THUMBELINA
THUMBELINA
In Slovenian with English surtitles, 40 minutes
Friday, 27 Sep 2024┃10.00 & 17.00
Kulturnica
Target audience: 3+
Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Thumbelina has entered the canon of European children's and youth literature as one of the most tender, gentle and cheerful stories in Hans Christian Andersen's oeuvre. Andersen based the image of the thumb-sized creature on fairy tales about miniature people (such as the Lilliputians in Johnathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels). Since then, the character of the Thumbelina has embarked on its own journey to numerous film, television, literary and visual adaptations, and this time to a subtle stage adaptation by author and actress Maja Kunšič and dramaturge Tajda Lipicer.
Author: Hans Christian Andersen┃Adapted from the translation by Silvana Orel Kos: Maja Kunšič, Tajda Lipicer┃Direction: Maja Kunšič┃Dramaturgy: Tajda Lipicer┃Artwork and Set design: Zala Kalan┃Music: Zvezdana Novaković┃Costume design: Tina Kolenik┃Light design: Maša Avsec┃Decoration : Maja Cerar┃Language technology : Žiga Lebar, Zala Kalan┃Occupation : Maja Kunšič┃Show management and Sound design: Emil Koprivc, Damir Radončić┃Opening: 2023
Ljubljana Puppet Theatre is the central puppet theatre in Slovenia, which celebrated its 75th anniversary last year. Every year, it puts on ten new performances for children, young audiences and adults at six venues, combining classical puppet forms with various contemporary performance practises. The theatre also takes care of the rich heritage of Slovenian puppetry, which can be seen in the Museum of Puppetry at Ljubljana Castle.