Director:
Robert Waltl

Cast:
Violeta Tomič / Vesna Vončina
Jose
Tadej Pišek

Set and puppet design:
Robert Smolik

Music:
Uroš Rakovec

Choreography:
Natalija Manojlović

Light design:
Nikša Mrkonjić

Language consultant:
Mateja Dermelj

Head of technicians:
Tilen Vipotnik

Technicians:
Tilen Vipotnik
Matej Primec
Ivan Waltl
David Cerar
Anže Kreč

Premiere:
21st February 2012

Duration: 50 min

Performance for children and youth from 3 y/o

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