Glej Theatre
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18 Oct 2024
19 Oct 2024
Two performances of "You Are What You Eat - Si To, Kar Ješ", a youth author's theatre play under the mentorship of Anja Pirnat, Tatjana Peršuh and ISa Gardien, produced by Glej Theatre. The play is an omnibus of rebellions. From the most banal to the big and critical in the context of the time of the former Yugoslavia. It is full of both rebels and non-rebels. And even those who resist so much that the resistance no longer makes sense
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14 Oct 2024
"Under Construction", a theatre play about society and the construction of our communities. Directed by Aljoša Lovrić Krapež and produced by Glej Theatre.
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10 Sep 2024
12 Sep 2024
Two performances of "You Are What You Eat - Si To, Kar Ješ", a youth author's theatre play under the mentorship of Anja Pirnat, Tatjana Peršuh and ISa Gardien, produced by Glej Theatre. The play is an omnibus of rebellions. From the most banal to the big and critical in the context of the time of the former Yugoslavia. It is full of both rebels and non-rebels. And even those who resist so much that the resistance no longer makes sense
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25 May 2024
A performance of "Hero 4.0 - Business as usual", by Katarina Stegnar, Boris Bezić, Lea Čehovin, and Gašper Bohinc. Produced by Glej Theatre and Moment Arts and Culture Association.
at the TESZT Festival
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2 May 2024
3 May 2024
Two performances of "You Are What You Eat - Si to, kar ješ", a show about rebellions in the context of former Yugoslavia. Produced by Glej Theatre. Supported by European Union, Public Fund for Cultural Activities of the Republic of Slovenia, and Department of Culture of Municipality of Ljubljana.
at the RESISTANCE! Youth Festival of Modern European History
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26 Nov 2023
"Heroj 4.0 - Business as Usual" - a performance by Moment Arts and Culture Association and Glej Theatre.
at the Desire Central Station
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13 Jun 2023
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25 May 2023
Serbia Belgrade Dom Kulture Studenski grad
Southwind directed by Mark Požlep and Maxime Berthou produced by Glej Theatre, SPRING Utrecht, Forceps Media
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13 Apr 2023
15 Apr 2023
Spain Olot
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13 Apr 2023
15 Apr 2023
Opium Clippers, a performance by Neja Tomšič, coproduced by Glej Theatre and MoTA Museum of Transitory Art. Related to the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Madrid
at the Festival Sismògraf
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21 Feb 2020
The theatre performance Who Am I, directed by Tijana Zinajić and co-produced by Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, Glej Theatre, delleAli Teatro, Das Letzte Kleinod, Théâtre du Pélican and @The Albany, in the frame of the international project ID:Babylon,
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18 Nov 2018
25 Nov 2018
India Mumbai Ryan International Schools
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18 Oct 2018
21 Oct 2018
United Kingdom London UN8 msdm gallery
The visual essay and performance Tea for 5 - Opium Clippers by Neja Tomšič (MoTA Museum of Transitory Art), ceramics by Anja Slapničar, supported by Glej Theatre,
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13 Oct 2018
The visual essay and performance Tea for 5 - Opium Clippers by Neja Tomšič (MoTA Museum of Transitory Art), ceramics by Anja Slapničar, and the poetry reading by Gašper Torkar, supported by Glej Theatre,
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6 Oct 2018
7 Oct 2018
The visual essay and performance Tea for 5 - Opium Clippers by Neja Tomšič (MoTA Museum of Transitory Art), ceramics by Anja Slapničar, supported by Glej Theatre, in the frame of the exhibition Postcolonial Frames/Ex Oriente
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14 Oct 2017
Potential Performance by Urška Brodar, Eva Nina Lampič, Melissa Krodman and Dani Modrej, produced by Glej Theatre and Ballhaus Ost (DE),
at the DISKURS 17 Festival
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8 Sep 2017
14 Sep 2017
Montenegro Podgorica KIC Budo Tomović,Kuslev’s House,Montenegrin Nationa Theatre
How to temper the existential revolution?, co-produced by Divja misel Institute, The Second Freedom, produced by Bunker Institute, Pekinpah Association and Kink Kong, Life®Anti, produced by Glej Theatre, Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, KD TNK and School of Arts Nova Gorica, and Chairs, produced by Mini Theatre,
at the FIAT Festival of International Alternative Theatre
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14 Jul 2017
19 Jul 2017
Madame Bovary, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, A Conference of Birds, produced by Glej Theatre, and A Continental Divide by Barbara K. Anderlič,
at the International Theatre Institute World Congress
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6 Jun 2017
7 Jun 2017
