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Duck, Death and the Tulip is a gentle, friendly and discreet staging, confronting children with death without any embellishment or pathos, but rather through a refined sense of delicacy of the selected topic. The narrative about illness, departing and lost comes to life on the stage as a warm and vital story about the preciousness of closeness and friendship. It is a suggestive fusion of live acting, animation and shadow theatre, visually attracting and astonishing children and at the same time unobtrusively caressing them and presenting them with a thought about the transience and vulnerability of life.

 

The multi-award winning shadow performance Duck, Death and the Tulip was directed by Italian director Fabrizio Montecchi, one of the greatest masters of shadow theatre who for many years explores this fabulous form of art in his world famous productions, staged in the Teatro Gioco Vita from Italy.

 

Premiere: 16th October 2014, Šenjakob Stage LGL
  • Author:
    Wolf Erlbruch
  • Director:
    Fabrizio Montecchi
  • Translator:
    Veronika Simoniti
  • Shadow puppets design:
    Federica Ferrari, based on illustrations by Wolf Erlbruch
  • Music:
    Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar
  • Author of the song:
    Jera Ivanc
  • Performers:
    Polonca Kores, Asja Kahrimanović / Martina Maurič Lazar
  • Set and light design:
    Fabrizio Montecchi
  • Proof reader:
    Irena Androjna Mencinger
  • Producer:
    Pija Bodlaj
  • Performance manager and sound technican:
    Alojz Sedovnik
  • Light technican:
    Danilo Korelec
  • Scene technican:
    Iztok Vrhovnik
  • Creation of shadow puppets, scene and costumes:
    Gregor Bajc, Sandra Birjukov, Iztok Bobić, Polona Černe, Brina Fekonja, Federica Ferrari, Jernej Remše s. p., Mitja Ritmanič, Zoran Srdić, Marjeta Valjavec, Ključavničarstvo Uroš Mehle s. p.

Awards

 

2015

Award for best animation and acting to Asja Kahrimanović and Polonca Kores

Biennial of Puppetry Artists of Slovenia, Maribor

Award for best visual design to Federica Ferrari

Biennial of Puppetry Artists of Slovenia, Maribor

Grand prix for best performance

International Puppetry Festival PIF, Zagreb

Award for best animation and acting to Asja Kahrimanović and Polonca Kores

International Puppetry Festival PIF, Zagreb

Award for best music to Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar

International Puppetry Festival PIF, Zagreb

Award for best light design to Fabrizio Montecchi

International Puppetry Festival PIF, Zagreb

2016

Second award for performance

International Puppetry Festival Zlatna iskra, Kragujevac

Grand prix

International festival Valise, Łomża

Award for the poetic interpretation of the story

International Puppetry Festival, Plovdiv

Award for best music to Matija Vrhovnik Smrekar

International festival of theatre for children, Subotica

2018

Award for best direction to Fabrizio Montecchi

International Festival PuppetUp, Kyiv

2019

Pengov Award for the roles to Polonca Kores and Asja Kahrimanović

UNIMA Slovenia

2021

International jury's award for inovative approach to puppetry

International Puppetry Festival, Hvammstangi