From our collections – Schiller's drama in Slovenia

Friedrich Schiller: Forgery and Love, National Theatre in Ljubljana, 1926/27. Stage design: Ivan Vavpotič. Source: Ikonoteka SLOGI – Theatre Museum.

We cordially invite you to visit the book exhibition on the first floor of the Slovenian Theatre Museum - the exhibition is on display until May 8. With the exhibition marking the 220th anniversary of Schiller's death, we want to draw attention to his presence in Slovenian culture and his influence on our literature and theatre.

The Day of the Nominees – Young Playwright Award

Tudi letošnji festival se bo skrbno posvetil razvoju in krepitvi zavesti o ustvarjalnosti mladih avtorjev in avtoric. Ob Dnevu nominirancev – nagradi za mladega dramatika se bomo imeli priložnost poglobljeno seznaniti z letošnjimi nominiranimi besedili in spoznati njihove avtorje.

Call for Submissions. Amfiteater Academic Symposium: Ecology and Performing Arts

We invite researchers and practitioners to join us with contributions on the proposed topics or to expand them with their own views at the international scientific symposium, which will take place in Ljubljana on October 9 and 10, 2025. Please send the abstract and title of the paper (up to 250 words) with a short CV (up to 120 words) in Slovenian and English no later than May 20, 2025 to the email address amfiteater@slogi.si.

Grant us freedom of thought, in the Cultural Focus program

Ob občasni razstavi Podelite nam svobodo misli. Schillerjeva dramatika na Slovenskem lepo vabljeni k poslušanju oddaje Kulturni fokus – o Friedrichu Schillerju in njegovem mestu v razvoju slovenskega gledališča z avtorico razstave Katarino Kocijančič.

The Threepenny Opera on Slovenian stages, in the show Oder

Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, The Beggar's Opera, director Bojan Stupica, translators Fran Albreht and Niko Štritof, conductor Bojan Adamič, National Theatre in Ljubljana, premiere on September 30, 1937. Source: Ikonoteka SLOGI – Theatre Museum.

V času, ko na odru ljubljanske Opere gledamo uprizoritev Opere za tri groše, ki jo je po besedilu Bertolta Brechta režirala Mateja Koležnik, predstava pa je nastala v soprodukciji SNG Drama Ljubljana in SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana, smo se eni najslovitejših oper 20. stoletja posvetili tudi v oddaji Oder na 3. programu Radia Slovenija …

Early Slovenian performances of Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie, directed by Bratko Kreft, Ljubljana City Theatre, premiered on May 2, 1953. In the photo: Mira Danilova (Amanda Wingfield), Judita Hahn-Kreft (Laura Wingfield). Photo: Vlastja Simončič. Source: Ikonoteka SLOGI – Theatre Museum.

Na predavanju v ciklu SLOGI in Drama se bomo z dr. Maticem Kocijančičem, kustosom in vodjo arhivske zbirke Slovenskega gledališkega inštituta, sprehodili skozi fotografsko in kritiško gradivo v povezavi z zgodnjimi slovenskimi uprizoritvami Williamsovih del.

Dušan Jovanović – monograph

The first comprehensive monograph on the work of Dušan Jovanović was published in the collection Documents of the Slovenian Theatre Institute, conceived and edited by Dr. Diana Koloina.

Permanent exhibition IN PURSUIT OF A THEATRE. From the Jesuits to Cankar

The permanent exhibition WALK AFTER THEATRE – From the Jesuits to Cankar vividly presents the beginnings and main trends of theatre in Slovenia, its integration into European cultural developments and its role in shaping Slovenian national consciousness. The great story stretches from the theatre of the Reformers and Counter-Reformers and concludes with the appearance of the Slovenian playwright of European stature, Ivan Cankar, at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, when …

Amfiteater, Journal of Performing Arts Theory, Volume 12, Number 2

Novo številko Amfiteatra, revije za teorijo scenskih umetnosti bodo predstavili glavna in odgovorna urednica revije dr. Maja Murnik v sodelovanju z avtorjema razprav v tokratni številki prof. dr. Narviko Bovcon in prof. dr. Alešem Vaupotičem ter dr. Gašperjem Troho, direktorjem SLOGI.

Drago Jančar: The Great Brilliant Waltz, E-exhibition

Cover photo: Drago Jančar: The Great Brilliant Waltz, Drama SNG in Ljubljana, dir. Zvone Šedlbauer, premiered on March 6, 1985, photo by Tone Stojko, source Ikonoteka SLOGI – Theatre Museum. In the photo: Silva Čušin (Ljubica), Boris Cavazza (Doctor), Roman Končar (Rajko), Zvone Hribar (Doberman), Ivo Ban (Simon Veber), Polde Bibič (Volodja).

Dr. Gašper Troha, direktor Slovenskega gledališkega inštituta, je pripravil e-razstavo, na kateri je s pomočjo fotografij in video posnetkov predstavil dosedanje uprizoritve Jančarjevega Velikega briljantnega valčka na Slovenskem. Razstava je na ogled na osrednjem spletnem portalu uprizoritvene dejavnosti SiGledal.

Dušan Moravec: Glimpses of Memory

V sozaložništvu Beletrine in Slovenskega gledališkega inštituta je izšla knjiga spominov literarnega zgodovinarja, pisatelja in dramaturga Dušana Moravca (1920–2015).

