About the performance
Do you know how the good baker Mishmash bakes his bread and what is the secret of the factory that is known through all the villages near by?
Three decades ago, the famous Slovene writer Svetlana Makarovič wrote a story about a bakery known to the neighbouring villages for its tasty bread. This is a story about the goodness of the humble baker Mishmash who offered bread to the poor and to the children for free; yet it is also a story about the nosy and wicked woman Jedrt who is determined to disclose the secret on how Mishmash manages to make the bread so good; and it is a story about the cat who gets tired of Jedrt taking advantage of him, so he decides to move and stay with the baker Mishmash.
From the reviews
"A superb production, also musically and thanks to the animation-acting performance, authentically bringing to life the personalities of the extremely different puppet characters. By revealing the faults and shortcomings of societies, it is also socially urgent. In the story, it is scheming that drives away the baker Mishmash, but in reality, those who deviate from the average are unfortunately all too often cast out, ostracised, by the majority or by an influential minority (including the political one!)." Uroš Smasek, Večer
"The Slovenian Queen of the Fairy Tale", as the journalist of Mladina, Damjana Kolar, called it, is dedicated by Mini teater to the great puppet artist Breda Vintar Hrovatin on the occasion of her 80th birthday.
Awards
Actor Award for the Ensemble of the performance Mishmash Bakery at the12th International Festival of Children's Theatres Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina); October 2013
Best acting and animation Award for Violeta Tomič at the 21st Subotica International Festival of Children's Theatres (Serbia); September 2014
Best scenography Award for Robert Smolik at the 21st Subotica International Festival of Children's Theatres (Serbia); September 2014
Best performance Award at the 8th Bugojno Puppet Bienale (Bosnia and Herzegovina); September 2015
Festivals and tours abroad
Zagreb Youth Theatre (Zagreb, Croatia); March 2012
State Puppet Theatre Brest (Belarus); April 2012
20th International Festival of Puppet Theatre Plovdiv (Bulgaria); September 2012
12th International Festival of Children's Theatres Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina); October 2013
21st Subotica International Festival of Children's Theatres (Serbia); September 2014
8th Bugojno Puppet Bienale (Bosnia and Herzegovina); September 2015