SapramousePuppetheque performance, length 40 min

The most famous Slovenian marionette is Sapramouse. Slovenian children could not even imagine growing up without the fairy tales, written by Svetlana Makarovič. Over the years there has been a myriad of puppet performances based on her literary material that have enchanted our young viewers. The clever and brave Sapramouse is considered the greatest Slovenian puppet hit ever. It’s best known staging was the one premiered back in 1986 in the Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana (and directed by Nace Simončič) that has remained uninterruptedly on the theatre’s repertoire until today. Sapramouse is a true testament of the fact that today's children can be attracted by far less spectacular creations from the ones including modern technology; only they have to be convincing both in terms of their texts and realization. The popular show that has lived to see a record number of replays (almost 1.700), has had travelled more than halfway around the world.

The performance Sapramouse was restaged in 2016, when we marked the 40^th anniversary of the original release of the eponymous picture book and the 30^thanniversary of this legendary fairy tale’s first staging in our theatre. Its visual designer Jaka Judnič offered a variety of animation solutions for his charming puppet heroes, designed according to the remarkable style of his animated films from the mid-eighties. Milko Lazar made some new musical arrangements. On this occasion the sound of the performance was recorded anew as well.  

PREMIERE: 6th October 2016, Grand Stage LGL