Slovenian theatre publishers at the 40th Slovenian Book Fair

Jubilejni 40. Slovenski knjižni sejem, najpomembnejša prireditev na področju knjige in branja pri nas, poteka od torka, 26. novembra, do nedelje, 1. decembra 2024, na Gospodarskem razstavišču v Ljubljani, in sicer od torka do sobote med od 9. do 20. uro ter v nedeljo med 9. in 18. uro. V dvorani Kocka vas na skupni …

Duša Počkaj – ob 100-letnici rojstva

Duša Počkaj kot Martha v uprizoritvi Albeejeve igre Kdo se boji Virginie Woolf, režija Mile Korun, Drama SNG v Ljubljani, 1963/64. Izsek. Foto Vlastja Simončič, vir Ikonoteka SLOGI – Gledališki muzej.

16. novembra 2024 mineva 100 let od rojstva Duše Počkaj, znamenite slovenske igralke moderne dobe, ki je bila igralsko izrazita v upodabljanju likov, razpetih med tragičnim in komičnim, z groteskno oziroma absurdno noto – tudi kot odzivom na dezorientiranost sočasne družbene stvarnosti.

Pogovor s prejemnikom Borštnikovega prstana 2024, Brankom Šturbejem

Branko Šturbej. Foto: Peter Uhan/SNG Drama Ljubljana.

V Slovenskem gledališkem inštitutu že vrsto let pripravljamo pogovor z vsakoletnim prejemnikom oziroma prejemnico Borštnikovega prstana. Najvišje igralsko odličje za življenjsko delo pri nas je leta 2024 prejel Branko Šturbej. Z njim se bo pogovarjala teatrologinja Ana Perne.

Kdo in kdaj pleše uporni ples? Ob predstavi Tango Sławomirja Mrożka v Kulturnem domu Krško

Sławomir Mrożek, Tango, režiser: Luka Marcen, SNG Drama Ljubljana, premiera 22. decembra 2023. Foto: Peter Uhan / SNG Drama Ljubljana.

Pred gostovanjem SNG Drama Ljubljana s predstavo Tango se bomo v Kulturnem domu Krško o tej igri poljskega dramatika Sławomirja Mrożka pogovarjali z dr. Gašperjem Troho, direktorjem Slovenskega gledališkega inštituta. Predavanje bo odstrlo pomenske tančine dramskega besedila, načine uprizarjanja pri nas in odmeve na to Mrożkovo igro. Kdo je torej plesal uporni argentinski ples? Proti …

Don Quixote - the ballet classic in Slovenian professional theatres

Ludwig Minkus, Don Quixote, choreographer and director Dinko Bogdanić, SNG Ljubljana Opera and Ballet, premiere on October 29, 1994. Photo: archives of SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana / Saša Novković.

A lecture before the premiere of the new Ljubljana production will present the difference in approaches of individual choreographers and how the productions were received by the audience, while a conversation with ballerinas Regina Križaj, Urša Vidmar and Tjaša Kmetec and choreographer Denis Matvienko will provide an insight into the creation of a ballet role and the different encounters with the ballet model. The event will be organised by Sonja Kerin Krek and Gašper Troha in collaboration with SNT Opera and Ballet Ljubljana and the Slovenian Theatre Institute.

Theater pedagogy in museums and at performance work

As part of the Erasmus+ project Engaged Audience 2.0, theater pedagogue and director Claudia Bühlmann will visit us from October 17 to 22, 2024. On Monday, October 21, 2024, she will hold the training Creating Theater in the Museum at the Slovenian Ethnographic Museum, and on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, she will participate in the conference Theater Pedagogy: Children on Stage and hold a workshop for professional theater creators.

Slovenian Theatre Annual 2022/2023

The Slovenian Theater Yearbook 2022/2023 has been published, the thirty-first in a row, which has been regularly published under this name since 1994, and is also the 36th continuation of the centenary Repertoarja of Slovenian theaters (1867–1967), which was first published on the centenary of the founding of the Drama Society (1967 ). The yearbook is based on an online database of Slovenian theater productions (on the portal sigledal.org), but it also significantly improves the data collected there - with editorials, data on festivals and awards, data on reruns and guest appearances, and a summary and comparison of data between individual theaters.

Connecting Avant-Gardes and Theatre: How to Revolutionise the Relationship between the Periphery and the Centre / Amfiteater Journal International Academic Symposium

The UL AGRFT research group, together with the scientific journal Amfiteater, the Slovenian Theater Institute and the Slovenian Society of Aesthetics, within the UL AGRFT research program Theater and inter-art research (P6-0376), has prepared an international scientific symposium in which more than 25 foreign and domestic experts will participate and artists. The aim of the symposium will be to map the various geographical and historical attempts to revolutionize the relationship between the periphery and the center in Europe and beyond.

ENICPA Meeting and General Assembly

Between October 7 and 9, 2024, the Slovenian Theater Institute hosted the regular annual meeting and general assembly of the European Network of Information Centers for the Performing Arts (ENICPA – European Network of Information Centers for the Performing Arts), of which SLOGI is also a member. The network currently connects 15 institutions from 11 different European countries (Belgium, the Czech Republic, Iceland, Germany, the Netherlands, ...

Tone Stojko, Theater photography, traveling exhibition in SLOGI

Dušan Jovanović, Kdo to poje Sisyphus, SNG Drama Ljubljana, premiere 12 January 1997. Photo: Tone Stojko; source: SLOGI.

The exhibition of Tone Stojko, Theater Photography accompanied the release of the e-book of the same name. Curator mag. From the photographic material published in the book, Tea Rogelj made a selection of photographs from the period from 1969 to 2016. The traveling exhibition – of course, it is different every time, adapted to each time's spatial conditions and ambience; it was shown for the first time as part of the Borštnik's Meeting Festival in June this year at SNG in Maribor - we will open it at the Slovenian Theater Institute on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, at 7 p.m. with a Talk on Theater Photography.

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