Awards

Tunnel

Miha Arh, Gašper Malnar, Barbara Kanc, Filip Šebšajevič, prize for their collective performance, 37th International Theatrical Festival VALISE, june 2024, Łomża, Poland
Miha Golob, award for direction, 26^thinternational puppet festival Golden Sparkle, May 2024, Kragujevac, Serbia
The Golden Stage Cross (Auksinių scenos kryžių) in the category of creations for children and young people (as a co-production of the Klaipeda Puppet Theatre and the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre)

Catch me!

2017: special award for dramatic text (Saša Eržen), award for best direction (Silvan Omerzu) and the award for best actress (Martina Maurič Lazar) and best actor (Brane Vižintin), International Puppet Festival “Golden Sparkle”, Kragujevac, Serbia
2015: honorary mention for animation (Martina Maurič Lazar and Brane Vižintin), Mateřinka International Festival, Liberec, Czech Republic
2013: 25 Golden Stars awarded by a children’s jury, Summer Puppet Pier, Maribor
2013: award for acting and animation (Martina Maurič Lazar and Brane Vižintin), Biennial of Puppetry Artists of Slovenia, Maribor

Crime and Punishment (produced by the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television and the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre)

2017: Award of The Association of Theatre Critics and Researchers of Slovenia for the best performance of the previous season (2016/2017)

Little Salamander Goes Across the Road

2014: award for direction (Matija Solce), PIF – International Puppet Theatre Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2013: award for an innovative authorial approach (Matija Solce), Golden Stick, Ljubljana
2013: award for an intelligent approach to children’s theatre, for the comfortable and tender shelter it offered to the audience, and especially the jury members on the last day of the festival, Tallinn Treff International Festival, Tallinn, Estonia

Turlututu

2014: award for innovative interactivity, The Magic Curtain International Festival, Targovishte, Bulgaria
2014: 25 Golden Stars awarded by a children’s jury, Summer Puppet Pier, Maribor
2015: award for best performance for pre-school children, 16^th Golden Stick Festival of Performing Arts for Children and Young People, Ljubljana

Little Luna and Big Luna

2014: award for best costume design (Alan Hranitelj), Naj, naj, naj festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2011: Golden Pippi, Pippi’s Festival, Velenje

Animal Farm

Romeo & Juliet

2012: Grand Prix – award for best performance, TIBA International Festival, Belgrade, Serbia

The Tinderbox

2012: award for costume design (Iztok Hrga), 2012UNIMA World Puppetry Festival, Chengdu, China
2010: award for animation (Maja Kunšič, Gašper Malnar and Iztok Lužar), Summer Puppet Pier, Maribor
2010: award for the role in the performance (Gašper Malnar), Summer Puppet Pier, Maribor
2010: award for best performance, Summer Puppet Pier, Maribor

Doctor Faustus

2012: award for the preservation of tradition, International Festival of Children’s Theatre, Banjaluka, Republic of Srpska
2009: award for the preservation of the tradition of the in-house marionette theatre (the LGL ensemble headed by Iztok Jereb), PIF – International Puppet Theatre Festival, Zagreb, Croatia

The Four Musicians

2011: award for animation and music performance (Martina Maurič Lazar, Polonca Kores, Gašper Malnar and Miha Arh), PIF – International Puppet Theatre Festival, Zagreb
2011: award of the children’s jury for best show, PIF – International Puppet Theatre Festival, Zagreb
2011: award for music in interaction with the animation of objects (Matija Solce), Biennial of Puppetry Artists of Slovenia, Maribor
2010: award for an interesting staging and an innovative contact with the youngest audience, Lutke International Puppet Theatre Festival, Ljubljana

A Boxer’s Heart

Sleeping Beauty

2008: award for best show, PIF – International Puppet Theatre Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2008: award for puppet creation (Jan Kocman), Zagreb, Croatia
2009: award for best performance, International Puppet Festival “Golden Sparkle”, Kragujevac, Serbia
2010: award for metaphorical imagination, International Theatrical Festival Valise, Łomża, Poland

Krabat

2015: award for best music (Leonard Evers), IX. International Puppet Theatre for Adults “PIERROT”, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

Duck, Death and the Tulip

2015: award for best acting and animation (Asja Kahrimanović and Polonca Kores), 8^th Biennial of Puppetry Artists of Slovenia, Maribor
2015: award for best visual design (Federica Ferrari), 8^th Biennial of Puppetry Artists of Slovenia, Maribor
2015: Grand Prix for the best overall production, 48^th PIF – International Puppet Theatre Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2015: award for animation and acting (Asja Kahrimanović and Polonca Kores), 48^th PIF – International Puppet Theatre Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2015: award for music (Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar), 48^th PIF – International Puppet Theatre Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2015: award for lighting design (Fabrizio Montecchi), 48^th PIF – International Puppet Theatre Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2015: award for best performance for young people, 16^th Golden Stick Festival of Performing Arts for Children and Young People, Ljubljana
2016: second prize for the performance, International Puppet Festival “Golden Sparkle”, Kragujevac, Serbia
2016: award for best music (Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar), International Puppet Festival “Golden Sparkle”, Kragujevac, Serbia
2016: Grand Prix, 25^thInternational Theatrical Festival Valise, Łomża, Poland
2016: award for a poetic interpretation of the story, International Puppet Theatre Festival, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2016: award for best original music (Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar), International Children’s Theatre Festival, Subotica, Serbia

Pinocchio

2015: special jury award for animation and interpretation (Miha Arh), 8^th Biennial of Puppetry Artists of Slovenia, Maribor
2015: award for best music (Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar), 8^th Biennial of Puppetry Artists of Slovenia, Maribor

Emil and the Detectives

2015: Golden Pippi, Pippi’s Festival, Velenje
2015: award for best performance for schoolchildren, 16^th Golden Stick Festival of Performing Arts for Children and Young People, Ljubljana