The Day of the Nominees – the Young Playwright Award

Prešeren Theatre Kranj, Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (University of Ljubljana) and the Slovenian Theatre Institute

This year’s festival will again pay special attention to developing and promoting the creativity of young authors. At the Day of the Nominees – the Young Playwright Award, we will have a chance to gain in-depth knowledge of this year’s nominated texts and their authors.

Together with dramaturg Ula Talija Pollak, director Bor Ravbar will prepare reading performances of the nominated text by Brina Jenček, Jaka Smerkolj Simoneti and Tilen Oblak. UL AGRFT dramaturgy students will introduce the performances and share their critical thoughts on them. The discussion with the nominees will be moderated by theatre researcher and curator Ana Perne.

This year’s Young Playwright Award nominees are:

Brina Jenček: I go you go we go splash 2 young 4ever ЕЛА НАДВОР ДА СЕ ИЗЛУПАМЕ I’m afraid of the eyes too big and bears too small we’re approaching the terminal station please descend I swallowed you and spat you out slightly chewed

Tilen Oblak: A Very Real Boy

Jaka Smerkolj Simoneti: Passantes



The Day of the Nominees is an event organised in cooperation with the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, the Slovenian Theatre Institute and the Prešeren Theatre Kranj.