TRIGGER 2026

18 Mar 2026 - 21 Mar 2026

Ljubljana, Slovenia

TRIGGER Showcase Festival – Ljubljana, 18–21 March 2026Looking for bold new voices and fresh perspectives in contemporary performing arts? TRIGGER is a biennial platform designed to connect international programmers with the most exciting independent creators from Slovenia. Over four days, discover a curated selection of innovative performances with strong touring potential, engage in in-depth discussions, and build meaningful collaborations through workshops and networking sessions with leading European curators, producers, and artists.Developed by Glej Theatre with key partners Moment, Bunker Ljubljana, Pekinpah, Mladinsko Theatre, Maska, Via Negativa and City of Women, TRIGGER is where Slovenia’s vibrant independent scene meets the international stage.Join us in Ljubljana to experience outstanding work ready to travel – and to shape future collaborations across borders.

Interested to collaborate in the field of

Emerging Artists
Mobility
Rural & Remote Contexts

Festival organiser

Glej, theatre

Gregorciceva 3, 1000
Ljubljana, Slovenia

https://www.glej.si/en

info@glej.si

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As the oldest professional non-institutional organization in the field of performing arts in Slovenia, Glej Theatre remains an open and flexible performing arts space that, instead of rigid production structures, is constantly rethinking and changing its methods of operation and thus follows both local and global cultural, political and economic changes with its models.

Its main aim is to offer consistent and continuous support to creators who are most affected by constant change, i.e. mostly precarious workers. This is why Glej wants to provide a space for processual and interdisciplinary artistic practices that are hard to define and capture, and that constantly expand and cross the field of performative arts.

At the same time, we draw attention to the shortcomings and needs of various groups that are united by performing arts: youth and adults, professional creators and theatre lovers, students, pensioners. Starting with a constant dialogue, practicing non-hierarchical relationships and crossing diverse experiences and profiles within Glej’s close team and the art world, we try to expand and continue this also in our relations with artistic collectives through professional and artistic support, production, criticism and contacts with the public.

In doing so, we consistently ensure that the creative space of the Glej Theater is unique. We are interested in new, current contents and artistic expressions that keep in mind the responsibility and care for the relationships they create and enter. In our reading of modernity, this means focusing on the understanding of creation as a socially responsible activity and work.

That is why we strive to support contemporary original theatre, transdisciplinary creation and collaboration, here-and-now theatre focused on community and relationships, and develop empowerment programs for less privileged groups of teenagers and students.