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[[Nova pošta|The New Post Office]] is the name of both a venue and a project conceived and operated jointly by the [[Maska Institute]] and [[Mladinsko Theatre]]. Located since [[Established::2017]] in the premises of a former post office a short step away from the main Mladinsko building, it provides space for smaller-scale theatre performances, talks, workshops and festivals devised by the two organisations separately or in collaboration, with the express aim of exploring contemporary political and social themes through performance, dialogue and confrontation.
 
[[Nova pošta|The New Post Office]] is the name of both a venue and a project conceived and operated jointly by the [[Maska Institute]] and [[Mladinsko Theatre]]. Located since [[Established::2017]] in the premises of a former post office a short step away from the main Mladinsko building, it provides space for smaller-scale theatre performances, talks, workshops and festivals devised by the two organisations separately or in collaboration, with the express aim of exploring contemporary political and social themes through performance, dialogue and confrontation.
 
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==Background==
 
==Background==
  
Emerging from an idea, advanced by directors [[Sebastijan Horvat]] and [[Žiga Divjak]], for a new use for the site, The New Post Office began (and has continued) as a nimbler way of working, as the fairly rigid frameworks (premieres, specific rehearsal periods and the like) that govern most theatres and theatre companies could largely be dispensed with. Despite the setback to the project caused by Maska's temporary loss of state programme funding, the two organisations managed to stage a total of 38 events in the first year. Highlights after the first season include performances of ''6'', which also enjoyed subsequent festival appearances in Hungary and Croatia and won the Borštnik Grand Prix the [[Maribor Theatre Festival]] in 2018. It is a hard-hitting play about asylum seekers in Slovenia, a theme followed up in 2020's ''Gejm'' (The Game), whose text is based on testimonies from the Border Violence Monitoring Network database.
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Emerging from an idea, advanced by directors [[Sebastijan Horvat]] and [[Žiga Divjak]], for a new use for the site, The New Post Office began (and has continued) as a nimbler way of working, as the fairly rigid frameworks (premieres, specific rehearsal periods and the like) that govern most theatres and theatre companies could largely be dispensed with. Despite the setback to the project caused by Maska's temporary loss of state programme funding, the two organisations managed to stage a total of 38 events in the first year. Highlights after the first season include performances of ''6'', which also enjoyed subsequent festival appearances in Hungary and Croatia and won the Borštnik Grand Prix the [[Maribor Theatre Festival]] in 2018. It is a hard-hitting play about asylum seekers in Slovenia, a theme followed up in 2020's ''Gejm'' (The Game), whose text is based on testimonies from the Border Violence Monitoring Network database. Other highlights include a short cycle of films by controversial German director Christoph Schlingensief, a short season of plays in 2018 by rising star Simona Semenič, with two performances in English at [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station|Stara Elektrarna]], and two festivals in 2019: the [[Performance Festival]] and the [[Sex and Theatre Festival]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Maska Institute]]
 
* [[Maska Institute]]
 
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* [[Mladinsko Theatre]]
 
 
 
 
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
* [https://mladinsko.com/en/new-post-office/ The New Post Office web page]
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* [https://mladinsko.com/en/new-post-office/ New Post Office website]
* [http://www.asociacija.si/si/2019/05/05/dobre-prakse-nvo-v-kulturi-nova-posta/ About The New Post Office], Good practice, a cycle of blog posts by Asociacija (in Slovenian)
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* [https://www.facebook.com/mladinskoNovaPosta New Post Office, Facebook]
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* [https://vimeo.com/mladinsko Mladinsko Theatre, Vimeo, with New Post Office content]
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* [http://www.asociacija.si/si/2019/05/05/dobre-prakse-nvo-v-kulturi-nova-posta/ Discussion of the early years of the New Post Office, Asociacija, May 2019](in Slovenian)
  
  
 
[[Category:Venues]]
 
[[Category:Venues]]
 
[[Category:Theatre venues]]
 
[[Category:Theatre venues]]

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The New Post Office is the name of both a venue and a project conceived and operated jointly by the Maska Institute and Mladinsko Theatre. Located since 2017 in the premises of a former post office a short step away from the main Mladinsko building, it provides space for smaller-scale theatre performances, talks, workshops and festivals devised by the two organisations separately or in collaboration, with the express aim of exploring contemporary political and social themes through performance, dialogue and confrontation.


Background

Emerging from an idea, advanced by directors Sebastijan Horvat and Žiga Divjak, for a new use for the site, The New Post Office began (and has continued) as a nimbler way of working, as the fairly rigid frameworks (premieres, specific rehearsal periods and the like) that govern most theatres and theatre companies could largely be dispensed with. Despite the setback to the project caused by Maska's temporary loss of state programme funding, the two organisations managed to stage a total of 38 events in the first year. Highlights after the first season include performances of 6, which also enjoyed subsequent festival appearances in Hungary and Croatia and won the Borštnik Grand Prix the Maribor Theatre Festival in 2018. It is a hard-hitting play about asylum seekers in Slovenia, a theme followed up in 2020's Gejm (The Game), whose text is based on testimonies from the Border Violence Monitoring Network database. Other highlights include a short cycle of films by controversial German director Christoph Schlingensief, a short season of plays in 2018 by rising star Simona Semenič, with two performances in English at Stara Elektrarna, and two festivals in 2019: the Performance Festival and the Sex and Theatre Festival

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