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SNT Drama Ljubljana Awards at the 61st Maribor Theatre Festival

June 22, 2026 12:06 pm Published by Comments Off on SNT Drama Ljubljana Awards at the 61st Maribor Theatre Festival

The jury of the 61st Maribor Theatre Festival awarded the following awards to SNT Drama Ljubljana at the closing ceremony in Maribor: Grand Prix of the 61st Maribor Theatre Festival for Best Performance for Shakespeare’s King Lear directed by Jernej Lorenci, Borštnik Award to Jernej Lorenci for directing King Lear, Borštnik Award for Acting to... View Article


On Thursday, 18 June 2026, stage and film actress Ivanka Mežan celebrates her 100th birthday

June 19, 2026 10:24 am Published by Comments Off on On Thursday, 18 June 2026, stage and film actress Ivanka Mežan celebrates her 100th birthday

On Thursday, 18 June 2026, stage and film actress Ivanka Mežan celebrates her 100th birthday. Ivanka Mežan first stepped onto the stage of the Slovenian National Theatre in the liberated territory of Črnomelj in 1944, when she was just seventeen years old. After seeing her as Angélique in Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid, Filip Kumbatovič Kalan... View Article


Acclaimed Theatre Production King Lear with English Surtitles (23 June at 17.00)

June 3, 2026 12:34 pm Published by Comments Off on Acclaimed Theatre Production King Lear with English Surtitles (23 June at 17.00)

We are pleased to let you know that our June programme includes one of our highly successful and acclaimed productions, which will be equipped with English surtitles. King Lear has also been selected for the competitive program of the upcoming 61st Maribor Theatre Festival. This is a wonderful opportunity for international guests, tourists, and anyone... View Article


Acclaimed Theatre Production The Doctor with English Surtitles (28 May at 19.30)

May 18, 2026 2:50 pm Published by Comments Off on Acclaimed Theatre Production The Doctor with English Surtitles (28 May at 19.30)

We are pleased to let you know that our May programme includes one of our highly successful and acclaimed productions, which will be equipped with English surtitles. The Doctor has also been selected for the competitive program of the upcoming 61st Maribor Theatre Festival. This is a wonderful opportunity for international guests, tourists, and anyone... View Article


Drama is accepting applications for a new group of participants in the language and culture programme Road to Drama

January 5, 2026 11:33 am Published by Comments Off on Drama is accepting applications for a new group of participants in the language and culture programme Road to Drama

The SNT Drama Ljubljana is accepting applications for a new group of participants in the language and culture programme Road to Drama for the 2025/26 season. Join us on a year-long journey into the world of theatre arts aimed at deeper engagement and involvement in the field of culture. The programme runs from January to October 2026 and includes approximately 14... View Article


NO DRAMA, NO FUN. We wish you warm and joyful holidays and a wonderful 2026.

December 24, 2025 2:48 pm Published by Comments Off on NO DRAMA, NO FUN. We wish you warm and joyful holidays and a wonderful 2026.

We wish you warm and joyful holidays and a wonderful 2026. May the festive season bring you moments of warmth, sincerity, and shared joy, and may the year ahead inspire you with courage, creativity, and experiences worth cherishing – both with others and within yourself. Happy New Year 2026! Slovenian National Theatre Drama Ljubljana


Silva Čušin is the recipient of the Bert Prize for lifetime achievement in film acting

November 21, 2025 2:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Silva Čušin is the recipient of the Bert Prize for lifetime achievement in film acting

The Directors Guild of Slovenia, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, will present the Bert Award for lifetime achievement in film acting next Friday, November 28, at the Slovenian Cinematheque in Ljubljana. This year’s laureate is the Drama ensemble’s leading actress, Silva Čušin. “When we directors say, or hear, the name Silva, we immediately think... View Article


Drama on Summer Break: Box Office Closed from June 27 to September 1

June 30, 2025 1:07 pm Published by Comments Off on Drama on Summer Break: Box Office Closed from June 27 to September 1

We’ve just wrapped up a season of major changes. As it comes to a close, we feel deep gratitude to all of you who followed us in such great numbers on our journey from Erjavčeva to Litostrojska. In the 2024/25 season, you visited us nearly 40,000 times at our new location, filling numerous performances to... View Article


