Miha Arh
Member of the acting ensemble of the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre since 2005.
Presentation
In 2003, he graduated from the AGRFT in drama with the roles of Mož in Obločnica, že najborna by Ivan Mrak and Lazar in Žabe by Gregor Strniša, for which he received the Prešeren Student Award in 2000.
He made his debut at the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre in 1999 in the play Rumeno čudo, and in 2005 he started working at the LGL.
He has also acted in plays by the Slovenian Youth Theatre, Museum, City Theatre Ptuj, Mini Teatar, Škuc Teatar and SNG Drama Maribor.
He has received many awards for his acting and animation work, including for his roles in the plays Mary Poppins, Thumbelina, Kabaretluknja, Kralj prisluškuje, Ostržek, Štirje muzikanti and the Bulgakov Sessions. For his original kamishibai performance Našli sva klobuk, he received three awards: at the 5th International Kamishibai Festival Beli delfin he received the award chosen by the creators "morigenos" and the award chosen by foreign participants "pogled od vezenj", and at the 10th Slovenian Kamishibai Theatre Festival he received a special award for the most dialogical kamishibai.
Awards
2025
Award for the best performance of the Bulgakov Screening, 1st Festival of Puppet Shows for Adults, Veszprém, Hungary
2022
Special award after the jury's assessment for a comprehensive and homogeneous performance to the performers in the play Tunnel, 12th Biennial of Puppet Artists of Slovenia, September 2023, Maribor, Slovenia
2022
Special award for the most dialogical kamishibai for the kamishibai performance J. Klassen: We Found a Hat at the Slovenian Theatre Kamishibai Festival
2022
Special award chosen by foreign participants "view from the outside" for the kamishibai performance J. Klassen: We found a hat at the International Kamishibai Festival Beli Delfin in Piran
2019
Award for acting and animation in the play "Seansa Bulgakov", Biennial of Puppet Artists of Slovenia
2015
Special Jury Award for the animation Brljava in the play Ostržek, Biennial of Puppet Artists of Slovenia
2011
Award for animation and music performance in the performance of Four Musicians Martina Maurič Lazar, Polonca Kores, Gašper Malnar and Miho Arho at the International Puppet Theatre Festival PIF in Zagreb
2010
Special Jury Award for interesting stage design and innovative contact with the youngest audience in the play Four Musicians at the Puppets Festival
2009
Award for acting and animation in the performances Kabaretluknja and The King is Eavesdropping by the Šmihel Puppet Artists' Institute, Austria
2000
Student Prešeren Award for the roles of Man in The Arc Is Born by I. Mrak and Lazar in Frogs by G. Strniša
