THE AMAZONS

ABOUT THE PLAY

We were raised to view the Amazon women as mythical warriors of ancient times, who can be at the same time strong, independent, deadly and desirable, as a supernatural society of mighty women woven from the thread of imagination. But what if they had been real?

The Amazons is a theatrical archaeology in which its authors combine myths and legends of the Caucasian peoples with surviving records of famous warrior women from ancient Greece, to which they have added their own original texts about the Amazons' trials in life.

In Slovenian with Czech subtitles.

• Length:75 min.
• Age category:12+
• Directed by:Jaša Koceli
• Dramaturgie:Júlia Sándor
• Music by:Miha Petric
• Designed by:Darjan Mihailovic Ceran

About the theatre:

The Ljubljana Puppet Theatre is a major Slovenian puppet theatre and theatre for children and youth. It was founded in 1948. The theatre continues the centuries-old tradition of Slovenian puppetry. It focuses on the development of modern forms of puppet and object theatre. Its productions are internationally acclaimed. The theatre has five permanent stages and operates the Puppet Theatre Museum in Ljubljana. Since 2020 it has been part of the European project Connect Up, partly funded by the Creative Europe programme, which also involves co-productions. Amazonke was created in collaboration with the Kragujevac Children Theatre (Serbia).