Season programe 15+

Our 15+ season programme features performances designed not only for school-age audiences, but also for other young people—students, those still in school or already working, whether in stable jobs or not—the young at heart, and everyone in between. In short: anyone aged 15 and over.

Benefits of Season
programe 15+

affordability (40 euros, 7 performances),
the subscription can count as part of compulsory elective courses in high schools,
performance times are commuter-friendly, with shows starting at 6 PM.

with your free time in mind (performances are not on weekends or during holidays)
subscribers of season programme can visit the Puppet Museum at Ljubljana Castle for free with prior notice.

Registration is closed.
We reserve the right to change the programme. The premiere of the performance The Land of Sad Dogs has been postponed, so the replacement performance Transport: Departure has been included in the 15+ season programme.

15+

40 minutes Tin Grabnar, Ajda Rooss

Transport: Departure

Hyper-realistic miniature
Director: Tin Grabnar

The performance Transport: Departure is part of the international Creative Europe Transport project, initiated by Slovenian director Tin Grabnar. In the 2024/2025 season, it connects six theatres from Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, and Poland.

15+

55 minutes La Pendue

Tria Fata

Guest performance

La Pendue (Francija)

An award-winning cabaret performance about a puppeteer and a musician who weave life and death into an unusual and grotesquely humorous dance. With beautiful images, live music, and a dreamlike mixture of humor and darkness, the performance acts as an entrance into a giant kaleidoscope.

15+

60 minutes Jiří Zeman, Martina Maurič Lazar

The Power

A Puppet Miniature

Direction: Jiří Zeman, Martina Maurič Lazar

In this performance the creators explore the field of an intimate puppet-object theatre. They found the materials that allow a double glimpse into the theme of power, the objects that enlarge or reduce, draw nearer or distance, hide or reveal the seen.

15+

50 minutes Franz Pocci, Célia Houdart

Open the Owl

Intermedia interpretation of The Castle of Owls
Director: Renaud Herbin

The performance Open the Owl brings back to stage the miniature characters from the performance Sovji grad (The Owl Castle), created by Slovenian puppeteer Milan Klemenčič back in 1936. (french subtitles)

15+

45 minutes Gledališče El Patio (Španija)

Insides

Guest performance

El Patio Theatre (Spain)

The award-winning Spanish hit in object theatre delves into the interior of the human body and creates an intimate and unique anatomy lesson that explores man and his existence in a unique way.

15+

60 minutes Ivan Cankar

The Tale of Šimen Sirotnik

Object Theatre
Director: Jernej Potočan

Cankar's hero, Šimen Sirotnik, is a labourer who has worked all his life for the good of others and at the end of his life, exhausted and written off, embarks on his last journey across the country through the landscapes of systemic ignorance. On the day he is released, he reacts with resignation - in contrast to his more...

15+

60 minut Kalle Nio, Fernando Melo, Harry Salmenniemi

Tempo

Festival co-production

Direction: Kalle Nio

The performance Tempo deals with time – its perception, acceleration, deceleration, and end. Finnish visual artist Kalle Nio, who performed at the Lutke Festival in 2016 with his show Odhod (Departure), is now collaborating with choreographer Fernando Mel and three exceptional dancers, including Slovenian Barbara Kanc.