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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
− | The festival was conceived as part of the [[PreGlej]] programme, coordinated by [[Integrali Cultural Association]] in collaboration with [[Glej Theatre]], the main goal of which is the constitution of an elementary infrastructure for playwriting in Slovenia. Preglej na glas! Playwriting Festival thus presents an important platform for young authors, as it provides invaluable opportunities for presentations of texts and exchange of ideas and knowledges. Further, the festival aims to affirm the format of staged readings as an independent genre and promotes new modes of perception of the dramatic and the theatrical through publications of drama texts (in collaboration with [[Mentor Magazine]], [[Apokalipsa Magazine]], and the [[Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT)]]. The plays presented at the festival are staged at theatres in Slovenia as well as published in literary journals. | + | The festival was conceived as part of the [[PreGlej]] programme, coordinated by [[Integrali Cultural Association]] in collaboration with [[Glej Theatre]], the main goal of which is the constitution of an elementary infrastructure for playwriting in Slovenia. The aim of Preglej na glas! Playwriting Festival is to introduce the works of not yet established authors to the public and the theatres as well as to highlight the importance of a theoretical reflection about the possibilities of presentation, production, and integration of contemporary playwriting in the Slovene and wider space. The festival thus presents an important platform for young authors, as it provides invaluable opportunities for presentations of texts and exchange of ideas and knowledges. Further, the festival aims to affirm the format of staged readings as an independent genre and promotes new modes of perception of the dramatic and the theatrical through publications of drama texts (in collaboration with [[Mentor Magazine]], [[Apokalipsa Magazine]], and the [[Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT)]]. The plays presented at the festival are staged at theatres in Slovenia as well as published in literary journals. |
The festival publishes the festival bulletin ''Dramočlen'', comprising dramaturgical analyses of staged texts, essays, and commentaries and reflections on the festival's events, written by the participants of Glej Theatre's School of Creative Criticism and dramaturgy students of the [[Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT)]]. | The festival publishes the festival bulletin ''Dramočlen'', comprising dramaturgical analyses of staged texts, essays, and commentaries and reflections on the festival's events, written by the participants of Glej Theatre's School of Creative Criticism and dramaturgy students of the [[Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT)]]. | ||
− | 2006 | + | The 2009 programme presented, among others, 5 texts that were nominated for the [[Grum Award]], presented at the annual [[Slovene Drama Week]], and presented writers who tried their hand at performing their texts themselves. |
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+ | ==International cooperation== | ||
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+ | In 2010, the festival featured authors from Croatia, namely, Ivana Sajko's ''Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a Rose'', originally commissioned by the Austrian Steirischer Herbst, and Goran Ferčec's ''A Letter to Heiner M.'', the 2009 edition presented Serbian authors Vanja Nikolić with her play ''Connection'' and Tamara Šuškić with her play ''Voyage''. The texts were ad-hoc directed by Slovene directors. | ||
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+ | The first two festival's editions were co-produced by the New York-based ''Wax Factory''...2006 edition presented the second part of a bilateral exchange of directors, playwrights, and theatre organisations between Slovenia and the USA. | ||
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+ | In 2008, the festival organised a playwriting workshop with Sterijino Pozorje Festival, Serbia. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[PreGlej]] | * [[PreGlej]] | ||
+ | * [[Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre]] | ||
+ | * [[Slovene Drama Week]] | ||
+ | * [[Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT)]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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* [http://www.glej.si/ Glej Theatre website] | * [http://www.glej.si/ Glej Theatre website] | ||
* [http://www.integrali.si/ Integrali Cultural Association website] | * [http://www.integrali.si/ Integrali Cultural Association website] | ||
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[[Category:Festivals]] | [[Category:Festivals]] | ||
[[Category:Theatre festivals]] | [[Category:Theatre festivals]] |
Revision as of 20:17, 18 March 2010
Overview
The festival was conceived as part of the PreGlej programme, coordinated by Integrali Cultural Association in collaboration with Glej Theatre, the main goal of which is the constitution of an elementary infrastructure for playwriting in Slovenia. The aim of Preglej na glas! Playwriting Festival is to introduce the works of not yet established authors to the public and the theatres as well as to highlight the importance of a theoretical reflection about the possibilities of presentation, production, and integration of contemporary playwriting in the Slovene and wider space. The festival thus presents an important platform for young authors, as it provides invaluable opportunities for presentations of texts and exchange of ideas and knowledges. Further, the festival aims to affirm the format of staged readings as an independent genre and promotes new modes of perception of the dramatic and the theatrical through publications of drama texts (in collaboration with Mentor Magazine, Apokalipsa Magazine, and the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT). The plays presented at the festival are staged at theatres in Slovenia as well as published in literary journals.
The festival publishes the festival bulletin Dramočlen, comprising dramaturgical analyses of staged texts, essays, and commentaries and reflections on the festival's events, written by the participants of Glej Theatre's School of Creative Criticism and dramaturgy students of the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT).
The 2009 programme presented, among others, 5 texts that were nominated for the Grum Award, presented at the annual Slovene Drama Week, and presented writers who tried their hand at performing their texts themselves.
International cooperation
In 2010, the festival featured authors from Croatia, namely, Ivana Sajko's Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a Rose, originally commissioned by the Austrian Steirischer Herbst, and Goran Ferčec's A Letter to Heiner M., the 2009 edition presented Serbian authors Vanja Nikolić with her play Connection and Tamara Šuškić with her play Voyage. The texts were ad-hoc directed by Slovene directors.
The first two festival's editions were co-produced by the New York-based Wax Factory...2006 edition presented the second part of a bilateral exchange of directors, playwrights, and theatre organisations between Slovenia and the USA.
In 2008, the festival organised a playwriting workshop with Sterijino Pozorje Festival, Serbia.
See also
- PreGlej
- Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre
- Slovene Drama Week
- Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT)