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Performances for children

Room on the Broom
3+
50 minutes
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler

Room on the Broom

Puppetry performance

Direction: Jaka Ivanc

Room on the Broom is yet another hit, written by Scottish writer Julia Donaldson, who is an old acquaintance of Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and her loyal collaborator - German illustrator -, Axel Scheffler. 
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Barley and the Boat
3+
30 minutes
Anja Štefan

Barley and the Boat

Puppetry performance
Director: Barbara Bulatović

Barley lives near the lake. He plays on its shores every day. He floats his tiny boats on the lake and wishes to have a real boat ...
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The Wizard of Oz
4+
60 minut
Lyman Frank Baum, Jera Ivanc

The Wizard of Oz

A musical fairy tale
Režiserka: Yulia Kristoforova

The Wizard of Oz is the story of an unusual journey across the Land of Oz, where Dorothy, the protagonist, makes three new friends who join her in her quest to find the all-knowing, all-seeing and all-powerful Wizard of Oz.
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The Tenth Daughter
6+
45 minutes
Katarina Planinc

The Tenth Daughter

Puppetry performance
Director: Lucija Trobec

A performance about a girl who must leave her home and embark on a journey where she learns about the world and herself, based on the archetypal motif of the tenth same-sex child who is bound to leave the family home. As a self-reliant wanderer she faces the challenges of growing up and forming her identity
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Emil and the Detectives
6+
70 minutes
Erich Kästner

Emil and the Detectives

A detective story
Director: Ajda Valcl

The performance Emil and the Detectives is based on a novel for children by the German writer Erich Kästner (1899–1974) who is certainly acknowledged as one of the most widely read children’s writers. The novel, which was first published in 1929, is Kästner’s first and also most popular children’s...
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Gora
45 minutes
Tajda Lipicer, Giulio Settimo

Gora

Puppetry performance

Direction: Giulio Settimo

The story reaches back to a time before time, when giants of all kinds slowly reshaped the great plain by moving stones. Inspired by Old Faith (or nature-based spirituality) preserved in the Soča Valley, the story follows an unusual giantess named Mountain, who was so small that she could hear birdsong and the sound of a flute.
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