cargo
In English, with Italian subtitles
Premiered at last year’s Alpe Adria Puppet Festival, Cargo focuses on one of the places that perhaps more than any other evokes the potential dangers of transport and increasingly demanding work schedules: the motorway.
In the miniature model of a motorway section, the focus is on a driver who spends his days in his truck transporting goods. His story ends tragically in a road accident.
And only when the injured need to be transported to hospital as quickly as possible in an emergency vehicle does it become clear to everyone how dependent we are on transport.
Text: Tin Grabnar, Ajda Rooss
Director and concept author: Tin Grabnar
Dramaturge: Ajda Rooss
Art and set designer: Sara Slivnik
Costume designer: Tina Bonča
Music and sound designer: Mateja Starič
Lighting designer: Gregor Kuhar
3D model and figure designer: Aleksander Andželović
Wireless lighting system designer: Matej Lazar
Assistants to the art and set designer: Katarina Planinc, Laura Krajnc
Collecting, developing and preparing story material for the performance cargo and the overall conceptual design of the transport project: Tjaša Bertoncelj, Ana Duša, Tin Grabnar, Urša Majcen, Ajda Rooss
Language consultant: Metka Damjan
Cast: Vesna Vončina, Uroš Kaurin
We would like to thank journalist Luka Bregar from Radio Slovenia for reading the radio news about the accident on the oil rig.
Production: Lutkovno Gledališče Maribor
Tickets
Standard ticket: 8,00€
Reduced ticket (under 25 and over 65) : 6,00€
For shows at the EPICenter, tickets are available by reservation only
Call: +386 51 222 105 – Communication Office GO!2025
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Tickets must be collected and paid for before the start of the show.
The performance is part of the “Transport” project.
The project led by Slovenian director Tin Grabnar, is an international co-production uniting six theaters from Slovenia, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, and the Czech Republic in the 2024/2025 season.
Through six unique productions, the project examines transport’s dual role as a driver of globalisation and a source of environmental harm.
Learn more about the project
Founded in 1974, the Lutkovno Gledališče Maribor stages around 400 productions every year, which are performed worldwide. Since 1990, it has organised an international puppet festival, the Summer Puppet Pier, and every two years it hosts the Biennial of Puppetry Artists of Slovenia.
Learn more about Lutkovno Gledališče Maribor