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Stage adaptation of Vinko Möderndorfer's novel A Second Past, directed by Luka Marcen, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje 2023. Photo: Uroš Hočevar

The Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje (Slovensko ljudsko gledališče Celje) was founded by Municipality of Celje in 1950 as a professional theatre company with resident artistic and technical crew, and agile administration. The artistic team consists of app. twenty resident actors, a dramaturg, a speech adviser, and the artistic director. In all, the theatre team includes 70 employees.

Annually, it produces up to 6 new productions, one of them dedicated to young audience, and present over 220 performances at home and on tours in Slovenia and internationally, for about 60,000 spectators. SLG Celje remains firmly committed to meeting and exceeding the audiences’ expectations and creating contemporary theatre of highest quality and artistic excellence.

Since 1992, the theatre organizes a yearly festival Days of Comedy and a biennial public call for a Gracious Comedy Quill Award to an original Slovenian comedy text.

Programme

SLG Celje annually produces around 5 performances for the adult audience and 1 for children. It has an ensemble of 23 professional actors and collaborates with renowned Slovene directors, such as Diego de Brea, Jernej Lorenci, Vito Taufer, Dušan Mlakar, etc. Its programme includes works of all genres, from classical drama texts to comedies and experimental projects, usually presented at the theatre's smaller venue, Oderpododrom (in English: "stageunderstage"), and often include first Slovene stagings of internationally renowned plays, as was the case in the 2009/2010 season, the programme of which comprised exclusively first Slovene stagings. Among others, the programme included David Mamet's Romance [Romanca], directed by Matjaž Zupančič; Bridget O'Connor's The Flags [Zastave], directed by Matjaž Latin; and Ivana Djilas's staging Tom Sawyer and Devil's Business [Tom Sawyer in vražji posli], based on Milica Piletić's novel of the same name.

Scene from the play Assault, a production based on the life and work of Slovenian Partisan poet Karel Destovnik – Kajuh. Directed by Živa Bizovičar, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje 2023. Author: Jaka Babnik

Scene from the bitter comedy Paradise, directed by Matteo Spiazzi, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje 2023. Author: Uroš Hočevar

SLG Celje also hosts around 50 guest events every year, including foreign productions. Its most popular event is the traditional Days of Comedy festival, where the theatre's productions are also awarded. Most recently, SLG Celje's actress Barbara Vidovič received the 2008 Gracious Comedy Actor Award for her appearance in the theatre's first Slovene staging of Richard Bean's witty political farce In the Club [Evrofilija], directed by Boris Kobal.

Oderpododrom

SLG Celje also encourages production of more experimental performances, also by a younger generation of theatre makers. Thus the Oderpododrom presented in 2007 Mare Bulc's staging of Parasites [Paraziti] by the contemporary German author Marius von Mayenburg, dealing with the hopeless existence of 5 protagonists, condemned to live on the dark side of life; in 2008 Miha Golob's staging of Ionesco's The Chairs [Stoli]; and in 2009 Luka Martin Škof's staging of Milan Jesih's Leotard [Triko], which through fragmented scenes shows some archetypal and comical situations from everyday life of couples. This performance received two satyrs at the 2009 Slovene Festival of Chamber Theatre (SKUP), namely for best direction and best actress, which went to Anica Kumer, also the recipient of the 2003 Borštnik Ring Award.

Compendiums

On the 55th anniversary of its activities, the Slovene People's Theatre published in 2006 a compendium documenting the past twenty years of its history, covering all productions from 1986 (when the first compendium of this kind was published, including information about productions from the theatre's beginnings to 1986) to 2005, including casts of individual performances, excerpts from reviews and programme notes, and photo materials. The publication is available only in Slovenian.

Venue

Type of venue: theatre
main use: drama, puppetry
seating: 350 seats total, comprising 220 stalls, 85 balcony
proscenium opening: 8m W x 8m H
performing area: 10m W x 11m D x 12m H, flat wooden stage floor suitable for dance
apron stage: 3m D
wing spaces: 2m W SR, 2m W SL
soft hangings: black house curtain, black legs and borders
lighting: 20-channel lighting desk, 20 x 2.5 kw dimmers
sound: 16-channel mixer, power amplifiers and loudspeakers, 12 wireless microphones
backstage: 2 dressing rooms accommodating 20 persons, technical staff available
availability: available for hire

External links

Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje website
Festival Days of Comedy web page
Slovene People's Theatre architecture - the history of the building from the "Theatre Architecture in Central Europe" web database

Gallery

Poster for the play A Second Past, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje 2023.

The team of awarded comedy All for Free! All for Free! with the gracious comedian Vesna Pernarčič in the middle and the gracious director Ajda Valcl beside her, Days of Comedy 2023. Photo: Jaka Babnik

Stage adaptation of Vinko Möderndorfer's novel A Second Past, directed by Luka Marcen, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje 2023. Photo: Uroš Hočevar

The Noblemen of Teharje 2008

Poster for the play Assault, a production based on the life and work of Slovenian Partisan poet Karel Destovnik – Kajuh, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje 2023.

Scene from the bitter comedy Paradise, directed by Matteo Spiazzi, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje 2023. Author: Uroš Hočevar

Scene from the play Assault, a production based on the life and work of Slovenian Partisan poet Karel Destovnik – Kajuh. Directed by Živa Bizovičar, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje 2023. Author: Jaka Babnik

Scene from the existentialist play No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, directed by Mateja Kokol, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje 2023.

Scene from the existentialist play No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, directed by Mateja Kokol, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje 2023. Author: Uroš Hočevar

A. P. Čehov's performance "Jaz vas Ljubim" directed by Nikola Zavišić, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje,2010-11

Lee Hall's performance "Knapi slikarji" directed by Samo M. Strelec, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje,2010-11

Erich Kästner's "Anna Louise and Anton" directed

by Jaka Andrej Vojevec, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje, 2011-12

Richard Bean's Bread, directed by Jernej Kobal, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje, 2012-13

"Shocking Shopping" written and directed by Matjaž Zupančič, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje, 2012-13

Poster for the play No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, directed by Mateja Kokol, Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje 2024.

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+The [[Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje]] (''Slovensko ljudsko gledališče Celje'') was founded by Municipality of Celje in [[established::1950]] as a professional theatre company with resident artistic and technical crew, and agile administration. The artistic team consists of app. twenty resident actors, a dramaturg, a speech adviser, and the artistic director. In all, the theatre team includes 70 employees.
+Annually, it produces up to 6 new productions, one of them dedicated to young audience, and present over 220 performances at home and on tours in Slovenia and internationally, for about 60,000 spectators. [[Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje| SLG Celje]]  remains firmly committed to meeting and exceeding the audiences’ expectations and creating contemporary theatre of highest quality and artistic excellence.
+Since 1992, the theatre organizes a yearly festival [[Days of Comedy]] and a biennial public call for a Gracious Comedy Quill Award to an original Slovenian comedy text.
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Difference between revisions of "Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje"

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Contents

Programme

Oderpododrom

Compendiums

Venue

See also

External links

Gallery

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