Imaginarni Institute

Contact info

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Imaginarni, Zavod za kulturno dejavnost
imaginarni@gmail.com
Kongresni trg 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Region	SI-1
Primož Ekart, Head
Phone	386 (0) 425 2176
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Events abroad

Past Events

• 11 August 2019
  Powerlessness, directed by Primož Ekart, produced by Imaginarni Institute and co-produced by Mini Theatre, at the International Festival of Contemporary Theatre Zadar Snova in Zadar, Croatia organiser info
• 27 April to 28 April 2015
  The Crazy Locomotive, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, and Europe, co-produced by Imaginarni Institute and Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, at the 25th Marulič Days festival of Croatian drama at City Puppet Theatre, Croatian National Theatre in Split, Croatia
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• 7 May 2014
  Marlene Dietrich, produced by the ŠKUC Association, Prešeren Theatre Kranj, and Imaginarni Institute, at K&K Center in St. Johann im Rosental/Šentjanž v Rožu, Austria
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• 4 March 2014
  Nebojša Pop - Tasić's Marlene Dietrich produced by the ŠKUC Association, Prešeren Theatre Kranj, and Imaginarni Institute at Slovene Permanent Theatre in Trieste/Trst, Italy
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Established in 2006 by actor and theatre director Primož Ekart, Imaginarni Institute (meaning, "the imaginary") is a unique production house producing smaller-scale theatre performances. Collaborating with renowned Slovenian actors, directors, musicians and designers, Imaginarni aims to address spectators using universal stories, confronting them to find their own position toward complex societal questions.

Programme

Imaginarni is the producer or co-producer of numerous resounding productions, especially the first Slovenian stagings of international dramatic texts or premières of Slovenian dramatic texts. The common thread running through Imaginarni's projects is telling stories based on real people and events and telling stories of people who are forced into the margins of society.

Imaginarni enters co-productions with other theatre houses and independent producers, most frequently with Mini Theatre. Their 2017 co-production Powerlessness, directed by Primož Ekart, won the Borštnik Grand Prix at the prestigious Maribor Theatre Festival. Imaginari's performances appear also at the Week of Slovenian Drama, the Slovene Festival of Chamber Theatre (SKUP), etc.

Imaginarni often collaborates with the electronic music duo Silence. Director Primož Ekart has also directed several plays by the award-winning Slovenian playwright Simona Semenič.

International cooperation

Imaginarni is an associate partner of the project "The Global State of Art: Theatre for Development Education", coordinated by Ekvilib Institute, Slovenia, and co-financed by the European Union.

See also

• Week of Slovenian Drama
• Mini Theatre
• Silence

External links

• Imaginarni Institute Producer Page on Sigledal.org (in Slovenian)
• Institute on the Sigledal.org Wiki (in Slovenian)
• The portal "Global State of Art" (in Slovenian)