Category:Theatre & Dance

The performing arts in Slovenia have already long-extended beyond the stages of theatres and cultural centres. Discover groups, producers and festivals related to theatre, dance, puppetry, opera and hybrid forms in-between.

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Maribor Theatre Festival

Every year since 1966, Slovenian theatres have gathered for the Maribor Theatre Festival. This prestigious event, organised by and held at the Slovene National Theatre Maribor, is the largest review of Slovenian theatre production. The festival bestows the Borštnik Ring Award, the highest accolade for theatre actors in Slovenia. Additionally, Borštnik Awards are bestowed for outstanding achievements in directing, acting and other categories.

Glej Theatre

Established in 1970, Glej Theatre is the oldest independent performing arts venue in Ljubljana. An important theatre production and education institution, Glej has been striving to explore theatrical practices in novel and daring ways ever since its early days. It remains a place open to unorthodox approaches and theatrical research, fore-fronting the upcoming generations of artists.

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1 Oct 2025

30 Jun 2026

Bratislava

Slovakia

Architecture

Bratislava Castle

International exhibition “Josip Plečnik, Central European Architect” presenting the work of Jože Plečnik (1872–1957), curated by Damjan Prelovšek, Vladimír Šlapeta, Boris Podrecca and Zdeněk Lukeš.

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Supported by: Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Bratislava

28 May 2026

30 Jun 2026

Vienna

Austria

Comic art Visual arts

VAM Vienna Art Market

Vienna Comix Week

"Dirty Thirty: Thirty Years of Making a Scene", the Stripburger collective presenting the three decades of working on and creating the alternative scene itself

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Produced by: Strip CorePromoted by: Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA)

14 May 2026

7 Jul 2026

Oravský Podzámok

Slovakia

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Oravský Podzámok št. 9

SLOV-SLOV Dimension Exhibition

The exhibition aim at showing the similarities and differences in cultural tradition and everyday life of Slovenia and Slovakia. The two countries have similar names and are often confused for each other. Many cultural and lifestyle features are shared, too.

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Organized by: Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Bratislava

13 Jun 2026

21 Jun 2026

Istanbul

Turkey

Film

Aynali Geçit venue

DOKUMENTARIST, Istanbul Documentary Days

One of the region’s leading documentary film festivals focusing on pressing social and global issues, presents also two films by Slovenian authors: The Other Side of the Pipe (2025) directed by Marko Kumer Murč and White Veil (2025) directed by Žiga Ciber.

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Co-produced by: Film FactorySupported by: Slovenian Film CentrePromoted by: Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Ankara

17 Apr 2026

12 Jun 2026

Vienna

Austria

Music Visual arts

Slowenisches Kulturzentrum Korotan

"To See the World" /"Videti svet" is a photography exhibition that presents Andrej Grilc's photographs “World Portraits”, featuring portraits of people from diverse and disappearing cultures. The opening concert presents the Vienna string quartet Ensemble Lux presenting works by contemporary composers Nina Šenk, Thomas Wally, and Kaija Saariaho.

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Supported by: Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA)

16 May 2026

7 Jun 2026

Sakaide

Japan

Visual arts

Sakaide Civic Art Museum

The exhibition "Slovenian Great Artists - Drawings and works on paper" features works of ten Slovene Artists - Zoran Mušič, Gabrijel Stupica, Bogdan Borčič, Janez Bernik, Andrej Jemec, Franc Novinc, Herman Gvardjančič, Branko Suhy, Jožef Muhič and Črtomir Frelih on the occassion of the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Museum in Sakaide.