Nataša Barbara Gračner – The Recipient of the 2025 Borštnik Ring

May 26, 2025 11:53 am Published by Comments Off on Nataša Barbara Gračner – The Recipient of the 2025 Borštnik Ring

The 2025 Borštnik Ring, Slovenia’s most prestigious lifetime achievement award in theatre, will be presented to Nataša Barbara Gračner  ̶  an actress whose presence has profoundly shaped the landscape of contemporary Slovenian performing arts. With a career spanning over three decades, Gračner has crafted a body of work that is as diverse as it is... View Article


The 2024/25 season will conclude with the first Slovenian production of Robert Icke’s play The Doctor, directed by Martin Kušej

April 17, 2025 7:01 pm Published by Comments Off on The 2024/25 season will conclude with the first Slovenian production of Robert Icke’s play The Doctor, directed by Martin Kušej

In the play The Doctor, internationally acclaimed and multi-award-winning British playwright and theatre director Robert Icke sets medical ethics against religious and ideological beliefs, populism, and the toxicity of public opinion. Director of the first Slovenian production, Martin Kušej, returns to the Slovenian theatre scene with The Doctor after nearly two decades of working with... View Article


The Slovak National Theatre brings award-winning production Hound Dog to the Main Stage of SNT Drama Ljubljana

April 7, 2025 3:01 pm Published by Comments Off on The Slovak National Theatre brings award-winning production Hound Dog to the Main Stage of SNT Drama Ljubljana

The Slovak National Theatre will present its critically acclaimed and multiple award-winning production Hound Dog on the Main Stage of SNT Drama Ljubljana on Saturday, April 26, at 19.30. Hound Dog, which received the prestigious Anasoft Litera Award for Best Slovak Novel in 2011, is a brilliant, magically realistic and at the same time self-ironising... View Article


Milena Zupančič is the recipient of the “Marija Vera” Lifetime Achievement Award

March 28, 2025 9:33 pm Published by Comments Off on Milena Zupančič is the recipient of the “Marija Vera” Lifetime Achievement Award

The Slovenian Association of Dramatic Artists has honoured Milena Zupančič with the prestigious “Marija Vera” Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to theatre, film, radio, and television. Milena Zupančič is one of the most prominent figures in Slovenian and European theatre, film, radio, and television. Her exceptional talent has left an indelible... View Article


Tina Vrbnjak is the recipient of the ZDUS Award for Outstanding Acting in the Last Two Years

March 28, 2025 9:33 pm Published by Comments Off on Tina Vrbnjak is the recipient of the ZDUS Award for Outstanding Acting in the Last Two Years

Over the past two years, Tina Vrbnjak has distinguished herself as a nuanced and insightful interpreter of complex female characters, navigating diverse directorial styles, performance techniques, and dramatic frameworks. With remarkable sensitivity and originality, she explores the historical portrayal of women and their societal roles, challenging conventions and shedding new light on these narratives. Her... View Article


World Theatre Day Message 2025 by Theodoros Terzopoulos

March 27, 2025 12:36 pm Published by Comments Off on World Theatre Day Message 2025 by Theodoros Terzopoulos

Can theatre hear the SOS call that our times are sending out, in a world of impoverished citizens, locked in cells of virtual reality, entrenched in their suffocating privacy? In a world of robotized existences within a totalitarian system of control and repression across the spectrum of life? Is theatre concerned about ecological destruction, global... View Article


Hungarian Production of The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen at SNT Drama Ljubljana (7 March at 19.30)

February 18, 2025 10:48 am Published by Comments Off on Hungarian Production of The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen at SNT Drama Ljubljana (7 March at 19.30)

The National Theatre of Miskolc, Hungary’s oldest and most prestigious national theatre, will present Ibsen’s renowned tragedy The Wild Duck on the Main Stage of SNT Drama Ljubljana for the first time. The performance will take place on Friday, 7 March, at 19.30. Ibsen wrote The Wild Duck in 1884, and it has been staged... View Article


Prešeren Fund Award 2025 for Director Nina Rajić Kranjac

February 18, 2025 10:45 am Published by Comments Off on Prešeren Fund Award 2025 for Director Nina Rajić Kranjac

