Nataša Keser

Nataša Keser (1991) graduated with a degree in acting from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television at the University of Ljubljana (UL AGRFT) and obtained her master’s degree from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Novi Sad and UL AGRFT. She was a self-employed worker in culture and appeared on the Mladinsko stage several times as a guest before joining the ensemble full-time in 2023. In her career, she has striven to participate in projects as diverse as possible which also allowed her to develop and hone her acting skills. She has thus performed on the stages of Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Maribor Puppet Theatre, Prešeren Theatre Kranj, SNT Drama Ljubljana but also on those of independent organisations and groups, for example, Glej Theatre, Margareta Schwarzwald Institute and BiTeater, as well as on film and television. She collaborated with directors such as Tomi Janežič, Chiara Guidi, Jack Timmermans, Jernej Lorenci, Neda R. Bric, Jure Novak, Yulia Roschina, Maruša Kink. A collaboration that must be specifically mentioned is her creative connection with the director Nina Rajić Kranjac, with whom Keser has been working since their university days and which has resulted in the productions Solo (The New Post Office, 2021), an (co-)authorial project that is “a meeting of the director and the actors in improvisations” which won the Mira Trailović Grand Prix at the Bitef Festival; The Conference of the Birds (Glej Theatre, 2015), for which the ensemble won the Rejhan Demirdžić Award, and 1981 and NOW I’m Flying!, their graduation productions (UL AGRFT, 2014), which earned the entire year the Academy Prešeren Award for Students for collective performance. As a member of the Počemučka theatre collective, she is the recipient of the Grand Prix for the best puppetry production of the last two seasons and the Award for Animation and Acting at the 12th Biennial of the Puppetry Artists of Slovenia; both awards were presented to the authors and performers of the production Under Construction (Glej Theatre, 2021), which also won a Special Jury Award at the 52nd Week of Slovenian Drama.