From our Collections

Photo: Tone Stojko. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

From our collections – Following the tracks of the ephemeral art of acting

In the end of September 2023, the Slovenian Theatre Institute is opening a new permanent exhibition at…

Sebastijan Horvat, Elsinor (based on Hamlet), directed by Sebastijan Horvat, Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television of the University of Ljubljana, première 27 January 1994, Cekin Mansion In the photo: Nataša Matjašec as Gertruda and Aleš Kolar as Klavdij Photo: Tone Stojko; source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Photo: Tone Stojko; source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

From our collections – Nataša Matjašec Rošker, the recipient of the Borštnik Ring Award 2023

The artistry of Nataša Matjašec Rošker can be divided into two characteristic periods. In years 1995–2007 she…

Viktor Molka, set sketch for the performance: Calderon de la Barca, The Phantom Lady, directed by Viktor Molka, SNT Drama Ljubljana, première 17 December 1949, Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum

From our collections – Centenary of birth of Viktor Molka (1923–2010)

The architecture engineer Viktor Molka was born on the 10th of May 1923. Molka’s theatre path started…

Hinko Nučič as Jaromir in: Franz Grillparzer, The Ancestress, Provincial Theatre in Ljubljana, 1907. Photo: August Berthold. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Photo: August Berthold. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Hinko Nučič (1883–1970)

Hinko Nučič is considered as one of the more propulsive actors of the period that originated in…

Duša Počkaj (Martha) and Danilo Benedičič (Nick) in Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?, dir. Mile Korun, Drama SNT Ljubljana, 1964. Photo: Vlastja Simončič. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Photo: Vlastja Simončič. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

At the 100th anniversary of Bojan Štih‘s birth

Bojan Štih, born 18 February 1923, in years 1961–1982 the artistic leader of four theatre houses in…

Photo: Tone Stojko, source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Dušan Jovanović (1939–2021)

This year, SLOGI will dedicate a symposium to the life and work of Jovanović, who left us…

Ljubomir Ravnikar, set draft (for a slide) for the performance: Ferdo Delak, The bailiff Yerney and his rights, directed by Ferdo Delak, The Worker Stage in Ljubljana, première 23 May 1932. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Slovenian Theatre Institute – 70 Years

In the main hall of the Slovenian Theatre Institute (1st floor), the exhibition I’ve worked for 40…

Slovenian Theatre Institute – 70 Years

In the main hall of the Slovenian Theatre Institute (1st floor), the exhibition I’ve worked for 40…

The birth of Slovenian Theatre Institute (SLOGI) from the spirit of Slovenian Theatre Museum

At the 70th anniversary of the museum’s foundation, we remember Traven and his fellows, as well as…

Theatre Experiment in Slovenia

October will bring the scientific symposium Theatrical experiment in Slovenia (1966–1986) and its resonance, organized by Amfiteater…

Theatre Möderndorfer

In September 2022, we announce the release of the monograph Theatre Möderndorfer published by Forum Ljubljana and…

Ivo Barišič, recipient of Borštnik Ring Award 2022

This year’s recipient of the highest acting award for lifetime achievement in Slovenia is a member of…

Polde Bibič (3 February 1933–13 July 2012), the legend of Slovenian theatre

This July, we mark the 10th anniversary since Polde Bibič passed away, the actor and theatre pedagogue,…

Right you are – if you think you are, Cveta Mirnik and Dušan Mlakar

In September 2021, Slovenian Theatre Institute acquired the oeuvre of Cveta Mirnik, one of the most visible…

Photo: Ant. Urschitz. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

On the occasion of the International Day for Monuments and Sites

In 1982, ICOMOS, the International Council on Monuments and Sites, pronounced 18 April as the day dedicated…

Photo: Tone Stojko. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Matjaž Zupančič, The Naked Pianist or A Little Night Music

The 27th of March, recognized as the World Theatre Day, traditionally marks the opening of the Week…

Jette Ostan Vejrup as Ivona in: Witold Gombrowicz, Ivona, Princess of Burgundia, directed by Jonathan Paul Cook, Ljubljana City Theatre, premiere 16 October 1990. Photo: Tone Stojko. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Photo: Tone Stojko. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Jette Ostan Vejrup, recipient of the Prešeren Fund Award 2022

This year’s recipient of the artistic achievements’ award in the last three years is the theatre actress…

Leo Kulaš. Costume sketch. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière, The Imaginary Invalid, director Katja Pegan, Celje People’s Theatre, premiere 20th November 1992. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Leo Kulaš. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

On the 400th anniversary of the birth of the great French comediograph

JEAN-BAPTISTE POQUELIN, better known under the name MOLIÈRE (15 January 1622–17 February 1673), aroused the interest of…

Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Karel Čapek: The White Disease

In the year of 1937, which marks the time of the rise of Nazism, Karel Čapek wrote…

Portrait of Balbina Battelino Baranovič, conceived by the painter Marijan Pliberšek (1954). Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Marijan Pliberšek. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

At the centenary of birth of Balbina Battelino Baranovič (1. 11. 1921–1. 9. 2015)

After her study years in Vienna, the theatre director, artistic leader and pedagogue Balbina Battelino Baranovič followed…

Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Hinko Smrekar: Mr. and Mrs. Bicek at the Theatre

Hinko Smrekar uses a caricature drawing to make fun of two typical spectators of the Slovenian National…

Rudi Kosmač in the poetic drama Children of the river by Dane Zajc (premiere 22 January 1962, directed by Taras Kermauner, Oder 57). Photo: Vlastja Simončič. Source: Iconotheque SLOGI – Theatre Museum.

Photo: Vlastja Simončič. Source: Iconotheque SLOGI – Theatre Museum.

Rudi Kosmač (1932–1981), actor and theatre pedagogue

September 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the passing of Rudi Kosmač, a master of the artistic…

Melita Vovk. Stage design sketch, 29,5 x 41,5 cm, marker pen, ink. Eugène Labiche, Mister Eustachius of Šiška (Célimare le bienaimé), director Miran Herzog, scenographers Melita Vovk and Milan Butina, costume-designers Melita Vovk and Darja Vidic, Ljubljana City Theatre, opening on October 15, 1970. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

The Theatre Oeuvre of Melita Vovk (1928–2020)

In 2020, Ejti Štih (birth name Marija Štih, b. 1957), the daughter of Melita Vovk and of…

Melita Vovk. Stage design sketch, 35,6 x 48 cm, pencil, ink watercolor. Veno Taufer, Prometheus or The Dark in the Pupil of the Sun, director Dušan Mlakar, scenographer Melita Vovk, Celje City Theatre, opening on September 27, 1973. Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Melita Vovk in person

The versatile artist Melita Vovk passed away on July 22, 2020. Theatre was one of the distinct…