A Potential Performance by Urška Brodar, Eva Nina Lampič, Melissa Krodman and Dani Modrej, produced by Glej Theatre and Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, organised by the Theatre Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki,
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22 Oct 2016
23 Oct 2016
Eva Nina Lampič and Urška Brodar's Potential Performance, a collaborative residency project of the Glej Theatre, promoted by the Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Berlin),
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20 May 2016
Something Is Missing, produced by Glej Theatre, in the framework of the project Generation to Generation
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8 May 2016
Forest of Songs, conceived, directed and music by Peter Kus with art by Kaja Avberšek, co-produced by Glej Theatre and Federacija Institute, Animal Farm, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and Turlututu, co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
at the International Puppet Theatre Festival SommerTraumHafen
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7 May 2016
The Conference of the Birds, produced by Glej Theatre and the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), at MIT Fest Montenegro International Theatre Festival
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15 Apr 2016
This Is It, Like It or Not!, produced by Glej Theatre, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia The Hague,
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3 Nov 2015
7 Nov 2015
Forest of Songs, conceived, directed and music by Peter Kus, with art by Kaja Avberšek, co-produced by Glej Theatre and Federacija Institute, Animal Farm, produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, and Turlututu, co-produced by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, at the 20th Festival of Puppet Theatre Rijeka
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23 Oct 2015
Forest of Songs, conceived, directed and music by Peter Kus, with art by Kaja Avberšek, co-produced by Glej Theatre and Federacija Institute,
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1 Sep 2015
Forest of Songs, conceived, directed and music by Peter Kus, with art by Kaja Avberšek, co-produced by Glej Theatre and Federacija Institute, at the Luaga & Losna Festival
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7 Jul 2015
Forest of Songs, conceived, directed and music by Peter Kus, with art by Kaja Avberšek, co-produced by Glej Theatre and Federacija Institute
at the Kotor Festival of Theatre for Children
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21 Sep 2014
The Passsion of John, produced by Glej Theatre, at the 1st International Festival of Young Audience Korzo
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8 Sep 2014
14 Sep 2014
Liferanti, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, Cultural Association Teater na konfini, School of Arts, University of Nova Gorica, and Glej Theatre, The Second Freedom, produced by the Pekinpah Association and Bunker Institute, at F I A T Festival of International Alternative Theatre, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Podgorica,
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28 May 2014
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15 Nov 2013
17 Nov 2013
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23 Oct 2013
Always the Same Story, co-produced by the Maribor Puppet Theatre, and Edge, co-produced by the MKC Maribor Youth Culture Centre, Glej Theatre, and Maribor Puppet Theatre, at the 4th International Puppet Theatre Show Lutkokaz
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16 Oct 2013
20 Oct 2013
Videk’s New Shirt by Fru Fru Puppet Theatre, Forest of Song by Glej Theatre, Thumbelina by Mini Theatre, and The Enormous Turnip by Bobek Puppet Theatre at the International Puppet Festival Cikl Cakl
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14 Oct 2013
19 Oct 2013
Plays Whore by Vedrana Rudan and directed by Marko Bulc (Glej Theatre) and Happily Divorced by Iztok Valič and directed by Jaša Jamnik (Valič Theatre), and a screening of the film Good to go directed by Matevž Luzar (PAKT Media) with a special guest Milena Zupančič, and other events at the Days of Slovene culture Istria
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12 Oct 2013
14 Oct 2013
Jure Novak’s Reasons to Be Happy, produced by Glej Theatre, at the Café Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest,
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6 Jun 2013
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5 Jun 2013
17 Jun 2013
Christmas at the Ivanovs, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, Women's Comedy, by Ljubljana City Theatre (MGL), 25.671, by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj, and Whore, by Glej Theatre
at the Fadil Hadžić Satire Days
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19 May 2013
25 May 2013
Forest of Song produced by Glej Theatre and Little Sleepy Star produced by Mini Theatre
at the International Festival of Children's Theatres
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3 May 2013
5 May 2013
Doctor Faustus produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Forest of Song co-produced by Glej Theatre
at the SLUK Festival Osijek
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12 Mar 2013
