TRIGGER 2026

𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
showcase platform of Slovenian independent performing arts
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗷𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗮: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟴 – 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

TRIGGER is a platform for internationalization of contemporary independent performing arts. We are developing TRIGGER in partnership with Glej Theatre, Bunker, Maska, Moment, Motovila, City of Women, Pekinpah, Mladinsko Theatre, and Via Negativa. Each edition the showcase features productions from several other Slovenian producers.

More information: www.glej.si/en/programmes/trigger

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐄
Discursive programme is in English with an option of Slovenian translation. Performances are either in English or surtitled in English, unless otherwise stated in the program.

𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗼𝗿
🔹12:00 – 16:00 (location: Vetrinjski dvor – Studio)
Accreditation
🔹13:00 – 14:30 (location: Vetrinjski dvor – Studio)
Let’s get to know each other
🔹14:30 – 15:30 (location: Vetrinjski dvor – Studio)
Pitching Session: Presentation of selected Slovenian artists and
their existing and upland coming projects.
🔹16:00 – 17:00 (location: Intimni oder, GT22)
Barbara Kukovec and Minca Lorenci: Pissed // devised performance // 60 min //
production: Moment Maribor (Slovenia)
Language: English
🔹17:45 – 18:35
(location: Vetrinjski dvor – Večnamenska dvorana)
Olja Grubić: To our delight // performance // 50 min
production: Maska Ljubljana /
co-production: Glej Theatre, Via Negativa
🔹20:00 – 21:00 (location: Narodnega dom – Mali oder)
Luka Piletič: Under Control // performance // 50 min
coproduction: Via Negativa, Moment Maribo
🔹21:00 Late Night meeting point Klub Narodnega doma

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝗟𝗷𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗮
🔹11:00 – 12:30 (location: Cukrarna)
Who’s There?
🔹12:30–13:30 (location: Cukrarna)
Lunch with the Artists
🔹13:30 – 15:30 (location: Cukrarna)
Asociacija and EAIPA working session:
Beyond Performance: Sustainable Artistic
Careers and the Need to Reinvent Oneself.
🔹16:00 – 17:00 (location: Španski borci)
Primož Čučnik, Tomaž Grom, Nataša
Živković, Polona Janežič, Eduardo Raon, Jošt
Drašler, Vid Drašler: Now I can get the fuck out
of here, now I can go
Production: Zavod Sploh
🔹18:00 – 19:15 (location Post office)
Barbara Kukovec, Katarina Stegnar, Urška
Brodar: The Art of Living: The Act of Killing // performance // 75 min
Co-production: Mladinsko Theatre,
Rizoma Institute and City of Women
🔹19:30 – 21:00 (location: Puppet theatre Ljubljana)
Leja Jurišić: Dance in Stone // performance // 90 min
Co-production: Pekinpah &
Ljubljana Puppet theatre
🔹21:30 – 22:30 (location: Old Power Station)
Aljoša Lovrič Krapež: Is Joy II // performance // 60 min
Production: Bunker

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝗟𝗷𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗮
🔹10:00 – 12:30 (location: Dom sindikatov Slovenije)
EAIPA general assembly (closed for public)
🔹11:00 – 12:30 (location: Cukrarna)
Trigger in Context: Aesthetic, Production,
and Social Perspectives
Karolina Bugajak and Metod Zupan
🔹12:30–14:00 Lunch
🔹14:00 – 15:30 (location: Cukrarna)
Motovila panel: Culture as a Tool?
Instrumentalisation and the Autonomy of Art
🔹15:30 – 16:40 (location: Glej Theatre)
🔹16:40 – 17:50 (location: Glej Theatre)
🔹17:50 – 18:50 (location: Glej Theatre)
Natalija Vujošević, Tara Langford, and
Neja Tomšič: Jadran Resort // novel in landscape // 50 min //
10 people per show, book your time slot.
Production: Glej Theatre
🔹19:00 – 20:30 (location: Dance Theatre Ljubljana)
Varja Hrvatin: Sukeban // performance // 60 min
Co-production: City of Women, Cankarjev dom
🔹21:00 – 22:00 (location: Old Power Station)
The Igralke Collective and Rajna Racz:
Mothers // performance // 60 min
Co-produced by: Igralke Collective (CRO);
House Nahero (CRO); Ulysses Theatre (CRO);
Maska Ljubljana (SLO).

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝗟𝗷𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗮
🔹20:00 – 21:00 (location: Glej Theatre)
Natalija Vujošević, Tara Langford, and
Neja Tomšič: Jadran Resort // novel in landscape // 50 min //
10 people per show, book your time slot
Production: Glej Theatre