Ljubljana is a city of numerous festivals, which celebrate different artistic communities and the joyful sharing of creative works by a diverse range of artists. These festivals elate and inspire us. However, festivals can also exclude one another because hyperproduction in such a limited space creates closed-off micro , ...

This discursive event marks a return to the starting point, providing an opportunity to re-examine the very foundations of our endeavours. The word festival derives from the Latin festivus (cheerful, joyful) or festum (feast). If a festival was actually supposed to be a ritualised social gathering that suspends everyda , ...

»If you pray more than 15 minutes a day,« Sister Karen would say, »there’s probably something wrong with you. If you have your deity in your heart, there’s no reason to beg.« This statement aptly summarises the life of Karen Boccalero (1933–1997), an American nun, visual artist, social worker, and the founder of Self H , ...

After the three dancers and the guitar riffs of the Boccalero performance have warmed us up, the penultimate evening of the festival will conclude with dancing and laughter, courtesy of Laventure (Ingrid Laventure, Ela Božič, Jan Kopač, Matevž Košutnik and Tjan Šoštarič). Ingrid Laventure is a songwriter, singer and mu , ...

A woman jumps. The body is tense, the foot extended, the arm reaching upward. For a moment, it could be a flight, a fall, ecstasy, a struggle, or some grand allegory of human aspiration. She is catching a hairdryer. There was supposedly nothing special about the life of Katja’s grandmother. Katja’s grandmother did not , ...

A woman jumps. The body is tense, the foot extended, the arm reaching upward. For a moment, it could be a flight, a fall, ecstasy, a struggle, or some grand allegory of human aspiration. She is catching a hairdryer. There was supposedly nothing special about the life of Katja’s grandmother. Katja’s grandmother did not , ...

A woman jumps. The body is tense, the foot extended, the arm reaching upward. For a moment, it could be a flight, a fall, ecstasy, a struggle, or some grand allegory of human aspiration. She is catching a hairdryer. There was supposedly nothing special about the life of Katja’s grandmother. Katja’s grandmother did not , ...

The dance performance Cage Open: A Truck Passing by a Music School (2025) by Andreja Rauch Podrzavnik and Milan Tomášik filled every seat at Stara mestna elektrarna when it premiered at CoFestival 2025. The excitement was so palpable that it seemed as though electricity might once again begin to flow through the histor , ...

17th October at 9.00 p.m., premiere 18th October at 9.00 p.m., performance with audio description* All That I Held Before It Got Away is a performative lecture that embarks, through intimate storytelling, fragments of another time and theatrical archival material, on a journey without a clear beginning or end. Along th , ...

17th October at 9.00 p.m., premiere 18th October at 9.00 p.m., performance with audio description* All That I Held Before It Got Away is a performative lecture that embarks, through intimate storytelling, fragments of another time and theatrical archival material, on a journey without a clear beginning or end. Along th , ...

Your beloved alpha males have stumbled into a delightful mess. These are strange times to be a man; the old tricks no longer charm the very people they long to impress. And so, in a rare moment of courage, they’ve decided to open their hearts to you. Yes—truly—prepare yourselves: they are ready to dive deep, strip down , ...

Clown improvise duo of the play Romeo and Juliette There are two of them, and they’ve set themselves the goal of staging *Romeo and Juliet* in one hour. They have very limited resources and speak broken English; all they know is that they want to feel less alone and untangle fact from fiction in the tragedy—even if it , ...

In science, computing, and engineering, the term black box refers to a model of a system whose internal mechanisms are not directly accessible to the observer. The organism of a black box cannot (or perhaps should not) be understood by looking inside it, but rather by observing the stimuli, data, or impulses that enter , ...

Everything has a story: every discreet glance on a train, every awkward shuffle on the sidewalk, every heavy sigh on a bench. How can we follow those stories? Who are those people, and what are their lives like? The word sonder comes from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig and means “the profound realizat , ...

Le kaj rabim? (What Do I Need?) is a long-form improvised performance created by high-school improvisers who participate throughout the year in the ŠILA (School Impro League) program run by the IMPRO Association. Under the guidance of young mentors, they developed the show during a summer camp.The performance explores , ...

Creative team/ ensemble: Ajda Tomazin, Dimitra Alfirević Srhoj, DISKOlektiv, Djordje Balmazović, Dragana Alfirević, Jana Jevtović, Liana Kalčina Srhoj, Maja Dekleva Lapajne, Marjeta Kamnikar Artistic coordination and production: Dragana Alfirević Lighting design and technical support: Antoine Noirant Production: Nomad , ...

Tickets will be available in autumn ​In a world where lives constantly intertwine, each of us carries our own moments — small, fragile, or transformative. These moments shape us and shift the way we see the world. On stage, however, they gain a new dimension: they become visible, tangible, alive; they become a story un , ...

A lie is just another reality that is constructed, and behind every reality, there’s a creator, a tale teller. What’s more captivating ? The way the alternative reality is made ? Or the lie itself ? Armand JOUBERT (South-Africa), is proposing a scan on alternative realities and their fundamentals. We invite you to dive , ...

To Be Seen is an improvisational format that explores perspective, unspoken desires, and everything that lives between the lines. It focuses on one pivotal moment — a moment everyone witnesses, yet each character experiences differently. On stage, this moment unfolds and transforms through different eyes, bodies, and i , ...

This is not a play about motherhood. It is a play about deciding on motherhood. Now in their mid-thirties, the Igralke Collective authors feel that time is running out on their decision about motherhood. They are the first generation of women in their families who truly have the freedom of choice: unlike their grandmot , ...

This is not a play about motherhood. It is a play about deciding on motherhood. Now in their mid-thirties, the Igralke Collective authors feel that time is running out on their decision about motherhood. They are the first generation of women in their families who truly have the freedom of choice: unlike their grandmot , ...