The Little Nail 4+

Lojze Kovačič / Co-producer House of Children and Art / 45 min

The father had two sons, Darko and Janko. The two brothers loved listening to the fairy tales told by their father. Not only did they listen to the fairy tales, but they also performed. And in fairy tales, everything is allowed. A child can become the strongest boy in the world and can stop all cars and buses on the road with only one finger ... The two nails on the windowsill transform into little black gentlemen … Clumsy children fall through the hole and land at the other end of the world, where they are chased by a pan and a worn-out shoe ... But in fairy tales, everything always ends happily, even though you tear the whole place in half, lose your clothes when you wander the streets … and even if a wolf appears in your room in the middle of the night.

The performance The Little Nail is a collage of short stories for children written by Lojze Kovačič. The performance features seven fairy tales from his collection Tales from the Town of Rič-Rač (Zgodbe iz mesta Rič-Rač).

Gallery

The Little Nail <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
The Little Nail Photo: Boštjan Lah
The Little Nail <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
The Little Nail Photo: Boštjan Lah
The Little Nail <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
The Little Nail Photo: Boštjan Lah
The Little Nail <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
The Little Nail Photo: Boštjan Lah
The Little Nail <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
The Little Nail Photo: Boštjan Lah
The Little Nail <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
The Little Nail Photo: Boštjan Lah
The Little Nail <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
The Little Nail Photo: Boštjan Lah
The Little Nail <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
The Little Nail Photo: Boštjan Lah
The Little Nail <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
The Little Nail Photo: Boštjan Lah
The Little Nail <em>Photo: Boštjan Lah</em>
The Little Nail Photo: Boštjan Lah

Crew and cast

Directress Jelena Sitar Cvetko


Visual designer Svjetlan Junaković


Performers Danilo Trstenjak, Gregor Prah (guest appearance) and Andraž Jug (guest appearance)


Dramaturge Anže Virant

Speech advisor Metka Damjan

Composer Igor Cvetko


Beatbox consultant Žiga Žmavc

Costume designer Mojca Bernjak

Lighting designer Miljenko Knezoci

Set design technologist Lucijan Jošt

Puppet technologist Primož Mihevc

Puppet designer Darka Erdelji

Props makers Darka Erdelji, Mojca Bernjak, Primož Mihevc, Uroš Kumer (student) and Brina Vrecl (student)

Assistant director Danilo Trstenjak

Set makers Lucijan Jošt, Branko Caserman and Igor Vidovič


Premiere — 5. September 2019