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31 Jan 2013
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27 Jan 2013
29 Jan 2013
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22 Dec 2012
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11 Dec 2012
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6 Dec 2012
9 Dec 2012
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24 Nov 2012
25 Nov 2012
Reasons to be Happy produced by Glej Theatre and Zavod Poza; Damned be the Traitor of his Homeland! and Re-/de-/construction: Class Enemy produced by Mladinsko Theatre
at the Desire Festival
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15 Oct 2012
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11 Oct 2012
15 Oct 2012
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6 Oct 2012
11 Oct 2012
Lalanit and Doctor Faustus produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Mišmaš Bakery and Snow-White produced by Mini Theatre, When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw by Maribor Puppet Theatre, and How Jaromir Sought Happiness produced by Glej Theatre
at the Banja Luka International Festival of Children's Theatre
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1 Oct 2012
Jure Novak’s Reasons to Be Happy, produced by Glej Theatre
at the Impact, International Festival of Performing Arts
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23 Aug 2012
27 Aug 2012
When I Was Dead by Ernst Lubitsch, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, Whore by Vedrana Rudan, produced by Glej Theatre at the Festival of Mediterranean theatre - Purgatorije
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29 Jun 2012
1 Jul 2012
Scream, directed by Boris Kadin and produced by Glej Theatre, Misterio Bufo, directed by Marko Bratuš and produced by Glej Theatre, and How Jaromir Sought Happiness, produced by Glej Theatre,
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15 Apr 2012
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5 Mar 2012
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29 Sep 2011
Stephen King's Šajning directed by Borut Bučinel, produced by Glej Theatre
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at the PLArtFORMA festival Klaipeda
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16 Sep 2010
26 Sep 2010
Damned Be the Traitor of His Homeland!, directed by Oliver Frljić and produced by Mladinsko Theatre; The Bridge Over Blood by Damir Avdić, directed by Marko Bulc and produced by the Glej Theatre; and Exit the King, co-produced by Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana and Ex Ponto International Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Skopje,
at the International Theatre Festival MOT
Overview
The theatre emerged in the 70s from a need for an alternative space for theatrical production in Ljubljana. It was founded by a group of directors, who were inspired by evolving experimental theatre approaches and introduced them into the Slovene space, such as Lado Kralj, Dušan Jovanović, Zvone Šedlbauer, and others. Aiming for innovative and experimental approaches as well as new, more radical contents and sensibilities, the theatre has chosen its name (in English: Look) in view of the notions, developed by the American avant-garde theatre theoretician Richard Schechner. Since its beginnings, Glej has produced works that did not fit into the existing institutional theatre structures. Already in its formative years, Glej has produced a number of successful performances, most notably Bojan Štih’s Monument G [Spomenik G] (1972), directed by Dušan Jovanović, and Milan Jesih’s Bitter Fruits of Justice [Grenki sadeži pravice] (1974), directed by Zvone Šedlbauer, which strongly influenced the then Yugoslav theatre production. In the 80s, the theatre slowly moved away from radical experimental production. However, it retained its main orientation to produce works by emerging, innovative authors who were able to offer new aesthetics and emphases, and collaborated with a number of still influential Slovene directors, such as Vinko Möderndorfer, Matjaž Zupančič, and Eduard Miler. In the 90s and later, Glej increased its own production programme and opened up to different poetics, producing works of non-verbal, physical theatre by Iztok Kovač, Matjaž Pograjc, and Tomaž Štrucl, as well as promoted unorthodox approaches, exercised by Matjaž Berger, Igor Štromajer, Tomi Janežič, Sebastjan Horvat, Diego DeBrea, Jernej Lorenci, Ivana Djilas, and Emil Hrvatin. It also produced comedies by Iztok Lovrić and the group Grapefruit. In the last decade, Glej has continued to produce works of different aesthetics and genres, from classical stagings of dramatic texts and comedies to puppet and ‘post-dramatic’ performances. Its often-challenging productions were enthusiastically accepted by the audience and the expert publics, for example, Diego de Brea’s Stab in the Heart [Dvoboj] (2002), which won the special award at the Borštnik Meeting, Slovene Theatre Festival and was invited to numerous international festivals (among others the invitation was extended also by the legendary director Peter Brook), and the chamber opera Mnemosyne by Iztok Lovrić and Gregor Strniša, which won the Šeligo Award as well as the audience award at the 2007 Slovene Drama Week in Kranj.
