Reading performances of 10-minute dramas by UL AGRFT Students

About the event

The Nine Horsepeople of the Mirčevska present: 

A journey from the butcher’s to the border. Some want to fly high, others fall low. But when a bunch of keys clatters, every other sound dies out. Dead silence. Are you afraid of silence? Be afraid, because we’ll decapitate a chicken. Come, you’re not so different from us. Every one of us would sometimes grab an umbrella and … well, you know. Nobody can avoid that fight, not even Sonja, the teacher. You have to come. Because there will also be elections. And you must vote. The nine horsepeople of the Mirčevska. A slow-motion, bored, two-four step accompanies the initiating event of the long journey. A mountain plateau, the Spanish court, Minos’s jail, a dying father’s bed, an empty classroom, a full classroom, a roast beef dinner, a hospital room; soon, walking becomes a light trot. We ride to mythical places, but fall back into the painful now. How could we run away from it? We bash their backs, and the words ride towards a grand complication. Aristotle scratches behind his ear, and the wax begins to melt. The shooting of the series continues. We try not to run from tragedy towards farce; we cover a long way, but the word is not a horse and a horse is not a word. We remain a drama. We remain dramatic. When will our horses get proper wings? We have a long path in front of us, and we do not talk about the apocalypse. Absolutely not. We just ride on. 

During the winter semester of the 2025/2026 academic year, the first-year students of Dramaturgy and Performing Arts and Theatre Directing at the UL AGRFT, together with the students of Stage Acting, under the mentorship of Professor Žanina Mirčevska and Assistant Nina Kuclar Stiković, created ten original 10-minute plays. Nine of them will be presented at the festival.

 

Katarina Kolar
SHOOT!

Cast: 
ANĐELINA – Ajka Poljanšek Zorn
CUSTOMS OFFICER BRANIMIR VOJNOVIČ BOB – Marko Rafolt
GILAS – Nejc Kravos
ANTE – Voranc Mandić
POLICE OFFICER 1 – Milica Krnjaja
POLICE OFFICER 2 – Josip Kadič

Director: Katarina Kolar
Dramaturg: Voranc Mandić
Assistant dramaturg: Maša Mramor

"… it’s nice to be –
albeit as a raven –
living.
flies flies flies flies 
burns burns burns burns
a raven
and falls …" 

 

voranc mandić 
DAIDALO

Cast: 
ICARUS – France Mandić
DAEDALUS – Marko Mandić

Director and dramaturg: Voranc Mandić

"We’re alive
my son and I
both" 

 

Tia Rozman
80 minutes to hell

Cast: 
VELAZQUEZ – Pavle Vastl
MARGARITA – Petja Golec Horvat
GERTRUDA – Erin Bregar Sabolić
KING – Jernej Markelj

Director: Tia Rozman
Assistant director: Iza Lesjak
Dramaturg: Lola Kragelj

"You have 80 minutes. Gertrude will bring all that’s necessary. And if you paint her instead of the princess again, you’ll marry that goddamned runt."

 

Nana Novak
How the Chicken Was Beheaded

Cast: 
IVAN – Izidor Vogrinec
SILVESTER – Aleksandar Jovanovski

Director: Katarina Kolar
Dramaturg: Nana Novak

"The war is different from everything else on this world." 

 

Petra Jerina
The Son of Cattle 

Cast:
M. BITIČ – Urban Švigelj
MINOTAUR – Maksim Mićković and Milica Krnjaja

Director: Katarina Kolar
Dramaturg: Luna Pentek
Assistant dramaturg: Petra Jerina

"Just like them, you’re also just a dumb calf." 

 

Mia Petrič
Impure Blood

Cast:
NEVEN – Puja Gruban Pohar
A BUNCH OF KEYS – Pavle Vastl
CHALLE SALLE – Voranc Mandić
SVEN – Marko Engelman and Katarina Kolar
GRANDMA – Urban Švigelj
WOMAN – Julija Soban

Director: Voranc Mandić
Dramaturg: Mia Petrič

"Look for her. And never without an umbrella, my boy!"

 

Maša Mramor
Who Got Afraid of Silence?

Authors of the performance concept: Maša Mramor and Katarina Kolar

Cast:
VOICE 1 – Petja Golec Horvat
VOICE 2 – Tia Rozman
VOICE 3 – Katarina Kolar

Director: Maša Mramor

"Everybody fell silent; I’m the only one screaming." 

 

Petra Štibelj
Angels Don’t Shit

Cast: 
DAD – Maks Mihajlović
SONJA, THE TEACHER – Petra Štibelj

Director: Tia Rozman
Dramaturg: Nana Novak

"Nobody escapes the fight." 

 

Lola Kragelj
Piglets Dreaming of Corn

Cast:
BRENDON – Josip Kadič 
RINA – Puja Gruban Pohar
TIM – Adrian Grošelj
TEACHER MIRAN – Rok Petrovčič Vižintin
CHORUS – Tia Rozman, Katarina Kolar, Voranc Mandić, Ajka Poljanšek Zorn, Erin Bregar Sabolić, Milica Krnjaja, Urban Švigelj, Pavle Vastl, Petja Golec Horvat, Lola Kragelj, Maša Mramor, Mia Petrič, Petra Jerina and Nana Novak

Director: Tia Rozman
Dramaturg: Lola Kragelj

"At twelve, I would believe you aren’t corrupt yet. But you are. No better, no worse." 
 

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