Tin House

The performance is anchored in Magnus Mills' story Three to See the King, serving as a starting point from where the creative team takes us on a journey through the emotional landscape of the explorer Gregor's heart. “Is it more important to listen to others or to your own heart?”

On his journey in the desert, the protagonist, explorer Gregor, finds an abandoned tin house. Despite the house being neglected, nearly destroyed and abandoned, Gregor chooses to move into it. Life in the desert is hard, nonetheless Gregor is happy in his new home. He modestly furnishes his newfound home, crafting his own world with his own set of rules.

His neighbours, unsupportive of his lifestyle, repeatedly question how he could find satisfaction in a home and life like his. Gregor begins doubting in his decision. He ponders whether or not he is truly happy. His friend Maja appears, who, like his neighbours, wants to change and convince him.

In the end, succumbing to the pressure, Gregor accepts and begins to conform to their opinions. Will Gregor’s new path truly lead him somewhere nicer? Will he be happier?

Directed by young director Jana Nunčič, the puppet performance crafted by building visual and sound landscapes will be featured in the experiential BiTheater programme which provides young budding puppet artists the opportunity to explore the width and depths of contemporary puppet art.

Premiere: 16 January 2025, Kulturnica LGL

BiTeater has long been a programme set of Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana. The programme has to some extent changed its focus over the years, but has always maintained the nature of a platform intended for young theatre creators, providing them with opportunities for their artistic development and creation. This will continue to be the case in the future, although BiTeater performances will now put a greater emphasis on the puppetry medium, which Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana perceives as including very broad forms and ideas. The performances created within the BiTeater programme will continue to be conceived as solo projects or performances involving a small number of performers, centred around a young theatre artist, who is the architect of the idea and (often but not necessarily) also one of the performers. BiTeater is a programme set that encourages the upcoming generation of theatre artists to enter the world of puppets and puppetry and find their own original puppet expression as directors, actors, visual artists, costume designers, set designers, dramaturges...