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[[Mini Theatre]] was founded in [[established::1999]] by the actor and puppeteer [[Robert Waltl]] and director [[Ivica Buljan]] with the purpose to enhance creativity in post-dramatic theatre and in theatre for the young. The company holds a small hall at [[Ljubljana Castle]] where puppet and theatre performances for children, youth, and adults are presented. A new theatre hall at Križevniška Street in the old city centre of Ljubljana opened in 2009. Mini Theatre regularly participates in major Slovene theatre festivals
and
received awards several times at the [[Borštnik Theatre Festival]] and at the [[Slovene Puppetry Biennial]] as well as from the [[Slovenian Association of Dramatic Artists]]. Mini Theatre organises also the annual [[Festival of Medieval and Renaissance Music]] that takes place at the [[Ljubljana Castle]], as well as some other open-air locations.
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[[Mini Theatre]] was founded in [[established::1999]] by the actor and puppeteer [[Robert Waltl]] and director [[Ivica Buljan]] with the purpose to enhance creativity in post-dramatic theatre and in theatre for the young. The company holds a small hall at [[Ljubljana Castle]] where puppet and theatre performances for children, youth, and adults are presented. A new theatre hall at Križevniška Street in the old city centre of Ljubljana opened in 2009.
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Mini Theatre regularly participates in major Slovene theatre festivals
, it has
received awards several times at the [[Borštnik Theatre Festival]] and at the [[Slovene Puppetry Biennial]] as well as from the [[Slovenian Association of Dramatic Artists]]. Mini Theatre organises also
the [[Mini Summer - International Festival for Children]] and
the annual
Medieval Days or
[[Festival of Medieval and Renaissance Music]] that takes place at the [[Ljubljana Castle]], as well as some other open-air locations.
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==
Programme
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=Puppetry=
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Mini Theatre's produces quality puppet and theatre performances in cooperation with artists from different artistic environments, staging about 500 performances in Slovenia and abroad annually
. The theatre is dedicated mainly to puppetry performances of various genres but also produces acted contemporary theatre performances for adults and youth within its "Post-drama Theatre" section, working with Slovene and international stage directors and actors, such as [[Robert Waltl]], [[Ivica Buljan]], Philippe Calvario, [[Jaka Ivanc]], etc. Next to staging Slovene texts (preferably from Slovene national heritage), Mini Theatre's programme promotes contemporary world drama texts for adults as well as develops new approaches in directing. Mini Theatre's newly-obtained venue at Križevniška Street also hosts performances of other producers, concerts, and exhibitions
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Mini Theatre's produces quality puppet
performances for children
and
adults as well as drama
theatre performances in cooperation with artists from different artistic environments, staging about 500 performances in Slovenia and abroad annually.
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In 2005
Mini Theatre
collaborated with WaxFactory
,
New York, on a multimedia production ''She Said
..
.'' with a soundtrack by [[Random Logic]]. In 2006 and 2007 its productions included ''Quartet'' [Kvartet] by Heiner Mueller, ''Mad About Vincent'' by Hervé Guibert as well as 5 performances for children:
''Little Red Riding Hood'' by Brothers Grimm and ''Caliph Stork'' by Wilhelm Hauff, ''The Mishmash Bakery'' [Pekarna Mišmaš] by the Slovene poet [[Svetlana Makarovič]], ''The Wishing Table'' by Brothers Grimm and Marek Becka, and ''The Ugly Duckling'' by Hans Christian Andersen and [[Robert Waltl]].
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The
Mini Theatre
puppetry performances of various genres cover all eminent authors
,
e
.
g
. ''Little Red Riding Hood'' by Brothers Grimm and ''Caliph Stork'' by Wilhelm Hauff, ''The Mishmash Bakery'' [Pekarna Mišmaš] by the Slovene poet [[Svetlana Makarovič]], ''The Wishing Table'' by Brothers Grimm and Marek Becka, and ''The Ugly Duckling'' by Hans Christian Andersen and [[Robert Waltl]].
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Some of the most-recognised performances by Mini Theatre include Heiner Mueller's ''Macbeth After Shakespeare'' [Macbeth po Shakespearu] (2009), co-produced by [[Cankarjev dom]] and ZeKaM, Croatia, which was awarded the best performance at the 2009 [[Maribor Theatre Festival]], ''Jackie'' by Elfriede Jelinek, co-produced by New Theatre Zagreb, Croatia and Bernard-Marie Koltès' and ''The Night Just Before the Forests'' [Noč čisto na robu gozdov] (2009) co-produced by ARL Dubrovnik and New Theatre Zagreb, Croatia, all three performances were directed by [[Ivica Buljan]]. In 2010 Ingmar Bergman's ''Persona'' (2010) was directed by [[Janez Pipan]], while in 2011 the Melville's ''Bartleby, the Scrivener'' [Bartleby pisar] (2011), directed by Miloš Lolić, got the best performance award at the [[Maribor Theatre Festival]].
