Competition programme

Petra Vidali has made a decision

The selector of the 52^nd Theatre Festival, Petra Vidali, has just chosen the competition programme and soon we will confront with the best performances of the year: 

• Georg Büchner: Leonce and Lena, directed by Mateja Koležnik, produced by Ljubljana City Theatre,
• Mile Korun: The Consultant [1], directed by Nina Rajić Kranjac, produced by Ljubljana City Theatre,
• Based on Colm Tóibín’s novel The Testament of Mary: The Immaculate/Immaculata, produced by the Drama of the Slovenian National Theatre
• Simon Stephens: The Birdland, directed by Janusz Kica, produced by the Drama of the Slovenian National Theatre
• Gregor Strniša: The Cannibals, directed by Ivica Buljan, produced by by the Drama of the Slovenian National Theatre,
• After the motives of Heinrich Böll and Janis Varufakis: Powerlessness, directed by Primož Ekart, produced by Imaginarni in coproduction with Mini teater,
• The Tiger Lillies, Julian Crouch, Phelim McDermot: Shockheaded Peter, directed by Ivana Djilas, produced by Slovenian National Theatre Nova Gorica,
• The Man Who Watched the World, directed by Žiga Divjak, produced by Mladinsko Theatre,
• Agnieszka Jakimiak: Hitchcock, directed by Weronika Szczawińska, produced by Mladinsko Theatre,
• Sophocles: Antigone, directed by Eduard Miler, produced by Slovenian National Theatre Drama Ljubljana
• Bible, the First Attempt, directed by Jernej Lorenci, produced by Slovenian National Theatre Drama Ljubljana,
• The Bedbug, directed by Jernej Lorenci, produced by Prešeren Theatre Kranj in coproduction with Ptuj City Theatre.

[1] Due to recent unfortunate events, the show will not be performed at the Festival.