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The History of Crane Creations Theatre Company
So you want to know how it all started? How does one make a professional theatre company in Mississauga?
August 19, 2021
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So you want to know how it all started? How does one make a professional theatre company in Mississauga?
“This was a great experience and I think everyone should join in the readings.”
– Ravi Sharma
Preseren Theatre Kranj (Presernovo Gledalisce Kranj) is one of 13 professional, nationally funded repertory theatres in Slovenia. They are the publishers for the Cankar Project.
Artistic Director of Crane Creations Andreja Kovač is a professional theatre director with over 15 years of experience directing in Slovenia moved from Slovenia to Canada in 2012 to attend the National Theatre School directing program. Upon her arrival, she sought out Ivan Cankar’s works to use during her time at school since they were ideal for a large cast and broached complex topics that are still extremely relevant today.
Cankar is regarded as the greatest writer in the Slovene language and yet is unknown in most of the world. The plays will be translated from Slovene into English by professional expert translators to allow for many more people to experience his genius.
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Alenka Blake is a translator working on the first time English Translation of Ivan Cankar’s works from Slovene. They have completed the translation of the play The King of Betajnova (Kralj na Betajnovi). Read more about them below.
USE CODE: CHRISTMAS1
ends 12/20/2023