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Cankar's hero, Šimen Sirotnik, is a labourer who has worked all his life for the good of others and at the end of his life, exhausted and written off, embarks on his last journey across the country through the landscapes of systemic ignorance. On the day he is released, he reacts with resignation - in contrast to his more politically aware literary ‘brother’, The Servant Jernej. Although Šimen does not strive for his own justice, he remains stuck in the wheel of bureaucracy in search of one last bed.

 

Šimen Sirotnik will be resurrected in the Kulturnica, which will become a repository for forgotten lives given flesh through the language of object theatre, recalling discarded and useless objects from the dustbin of history.

 
Premiere: June 2026, Kulturnica LGL

 

  • Author:
    Ivan Cankar

  • Authors of the adaptation:
    Jernej Potočan, Brina Jenček

  • Director:
    Jernej Potočan

  • Dramaturge:
    Brina Jenček

  • Set design:
    Dan Pikalo

  • Costume design:
    Nika Dolgan

  • Light design:
    Domen Lušin

  • Music:
    Jernej Potočan, Filip Šebšajevič

  • Language guidance:
    Irena Androjna Mencinger

  • Cast:
    Miha Arh, Polonca Kores, Jure Lajovic, Filip Šebšajevič k. g

  • Assistant of director:
    Filip Mramor
  • Assistant of set designer:
    Dea Beatovikj
  • Stage manager and sound designer:
    Stanislav Božanić
  • Producer:
    Katra Petriček
  • Light technician:
    Klemen Sašek
  • Set technician:
    Slobodan Ilič
  • Workshop manager:
    Zoran Srdić
  • Set, puppets, props and costume production:
    David Klemenčič, Zala Kalan