Irgendwo anders | PERFORMING DEMOCRACY

The performances of IRGENDWO ANDERS will take place in German as part of the festival.
From 7 years

IRGENDWO ANDERS sensitively tells the story of a little girl caught in the middle of war. Through her eyes, we see how a city is changing. Menacing airplanes circle in the sky, the streets are empty and there is no more food on the shelves of the stores. The schools are closed, now and then shots can be heard nearby. Her surroundings are gradually changing to the point of unbearability. The girl's most fervent wish is to go to another country. She wants to go somewhere else, somewhere without war, somewhere more beautiful.

The production combines classical puppetry with live video, chalk drawings with projection. The story of the girl and her dog on the run unfolds on a rotating panel, blurring the boundaries between real and fictional images. In a gentle way, the play manages to illuminate the absurdity of war from the point of view of children and for children, an important, often neglected and sensitive perspective.

The Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, founded in 1948, is considered the most important puppet theater institution in Slovenia and is dedicated to continuing the long tradition of Slovenian puppetry.

"With this children's theater, the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre dares to address the controversial question of whether, when and how children can be expected to deal with the subject of war. The abstract form of theater can offer a basis for discussion, especially when it is implemented with such sensitivity as in this play."

- Monika Kühne, Volksblatt