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In 2004, Mini Theatre staged Pushkin's ''The Tale of Tsar Saltan'' [Car Saltan], which was directed by the prominent director Alexander Anurov, it collaborated twice with Aleksei Leliavski, who directed Pushkin's ''Little Tragedies'' [Male tragedije] and the 2010 staging of ''Cinderella'' [Pepelka], produced in the frame of the project Puppet Nomad Academy.
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===Post-drama theatre===
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The theatre produces acted contemporary theatre performances for adults and youth within its "Post-drama Theatre" section, working with Slovene and international stage directors and actors, such as [[Robert Waltl]], [[Ivica Buljan]], Philippe Calvario, [[Jaka Ivanc]], etc. Next to staging Slovene texts (preferably from Slovene national heritage), Mini Theatre's programme promotes contemporary world drama texts for adults as well as develops new approaches in directing.
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Some of the most-recognised
drama
performances by Mini Theatre include
''Quartet'' [Kvartet] by Heiner Mueller, ''Mad About Vincent'' by Hervé Guibert,
Heiner Mueller's ''Macbeth After Shakespeare'' [Macbeth po Shakespearu] (2009), co-produced by [[Cankarjev dom]] and ZeKaM, Croatia, which was awarded the best performance at the 2009 [[Maribor Theatre Festival]], ''Jackie'' by Elfriede Jelinek, co-produced by New Theatre Zagreb, Croatia and Bernard-Marie Koltès' and ''The Night Just Before the Forests'' [Noč čisto na robu gozdov] (2009) co-produced by ARL Dubrovnik and New Theatre Zagreb, Croatia, all three performances were directed by [[Ivica Buljan]]. In 2010 Ingmar Bergman's ''Persona'' (2010) was directed by [[Janez Pipan]], while in 2011 the Melville's ''Bartleby, the Scrivener'' [Bartleby pisar] (2011), directed by Miloš Lolić, got the best performance award at the [[Maribor Theatre Festival]].
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Mini Theatre's newly-obtained venue at Križevniška Street also hosts performances of other producers, concerts, and exhibitions.
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== Festivals ==
Behind the ancient walls of the [[Ljubljana Castle]], Mini Theatre organises the "Summer Castle Afternoons". It also annually organises two festivals: the [[Mini Summer - International Festival for Children]] and since 2005 the [[Festival of Medieval and Renaissance Music]].
Behind the ancient walls of the [[Ljubljana Castle]], Mini Theatre organises the "Summer Castle Afternoons". It also annually organises two festivals: the [[Mini Summer - International Festival for Children]] and since 2005 the [[Festival of Medieval and Renaissance Music]].
==International cooperation==
==International cooperation==
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Mini Theatre regularly collaborates with internationally renowned theatre makers and puppeteers
. In 2004, it staged Pushkin's ''The Tale of Tsar Saltan'' [Car Saltan], which was directed by the prominent director Alexander Anurov, it
collaborated
twice
with
Aleksei Leliavski
,
who directed Pushkin
'
s
'
'Little Tragedies
'' [
Male tragedije] and the 2010 staging of ''Cinderella''
[
Pepelka
]
, produced in the frame of the project Puppet Nomad Academy
.
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Mini Theatre regularly collaborates with internationally renowned theatre makers and puppeteers
: in 2005 Mini Theatre
collaborated with
WaxFactory
,
New York, on a multimedia production
''
She Said...
''
with a soundtrack by
[[
Random Logic]
].
Mini Theatre's partners are New Theatre Zagreb (Croatia), ARL Dubrovnik (Croatia), ZeKaeM - Zagreb Youth Theatre (Croatia), Zadar of Dreams International Festival (Croatia), Teatar ITD (Croatia), and Croatian National Theatre Rijeka, with which Mini Theatre regularly enters co-productions. The theatre's activity (also the adaptation of the venue at Križevniška Street) is supported by a grant from Iceland, Lichtenstein, and Norway through the [[EEA and Norway Grants|EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norway Financial Mechanism]]. Since 2009, Mini Theatre is involved in the international project of workshop exchange Puppet Nomad Academy, which is supported by the Culture Programme of the European Commission.
Mini Theatre's partners are New Theatre Zagreb (Croatia), ARL Dubrovnik (Croatia), ZeKaeM - Zagreb Youth Theatre (Croatia), Zadar of Dreams International Festival (Croatia), Teatar ITD (Croatia), and Croatian National Theatre Rijeka, with which Mini Theatre regularly enters co-productions. The theatre's activity (also the adaptation of the venue at Križevniška Street) is supported by a grant from Iceland, Lichtenstein, and Norway through the [[EEA and Norway Grants|EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norway Financial Mechanism]]. Since 2009, Mini Theatre is involved in the international project of workshop exchange Puppet Nomad Academy, which is supported by the Culture Programme of the European Commission.