It also preserves more than 2000 puppets from past performances. The theatre cultivates all the main puppetry genres (marionette, hand puppets, Javanese puppets, shadow puppets, mimic puppets) and also develops new ones. LPT collaborates with Slovene and international directors specialised in puppetry as well as theatre directors and even choreographers. Novak, Anja Štefan and Silvan Omerzu among the more prominent ones), works by international authors as well as original, often multimedia performances. The programme includes stagings of classical works, performances based on fresh texts by emerging as well as established Slovene authors ( Svetlana Makarovič, Boris A. The repertory programme of the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre is divided into two segments: puppet performances and drama performances, with about twelve premières annually. The puppets were fabricated by Jan Malik, the performance saw its première at the City Puppet Theatre (today's Ljubljana Puppet Theatre) in 1951 and became immensely popular around Slovenia.
Granny with the drums and Granddad with the lajna instrument, joined by Speckles the Ball who has flown in through the window. The slightly refreshed performance still uses puppets from the original staging. It was followed by the eponymous film, the first Yugoslav colour marionette film, which greatly contributed to its huge success.ĭoktor Faust (Doctor Faustus) is based on the motifs from the first Slovene production of the play (1938) by Milan Klemenčič, the founder of Slovene puppetry, after whom the most prominent Slovene award for achievement in puppetry is named (the Klemenčič Award). Another timeless hit appears to be the Zvezdica zaspanka (Twinkle Sleepyhead), written by Frane Milčinski - Ježek and in the repertoire since 1955. One such production is the Žogica Marogica (Speckles the Ball), written by the Czech puppeteer Jan Malik, which remains unchanged in the repertoire ever since its première in 1951.
Though it initially focused on works by Slovene authors, the theatre's most important early performances were adaptations of foreign works. However, from the 1970s onward the theatre has been consistently trying to advance the technological and dramatic possibilities of puppetry, cultivating a captivating mixture of classical contents and experimentation. At first, the performances were based on the marionette technique, but later it also got engaged in the possibilities of hand puppetry. The theatre fast developed its own mode of expression and soon became the leading puppet theatre in the then Yugoslavia. Established as the City Puppet Theatre, LPT emerged as a follow-up to numerous semi-professional puppet groups organised in the region since the beginning of the 20th century.
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