Laibach: “We don’t belong to one state only – we belong to all of them”
Laibach on their show Wir sind das Volk, based on the work of Heiner Müller, the relationship between the military, music and theatre, and the art of provocation
Everything OK
Simona Hamer’s witty new play about a group of people in a corporate team-building exercise, at SNG Drama Ljubljana
The Party
Ivica Buljan directs a stage version of Sally Potter’s film about a volatile gathering of the British upper middle classes at SNG Drama Ljubljana
Mittelfest issues open call for Balkan and Central European artists
Mittelyoung – part of Mittelfest – has issued an open call for Italian, Central-European and Balkan makers of theatre, music, dance, circus and multidisciplinary arts.
Trimalchio’s Dinner
Bojana Lazić directs an entertainingly meta-theatrical staging based on Petronius’s Satyricon for Slovensko mladinsko gledališče
Fever
Žiga Divjak’s new work for Slovensko mladinsko gledališče finds an intriguing form for exploring the complex and emotive subject matter of environmental crisis.
Miss Julie
Haris Pašović directs Strindberg’s play at Madlenianum Theatre in Belgrade setting it in contemporary Slovenia.
Mateja Koležnik: “Art is a tool to open people’s minds”
Mateja Koležnik’s production of The Crucible (Hexenjagd) is currently being presented by the Berliner Ensemble. Tom Mustroph talks to the director about the political climate in Slovenia and why we now live in the digital Middle Ages.