Dear and honoured visitors to the Ljubljana City Theatre!
I’m not the only one to believe that theatre is one of the last spaces of absolute freedom.
I also believe that through performances we talk. And because there are so many of you – the visitors to the Ljubljana City Theatre – this discourse is diverse, colourful, varied. It’s as if we all somehow know each other. A kind of luxury. A refuge. An intersection. A checkpoint.
I am also proving that I am not the only one who thinks that the world we find ourselves in is morally insane and utterly mad. Well, yes – it is not the world that is mad. It is a handful of individuals who are driving nature and all other creatures into cataclysm by their decisions and actions. Stop.
After all, I realise that so many absurdities are most appropriately presented in a repertoire through humour. That’s why you will find a considerable amount of comedies and satires in the programme of the next Ljubljana City Theatre season. Not, of course, cheap concoctions made out of resignation. All the plays have a sharp thematic edge and recognisable motifs.
The programme booklet goes on to present the individual themes in more detail, so let me mention just a few of them: gluttony, mendacity, cowardice, fraud, wickedness. But we shall also discuss love, pride, tenderness, hope, determination... We have called the season Dangerous Liaisons.
Theatre is a place where lies and fakery are not welcome. That alone makes it worth joining us as often as possible. We look forward to seeing you!
On behalf of the Ljubljana City Theatre team, Managing and Artistic Director Barbara Hieng Samobor