Director Nina Rajić Kranjac has been honored with the 2025 Prešeren Fund Award for her outstanding artistic achievements, including her direction of The Mrakiad, a production based on the trilogy by Ivan Mrak, produced by SNT Drama Ljubljana. Her innovative approach and distinctive directorial vision continue to enrich Slovenian theatre, pushing creative boundaries and captivating... View Article


Performances of SNT Drama Ljubljana at the 60th Maribor Theatre Festival

February 18, 2025 10:39 am Published by Comments Off on Performances of SNT Drama Ljubljana at the 60th Maribor Theatre Festival

At this year’s jubilee 60th Maribor Theatre Festival, which will take place from June 2 to June 15 at various festival venues in Maribor, SNT Drama Ljubljana will participate with two performances. The selector, Ajda Rooss, has included the following productions in the competition program: The Welkin by Lucy Kirkwood, directed by Sebastijan Horvat, and... View Article


From September 2024, the SNT Drama Ljubljana operates in the event venue in Litostrojska cesta 56

August 20, 2024 11:07 am Published by Comments Off on From September 2024, the SNT Drama Ljubljana operates in the event venue in Litostrojska cesta 56

From September 2024, the SNT Drama Ljubljana operates in the event venue in Litostrojska cesta 56, known as L56. During the renovation of the “old” Drama in Erjavčeva cesta, the entire premises will be used exclusively for SNT Drama Ljubljana’s programme. The existing hall has been completely converted to meet the needs of the audience... View Article


Ivanka Mežan receives the Ita Rina Award

August 20, 2024 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on Ivanka Mežan receives the Ita Rina Award

Ivanka Mežan, a long-standing member of the SNT Drama Ljubljana ensemble, is this year’s recipient of the Ita Rina Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented to her at the Krafft Actors’ Film Festival in Kranj. The Ita Rina Lifetime Achievement Award in Audiovisual Arts for Ivanka Mežan is a recognition of her 80-year acting career... View Article


Drama webmail service will be unavailable on 21 and 22 August

August 19, 2024 11:53 am Published by Comments Off on Drama webmail service will be unavailable on 21 and 22 August

We are pleased to inform you that the SNT Drama Ljubljana is moving to Litostrojska cesta 56. This move marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of our theatre. Please be informed that drama.si webmail service will be temporarily unavailable on 21 and 22 August due to system upgrades. We will reply... View Article


Branko Šturbej is the winner of this year’s Borštnik Ring

May 31, 2024 12:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Branko Šturbej is the winner of this year’s Borštnik Ring

Branko Šturbej is one of the indispensable cornerstones of the repertoire not only of the Drama Ljubljana, but also of Slovenian drama theatre in the broadest sense of the word. A cursory glance at Šturbej’s cast list shows that his work in theatres with a permanent acting ensemble has been constantly complemented by his recurring... View Article


The Mrakiad, Tina Vrbnjak and Benjamin Krnetić win awards at the 54th edition of The Week of Slovenian Drama

April 11, 2024 10:09 am Published by Comments Off on The Mrakiad, Tina Vrbnjak and Benjamin Krnetić win awards at the 54th edition of The Week of Slovenian Drama

Unanimously decided by the expert jury composed of Aleš Jan (chairman), Pia Brezavšček and Mirna Rustemović, the Šeligo Award for best production of the 54th edition of The Week of Slovenian Drama was won by The Mrakiad, a production based on the trilogy by Ivan Mrak, and directed by Nina Rajić Kranjac. “The Mrakiad, presented... View Article


Polona Juh and Branko Šturbej are Gracious Comedians at 32nd Days of Comedy Festival

February 27, 2024 1:11 pm Published by Comments Off on Polona Juh and Branko Šturbej are Gracious Comedians at 32nd Days of Comedy Festival

Polona Juh is Gracious Comedienne! At the 32nd Days of Comedy Festival in Celje, she won the award for the role of Olivia in the production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, or What You Will. Congratulations, dear Polona! “Polona Juh’s grace as the mourning Countess Olivia lies in her subtle transcendence of the classic comic... View Article