A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Running time is 2 hours.

Directors Doroteja Drevenšek, Ivona Furlan, Džana Porić

Dramaturgs Lara Kerznar, Karin Winkler, Mia Skomina

Set designers Eva Pušnik, Lina Eva Poženel

Costume designers Zala Jenček, Zarja Černe

Cast

Jan Gerl Korenč, Hela Beltram, Tine Ugrin, Muhamed Kulauzović, Julija Soban, Laura Prajs, Izidor Vogrinec, Eneja Štemberger, Luka Kotnik, Indija Stropnik

Mentors

Stage Acting and Theatre Directing doc. Barbara Cerar, prof. Matjaž Zupančič

Set Design prof. mag. Jasna Vastl, asist. Sara Slivnik

Costume Design izr. prof. mag. Tina Kolenik, asist. Nina Čehovin

Language and Speech asist. Martin Vrtačnik

Dramaturgy prof. dr. Tomaž Toporišič

Movement prof. mag. Uršula Teržan

Lighting design Gregor Kuhar

A Midsummer Night’s Dream hardly requires an introduction. It is a pastoral comedy interwoven with fairy elements, the transcendent, and the distinctly real. As one of William Shakespeare’s most beloved works, it explores fundamental questions about the relationship between reality and dream, as well as social norms and their impact on the individual. In our creative process, we focused on the challenge of constructing a performative world that brings a text written over 500 years ago closer to a contemporary audience. We sought a balance between preserving its original essence and situating it within a radically different, modern context. A key point of interest was how to stage the fairy world today and how to reinterpret it within contemporary theatrical language.