Ljubljana Drama revealed the second season program in L56

The Ljubljana Drama unveiled the repertoire of the coming theater season in the replacement spaces in the L56. The common denominator will this time the issues of the nature of power and power and their influence on the formation of the individual and society. The season in which five prime minister will be on the big stage and four in the Little Drama were therefore named Power games. They also announced the return of the event series Ars and drama and a new contribution to the Drama Sound Library, and will also mark the 105th anniversary of the publication of the theater list.

“At a time when the world is shaken by political conflicts, economic instability and a constant threat to armed conflicts, the question of power is all the more pressing. We live in a time when the border between truth and propaganda is increasingly blurred, when individuals and nations seek their place in a global forces, while at the same time coping with uncertainty that permeates our daily lives, « she emphasized in the editor’s presentation of the 2025/26 season Headmaster of SNG Drama Ljubljana Vesna Jurca Tadel.

According to her, the theater cannot and should not remain a mute observer, but must be a space of reflection, critical reflection and encouragement to dialogue – because it is also that « as individuals we resist injustice, we recognize abuse and find alternatives that lead to a fairer society. »

The topics of dramatic works, ranked by the repertoire, rise from political manipulation to control, conflicts of interest and finding justice and power play at the wider, social level and in intimate, personal. For « power is not just a matter of political decisions or historical moments; It is also something that is happening in every personal contact, in every interaction with others, at all times when we decide who will have a word, who will have control and who will be without it. « 

Again time for Shakespeare

The first premiere on the big stage will be 20th in September « Map of the War Landscape, » The liberation of Skopje Dušan Jovanovic in the direction Luke Marcenaand in Little Drama will be on 10 October double – there will be a game The first word is Mom Tjaša Mislej and Spleen Pie Vatovec Dirnbekwho received the Best Dramatic Text Award in the Drama Competition in 2023. Both deal with the position of motherhood in today’s society and duality in relation to it; he directs them Brina Klampfer Merčnik.

Will come on the big stage in November Shakespeare King Lear in the direction Jernej Lorenzi. Writer, playwright and dramaturg Dino pesut He described the work as a drama about violence and a radical analysis of social and interpersonal relations that arise in the vacuum of power transition, and in it sees the image of our political reality.

It will also be on the big stage of the premiere in January Brecht’s Master Puntile and his servant Matti in the direction Igor Pison. At the forefront is the Finnish landowner of Puntila, who regularly intoxicated and perform absurd actions, thus taking the role of the master. Even in the end of the season, they staged one of Brecht’s works, Opera for three groos in co -production with SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana and directing Mateja Koleznik.

Ziva Bizovičar Photo: Koka Press/Katja Kobba

They will also stage this month in Little Drama Rabbit Voranacthat is directed Ziva Bizovičar. It is the third and at the same time the most real poetic drama in his oeuvre; For a tragedy that plays the archetypes of the Slovenian village community, the main conflict is the father – son. “The world Voranac He is unyielding and inherent. Such is also becoming Voranc himself. Human fate remains hooked to the cyclicality of nature – an eternally recurring story in which the father devours his son, the son of an exceeding father, and wooden bay worms slowly turn to dust, « wrote the director and playwright. Nik Žnidaršič.

At the end of February there will be a premiere on stage Ibsen’s The enemy of the people, which, according to a playwright Diane Koloini It is important for our theater because it is considered to be the father of contemporary drama and he was also inspired by Ivan Cankarand even more so because it « plays motives that address today. » As the director adds Ivica Buljancan The enemy of the people « It encourages significant discussions about ecology, truth, transparency and civil courage, while emotionally engaged in the audience. »

Ivica Buljan Photo: Koka Press/Katja Kobba

On March 20, 2026, the Little Drama will be the last premiere in the coming season, namely Euro Jonathan Spector in the direction Petra Petkovšek, containing the cause of dramatic conflict between the battle between the vaccines and the anti -vaccines. As they pointed out by Peter Petkovšek and playwright Eva Kraševec, Despite the allusions to the Covida-19 epidemic (it was written just a few years before it), the drama « penetrates deeper and raises an important question about the importance of consent within a discourse, in which political beliefs become inextricably linked to identity, which is unconditionally world and untouchable. »

On the big stage, on April 18, the season premiere of the first Slovenian staging will be concluded Mosquito Lucy Kirkwood in the direction Mass Pelko. Mosquitoes They are considered one of her most important dramatic works. For Mass Pelka and Dramaturg The hand of Andres They are a drama of a family in a black hole in which the confrontation of the worlds happens with unexpected turns and a subtle humor.

Concerts and reading poetry

He returns to the drama again cycle Ars and drama with a bunch of concerts. They will perform Jazz Gala 80 & 50 – Thomas Gansch & Big Band Radio Television Slovenia, Marko Hatlak Band in Nuška DraščekIntention with a guest Tomaž Hostnik, Nina Strnad and Big Band Radio Television Slovenia, Urška Centa and Big Band Radio Television Slovenia with Flamenco project and guests Guillermo McGill, Jošt Lampret, Sentido Project and Domnom Novak and Bossa de nova with string orchestra and guests Nino Strnad and Primoz Fleischman on saxophone and flute.

In the new season, the song of three Slovenian poets from the beginning of the last century will be added to the Drama Library: Anton Gradnik (read Tina Vrbnjak), Srečko Kosovel (read Domen Novak) and Anton Podbevšek (read Nejc Cijan Garlatti).