How Porcupines Ripen 5+

Peter Svetina / 40 min

Helge actually does not know when porcupines ripen … But when he falls off a cherry tree, he lands in a series of unusual and odd events. Together with him, we explore the nonsensical world of adorable animals.

The performance is based on this picture book How porcupines ripen. The picture book won the Award Večernica for best Slovenian youth literature. The performance was staged as a puppet show, in which we all, performers and audience, play with words, meanings, toys, and puppets ...

Gallery

How Porcupines Ripen <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
How Porcupines Ripen Photo: Boštjan Lah
How Porcupines Ripen <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
How Porcupines Ripen Photo: Boštjan Lah
How Porcupines Ripen <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
How Porcupines Ripen Photo: Boštjan Lah
How Porcupines Ripen <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
How Porcupines Ripen Photo: Boštjan Lah
How Porcupines Ripen <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
How Porcupines Ripen Photo: Boštjan Lah
How Porcupines Ripen <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
How Porcupines Ripen Photo: Boštjan Lah
How Porcupines Ripen <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
How Porcupines Ripen Photo: Boštjan Lah
How Porcupines Ripen <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
How Porcupines Ripen Photo: Boštjan Lah
How Porcupines Ripen <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
How Porcupines Ripen Photo: Boštjan Lah
How Porcupines Ripen <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
How Porcupines Ripen Photo: Boštjan Lah
How Porcupines Ripen <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
How Porcupines Ripen Photo: Boštjan Lah
How Porcupines Ripen <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
How Porcupines Ripen Photo: Boštjan Lah
How Porcupines Ripen <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
How Porcupines Ripen Photo: Boštjan Lah
How Porcupines Ripen <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
How Porcupines Ripen Photo: Boštjan Lah

Crew and cast

Director Bojan Labovič 


Visual designer Damijan Stepančič


Performers Uroš Kaurin, Dunja Zupanec and Danilo Trstenjak


Composer Vasko Atanasovski

Dramaturge Zala Dobovšek

Speech advisor Metka Damjan

Sound desiger Mitja Pastirk

Lighting designer Urban Kolarič

Puppet technologist Primož Mihevc

Puppet and props makers Darka Erdelji, Mojca Bernjak and Primož Mihevc

Costume designer and manufacturer Mojca Bernjak

Set makers Lucijan Jošt and Igor Vidovič


Premiere — 22. September 2018

On tour abroad

4. March 2020
Gorizia, Italy