Cult Snow white directed by exceptional Czech director Marek Bečka who has already thrilled Mini teater's audience with Puss in Boots and The wishing table.
About the performance
The story of Snow White comes to life as a whitty, live and sarcastic comment on the actual state of the world but maintains all the vital fairytale motives that are the red line of this performance.
Fairytale heroes of this performance are not set in the magical surroundings of the enchanted forest, poisoned apples, idyllic nature and supernatural kisses. This time the modern fairytale situations are set in the dark mining town, where - with the help of modern accessories - they also point out the ecological crisis and uncontrolled pollution of the environment. But of course, the evil stepmother, magical mirror, mischievous likable elves and the savior will not be missing even in this Snow White.
About the director
Czech director and puppeteer Marek Bečka was born in 1964 in Plzen, he graduated at the Theatre Academy in Prague (DAMU). In his rich career he acted at the DRAK Theatre in Hradec Kralowe and later as a freelance artists. He created a number of street performances and puppet performances for the youngest spectators and had previously already amazed everyone in Mini teater with two incredible puppet shows Puss in Boots and The Whishing Table.
In his adaptation of original texsts Bečka preserves basic play lines while with bold approaches forming a unique sharpness of humour and expressing real and current image of the world at the same time. The author of this unique reeinerpretation of the cult fairytale Snow White of the Grimm brothers is also the co-founder of the puppet theatre Buchty a loutky in Prague.
Awards
Award For Best Direction for Marek Bečka at the Slovene Bienale of Puppet artists; September 2011
Best Actress and Puppet Animator Award for Eleni Volpi at the Slovene Bienale of Puppet artists; September 2011
Best Actor and Puppet Animator Award for Aljaž Jovanović at the Slovene Bienale of Puppet artists; September 2011
Grand Prix for the Best Performance as a Whole at the 19th International Festival of Children's Theatres Subotica (Serbia); May 2012
Award For Best Direction for Marek Bečka at the 19th International Festival Of Children's Theatres Subotica (Serbia); May 2012
Cat in Poke Award for The Best Puppet Show of the Summer Puppet Haven 2012 children jury (Maribor, Slovenia); September 2012
Grand Prix for the Best Performance as a Whole at the International Festival of Children's Theatres Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina); October 2012
Best Show Award at the 15the International Puppet Festival Golden Sparkle (Kragujevac, Serbia); May 2013
Best Actor Award for Jose at the 15th International Puppet Festival Golden Sparkle (Kragujevac, Serbia); May 2013
Best Puppet Design and Scenography for Robert Smolik at the 15the International Puppet Festival Golden Sparkle (Kragujevac, Serbia); May 2013
Best Direction Award for MArek Bečka at the 2nd International Festival of Puppetry in Podgorica (Montenegro); September 2013
Best Scenography Award for Robert Smolik 2nd International Festival of Puppetry in Podgorica (Montenegro); September 2013
Best Puppet Performance of the Festival Award by the children's jury at the 2nd International Festival of Puppetry in Podgorica (Montenegro); September 2013
Best Performance of the 21st Festival of ecological for children and youth in Bačka Palanka (Serbia); August 2015
Grand Prix "Milan Čečuk" for Best Performance as a whole, Award for the Best Performance by the children jury, Award for Best Adaptation and Dramaturgy at the 49th International Puppet Festival PIF (Zagreb, Croatia); September 2016
Festivals and tours abroad
Children Festival Buchty a loutky in Prague (Czech Republic); September 2010
International Puppet Festival Unima in Beveren (Belgium); October 2010
19th International Festival of Children's Theatres Subotica (Serbia); May 2012
Interdisciplinary Festival TREFF in Tallinn (Estionia); May 2012
23th international Puppet Festival Summer Puppet Haven 2012 (Maribor, Slovenia); September 2012
11th International Festival LUTKE in Ljubljana (Slovenia); September 2012
11th International Festival of Children's Theatres Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina); October 2012
International Moscow Festival of Puppet Theatres (Russia); November 2012
15the International Puppet Fetival Golden Sparkle (Kragujevac, Serbia); May 2013
Puppet Theatre Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina); May 2013
21th Kotor Theatre Festival for Children (Montenegro); July 2013
2nd International Festival of Puppetry in Podgorica (Montenegro); September 2013
International Festival Neues Europa in Köln (Germany), September 2013
Split City Puppet Theatre (Croatia); May 2014
Pegasus Festival (Sweden); July 2015
21st Festival of ecological for children and youth in Bačka Palanka (Serbia); August 2015
International Festival Adults Forbidden (Bulgaria); October 2015
17th International Festival of Puppet Theatres for Children LUTFEST 2016 (East Sarajevo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina); May 2016
49th International Puppet Festival PIF (Zagreb, Croatia); September 2016