From our Collections

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…

Source: SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Lojze Filipič (1921–1975), dramaturg, artistic director, essayist and theatre thinker

In June 2021, we mark the 100th anniversary since the birth of Lojze Filipič, who is regarded…

Alja Tkačev, foto studio Potrč, vir: Ikonoteka SLOGI – Gledališki muzej.

Alja Tkačev (1934–1991) – The Actress with a Pencil

We are presenting our collections. In May 2021 we dedicate to The Actress with a Pencil Alja…

Boris Kobe: Škofjeloški pasijon, olje na lesu, 181 x 208 cm. Naslikano po naročilu Slovenskega gledališkega muzeja leta 1967. Vir: Ikonoteka SLOGI – Gledališki muzej.

300 years of Škofjeloški pasijon

We are presenting our collections. In April 2021 we dedicate to 300th anniversary of the Škofjeloški pasijon…

Nevenka Koprivšek (desno), ob njej igralka Olga Grad. Foto: Tone Stojko. Vir: Ikonoteka SLOGI – Gledališki muzej.

At the farewell of Nevenka Koprivšek, the first lady of non-governmental performing arts production in Slovenia

We are presenting our collections. In March 2021 we dedicate to Nevenka Koprivšek, at the recent farewell…

Fotografija Tomija Janežiča ob pripravi slikovnega gradiva za gledališki list uprizoritve Equus v produkciji Mestnega gledališča ljubljanskega (premiera 18. 4. 1996). Foto: Tone Stojko. Vir: Ikonoteka SLOGI – Gledališki muzej.

Equus, the first professional theatre direction of the Prešeren Fund Award winner 2021

We are presenting our collections. In March 2021 we dedicate to Tomi Janežič, the Prešeren Fund Award…

Dušan Jovanović, z vaje za uprizoritev Zid, jezero (režija Dušan Jovanović, Drama Slovenskega narodnega gledališča v Ljubljani, krstna uprizoritev 21. 2. 1989). Foto: Tone Stojko, vir: Ikonoteka SLOGI – Gledališki muzej.

At the farewell of Dušan Jovanovič , an exceptional theatre man

We are presenting our collections. In January 2021, att the farewell of Dušan Jovanovič , an exceptional…

Bert Sotlar kot Agamemnon v Ajshilovi Oresteji (prem. 1968) v režiji Mileta Koruna. Foto: Marijan Pal. Vir: Ikonoteka SLOGI – Gledališki muzej.

Photo: Marijan Pal. Source: Iconotheque SLOGI – Theatre Museum.

Bert Sotlar, on the Eve of 100th Anniversary of his Birth

We are presenting our collections. In December 2020, on the Eve of 100th Anniversary of the Birth…

Tone Stojko. Source: Archive of the SNT Drama Ljubljana/SLOGI Iconotheque – Theatre Museum.

Samorog by Gregor Strniša and the 90th anniversary of Gregor Strniša

We are presenting our our collections. In November 2020, on occasion of the recent 90th anniversary of…

A stage dialogue in honour of Emperor Franz I from the early 19th century

We are presenting our our collections. In October 2020 we are presenting one of the oldest theatre…

Dane Zajc, Voranc, režiser Mile Korun, Drama SNG Ljubljana, premiera 16. 1. 1980. Na fotografiji: Štefka Drolc (Neža), Polde Bibič (Voranc). Foto: Jendo Štoviček. Vir: Ikonoteka SLOGI – Gledališki muzej.

Voranc by Dane Zajc and 50 Years of the Week of Slovenian Drama

We are presenting our our collections. In September 2020 we are presenting a photography of the performance…

The Serfs by Ivan Cankar and 50 Years of the Week of Slovenian Drama

We are presenting our our collections. In August 2020 we are presenting a photography of The Serfs…

The Slovenian Narodni dom (the National Hall) in flames

We are presenting our our collections. In July 2020, we are presenting a postcard/coloured photography of The Slovenian…

Aleš Valič in the performance Ella by Herbert Achternbusch, on the 50th anniversary of Glej

We are presenting our our collections. In June 2020, on the 50th anniversary of Glej, we are…

Bojan Stupica in the role of Macheath, the notorious gang chief in The Threepenny Opera (orig. Die Dreigroschenoper) by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, in the first staging of Brecht in Slovenia (National Theatre Ljubljana, premiere 30. 9. 1937). Moreover, Stupica directed it and created its set design. Source: Iconotheque SLOGI – Theatre Museum.

Source: Iconotheque SLOGI – Theatre Museum.

From our Collections

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

Karel Čapek: The White Disease

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

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

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

The Theatre Oeuvre of Melita Vovk (1928–2020)

Melita Vovk in person

Lojze Filipič (1921–1975), dramaturg, artistic director, essayist and theatre thinker

Alja Tkačev (1934–1991) – The Actress with a Pencil

300 years of Škofjeloški pasijon

At the farewell of Nevenka Koprivšek, the first lady of non-governmental performing arts production in Slovenia

Equus, the first professional theatre direction of the Prešeren Fund Award winner 2021

At the farewell of Dušan Jovanovič , an exceptional theatre man

Bert Sotlar, on the Eve of 100th Anniversary of his Birth

Samorog by Gregor Strniša and the 90th anniversary of Gregor Strniša

A stage dialogue in honour of Emperor Franz I from the early 19th century

Voranc by Dane Zajc and 50 Years of the Week of Slovenian Drama

The Serfs by Ivan Cankar and 50 Years of the Week of Slovenian Drama

The Slovenian Narodni dom (the National Hall) in flames

Aleš Valič in the performance Ella by Herbert Achternbusch, on the 50th anniversary of Glej

Bojan Stupica (1910–1970) in the role of Macheath

Opera tenor Rudolf Francl (1920–2009) on the centenary of the birth

Poster for the baptismal staging of the drama Voranc

Opera soprano Vilma Bukovec (1920–2016)