Week of Slovenian Drama

Contact

Teden slovenske drame

Glavni trg 6, SI-4000 Kranj

http://www.tsd.si

pgk@pgk.si

Phone386 (0) 4 280 4900

Organised byPrešeren Theatre Kranj

Frequencyannual (2020 postponed due to COVID-19 situation)

Festival dates27.3.2024 - 13.4.2024

Events abroad

Past Events

• 9 Mar 2024

  Germany München Residenztheater

  
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  A performance of "Antigone and Trifold Life of Antigone - Antigona in Trojno življenje Antigone" by director Mateja Koležnik, adapting Sophocles's drama and Slavoj Žižek's specific reinterpretation of the myth and the drama. Produced by Residenztheater München in the scope of Week of Slovenian Drama.

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Visual identity for the 54th Week of Slovenian Drama, 2024. Author: Damjan Ilić (Grupa Ee)

Organised annually by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj since 1971, the prestigious theatre festival Week of Slovenian Drama presents the most successful performances based on a Slovene play or text and staged in the last season by Slovene theatres. The festival, which usually runs for nearly 2 weeks, concludes with a ceremony at which several awards are bestowed. The Grum Award is given for the best original Slovene play and the Award for a young playwright is given to the best play written by a young Slovene playwright. The Grün-Filipič Award is awarded for excellence in dramaturgy. Two awards are given for the best staging of a Slovene play appearing at the festival: the Šeligo Award, decided on by an expert jury, and the Audience Award, voted for by the festival audience.

Programme

Photo of the author's project, based on the motifs of Slovenian folk songs, titled Women in dough, directed by Živa Bizovičar, Slovenian National Theatre Drama Ljubljana. The play was honored with the Šeligo Award at the Week of Slovenian Drama in 2023. Photo: Peter Uhan

Besides showcasing national productions, the programme also includes presentations of international stagings of Slovene plays. Thus far, the festival has hosted performances from Austria, Japan, Montenegro, Great Britain, Serbia, Slovakia, Luxembourg, etc. Prešeren Theatre Kranj works hard to further expand the international part of the festival by devising round-table discussions involving famous dramatists, experts on theatre, producers, and publishers. An important contribution to the promotion of the creation of Slovenian drama are annual playwriting workshops led by prominent playwrights from Slovenia and abroad, as well as reading performances and Nominees' days, which are intended for comprehensive presentations of nominated plays and are created in cooperation with the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) and the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.

Photo of the Day of Nominees for the Slavko Grum Award at the 53rd Week of Slovenian Drama. Photo: Urška Boljkovac

Photo of the performance Usedline (Sediments), directed by Žiga Divjak at Ljubljana City Theatre (MGL). In 2023, the play received a special award from the Week of Slovenian Drama. The jury commended the efficient staging process, and the audience awarded it as the best staging. Photo: Peter Giodani

Photos of the exhibition of posters in front of Prešeren Theatre Kranj, featuring productions of the 53rd Week of Slovenian Drama. Photo: Maša Pirc

Photos of the exhibition of posters in front of Prešeren Theatre Kranj, featuring productions of the 53rd Week of Slovenian Drama. Photo: Maša Pirc

See also

• Grum Award
• Grün-Filipič Award
• Šeligo Award
• Prešeren Theatre Kranj

External links

• Week of Slovenian Drama website