pan

Drama performance

Direction: Yulia Kristoforova

Peter Pan is a tale of never-ending childhood. The main hero’s greatest wish is to remain a child forever, as he is convinced that growing up robs people off their imagination and makes them boring. Peter Pan is also one of the most known and famous fairy tales that revolves around the eternal theme of growing up,...
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Letters from the Edge of the Forest
4+
50 minutes
Jasna Žmak

Letters from the Edge of the Forest

Drama performance

Direction: Anđelka Nikolić

Letters from the Edge of the Forest is a playful and contemporary story that focuses on learning to write and communicate. A group of diverse animals, which are not usually found in the same forest, very much enjoy sending and receiving letters.
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Photo Gregor Gobec
12+ and adults
90 min
Leja Jurišić

Dance in Stone

Director: Leja Jurišić

The title of the performance pays homage to a short poem by Jure Detela: “Be in the stone, magical dance, / dreams have come from above, / thoughts are moving!” Though stone is normally perceived as inanimate and immobile, this performance seeks to uncover the dance within it, exploring how that dance relates to...
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