Programme
Glej Theatre annually produces or co-produces over a dozen performances of different genres, ranging from classical dramatic stagings to physical theatre and even dance works. A number of Slovene directors and authors collaborate with the theatre on a regular basis, among others, Simona Semenić, Alen Jelen, Jure Novak, Nick Upper, Ajda Valcl, Dušan Teropšič, Nebojša Pop-Tasić, etc. The theatre also co-produced and hosted several Via Negativa performances. During the last years, Glej strives to attract larger audiences with its productions. In 2009, it has produced several successful mixed-genre performances, such as the engaged agit-prop musical Out of Principle [Iz Principa] (2009), based on the figure of Gavrilo Princip, who set seed for the start of World War I with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, a comedy Čefurji Raus (2009), directed by Marko Bulc, co-produced by No History Institute of Contemporary Arts, and based on Goran Vojnović's novel, which won the 2009 Prešeren Foundation Award, and Jelena Rusjan's debut Screetch Orchestra [Škrip Orkester] (2009), all of which toured extensively throughout Slovenia. Glej enters co-productions with a number of Slovene institutes, such as City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, ŠKUC Association, Ljubljana City Theatre (MGL), Integrali Cultural Association, KUD Nor, etc. Theatre Glej also hosts small-scale home and international theatre and physical theatre productions.
In 2000, Glej launched the programme for children Little Glej that presents puppet performances and organises theatre workshops for the youngest. Thus far, Glej has produced in the frame of the project many classical stories (Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, etc.), directed by renowned Slovene puppet artists, as well as entered co-productions, for example with the Fru Fru Puppet Theatre in 2006 for the performance Goldilocks and the Three Bears [Zlatolaska in trije medvedi], directed by Irena Rajh and Ajda Rooss. The programme invites other producers to present their performances for children at the Glej stage.
Promoting Slovene playwriting
In collaboration with the Integrali Cultural Association, Glej has introduced the pioneering programme for promotion and development of quality Slovene playwriting with the programme PreGlej. Offering a wide range of activities, PreGlej aims to establish necessary and tighter connections between young playwrights and directors and actors, as well as offers opportunities for the presentation of dramatic texts. Thus, each year the programme presents 5 to 10 public readings of new dramatic texts of emerging authors, followed by discussions with the artists and the audience. Further, PreGlej organizes the PreGlej Laboratory, a series of meetings of playwrights, directors, and dramaturges, intended to the analysis of dramatic texts before they are included into the PreGlej readings. Works, developed in the PreGlej Laboratory, were staged at Ljubljana City Theatre (MGL), Prešeren Theatre Kranj, Glej Theatre, and were published in different compendiums and journals.
In the frame of the programme, an annual PreGlej na glas! Playwriting Festival is organized in collaboration with Slovene Drama Week, Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre, Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), and Public Fund for Cultural Activities of the Republic of Slovenia (JSKD). The 2009 festival published a bulletin and a compendium of four plays, read and analysed at the festival.
International co-operation
Glej's small alternative space has also hosted numerous small-scale performances of theatre, comedy, mime, puppetry, and multimedia works. Glej is a member of the project Development of New Art (DNA) that supports talented emerging artists in the interdisciplinary field between motion, physical, dance, visual, non-verbal, and experimental theatre, who are seeking new approaches in their work. The goal of the project is to support their creative growth, transnational mobility, and professional connections with fellow artists and the audiences from all over Europe.
See also