Konj Puppet Theatre

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Gledališče lutk Konj

Masarykova 28, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.drustvo-lu.si

Phone386 (0) 31 640828

Events abroad

Past Events

• 18 Nov 2016

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  30 Nov 2016

  Croatia Osijek Branko Mihaljević Children's Theatre

  
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  Duck, Death and the Tulip, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, You Catch!, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre, and Doctor Faustus, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 7th Lutkokaz Puppetry Festival

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 6 Apr 2016

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  11 Apr 2016

  United Kingdom Aberdeen,Cumbernauld,Glenrothes,Lochgelly,North Berwick Cumbernauld Theatre,Lochgelly Centre,North Berwick Community Centre,Rothes Halls,The Lemon Tree

  
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  Catch Me!, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre

  at the Puppet Animation Festival in Scotland

  
  

  
  

• 24 Sep 2015

  Bulgaria Stara Zagora State Opera

  
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  Krabat, co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre, at the 9th International Puppet Theatre for Adults Festival "Pierrot"

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 17 Jun 2015

  Czech Republic Liberec Naive Theatre of Liberec

  
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  You Catch!, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre, at the MATEŘINKA Festival

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 6 Jun 2015

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  30 Sep 2015

  Czech Republic Břidličná Castle Sovinec

  
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  Loutky a automaty, a puppet exhibition by Silvan Omerzu (Konj Puppet Theatre),

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 8 Feb 2014

  United Kingdom Newry

  
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  You Catch!, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre, at the Small Size, Big Festival

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 9 Nov 2013

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  13 Nov 2013

  Switzerland Winterthur Theater im Waaghaus

  
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  You Catch!, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre

  at the Festival Culturescapes

  
  

  
  

• 3 Nov 2013

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  4 Nov 2013

  Croatia Rijeka

  
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  You Catch!, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre, and The Trial or The Woeful Story of Joseph K. produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre, at the 18th Puppet Theatre Festival Rijeka

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 26 Oct 2013

  Austria St. Johann im Rosental/Šentjanž v Rožu K&K Center

  
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  You Catch!, produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre,

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 15 May 2013

  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo

  
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  You Catch! produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and co-produced by Konj Puppet Theatre at the International Festival of Puppet Theatre for Children - LUT Fest

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 20 Sep 2011

  Czech Republic Ostrava Divadlo loutek Ostrava

  
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  Forbidden Loves by Silvan Omerzu produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre

  at the Spectaculo Interesse Festival Ostrava

  
  

  
  

• 2 Sep 2011

  Croatia Zagreb

  
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  Forbidden Loves by Silvan Omerzu produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre

  at the International Puppet Theatre Festival PIF

  
  

  
  

• 20 Aug 2010

  Hungary Pécs

  
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  Forbidden Loves by Silvan Omerzu produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre

  at the Pécs International Puppet Festival for Adults

  
  

  
  

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Konj ('Horse') Puppet Theatre was established in 1993 by Silvan Omerzu, who studied fine arts in Ljubljana and then undertook puppet design and set design for puppet stages in Prague. At the outset he collaborated closely with Jan Zakonjšek in performances which were aimed at adult audiences as they were replete with macabre and obscene humour, oscillating between the noble, the grotesque and the lascivious, soapiness and aestheticism, the traditional and the contemporary. The troupe created many collaborative performances with animators Brane Vižintin and Boštjan Sever, writer Andrej Rozman-Roza, musician Erno Sebastian and other guest artists, and also prepared productions based on texts by E Duranty (Make a Coffin for Him, 1993), Lorenzo da Ponte (Don Juan, 1995), A Jarry (King Ubu, 1998) and F G Lorca (Don Cristobal Alba, 2000). Its performances were presented and awarded at festivals at home and abroad, in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, the Czech Republic and the USA. Silvan Omerzu, continued in 2001-2003 with the trilogy Stories of Life and Death premiered at Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre: Farewell, Prince was based on the drama by the Flemish playwright and mystic M de Ghelderode, while Sandmann and Councillor Krespel were based on E T A Hoffman's stories. In these productions Omerzu's grotesque puppets were transformed into refined aesthetic creatures contemplating the purpose of life, the magic of death, pure art, divine perfection and the mystery of creation. To date Omerzu has received nine international and five Slovene awards, including the Prešeren Foundation Award in 2006. In 2006 at the Mladinsko Theatre he directed a performance of Kleist based on the love correspondence between the outsider of German Romanticism, Heinrich von Kleist, and various women. In 2008 Omerzu will adapt Ivan Cankar's short story The Ward of Our Lady of Mercy for stage, transcribing the symbolist and decadent atmosphere of this work into an irresistible dramatic work. Silvan Omerzu has also engaged in the visual arts: his fine art puppet-sculpture installation Tears was presented at Božidar Jakac Gallery, Kostanjevica na Krki and at Ljubljana Castle, and was subsequently shown in Brussels in January 2008 within the scope of the Europalia project.