Theatre WORKS

Contact

Gledališče DELA

Gledališka pot 1, SI-2390 Ravne na Koroškem

http://www.zraven.si

kulturna@zraven.si

Based in the town of Ravne na Koroškem, which lies around 120 km north-east of Ljubljana and 70 km west of Maribor, Theatre WORKS, or Gledališče DELA, is a performing arts company founded by Katja Vravnik and Tea Kovše in 2012. Its work, which it describes as the production of "performative theatre plays, happenings and situations", is based largely on methods developed by the founders themselves. DELA is part of Zadruga ZRaven, a theatre and performing arts cooperative also based in Ravne, the other members of which are able to offer expertise in a wide range of disciplines, from photography, history and sociology, to audio production, composition and costume design.

Concept

The artistic output of Theatre WORKS builds on the areas of interest of its founders (Vravnik is a choreographer and visual artist, Kovše is a puppeteer and playwright) to expand the scope of contemporary dance by incorporating puppet performance, theatre, music and movement, and researching the intersections between them. The venues they use for their performances, which range from the stage (Ravne Cultural Centre, for example) to the street, the park and the abandoned hall, reflect another of their concerns, which is to explore how an audience creates itself and contributes to performance. By the end of 2020, the theatre had conceived and staged around 20 self-authored works.

active in two main areas, performance and