Small Arts Platform 2026
The Small Arts Platform is an international festival of urban performance genres, bold entities and humor.
‘What happens when a drag king, a stripper and a stand-up comedian stride into the Mladinsko Theatre?’ ‘The Ninth Small Arts Platform.’
The small arts are not ‘small’ because they lack scope. They are ‘small’ because they grow outside the major systems: without established repertoires, media exposure or well-trodden paths. Cabaret, queer burlesque, stand-up, contemporary circus and their many variations, from near and far, remain a space for taking risks and direct contact with the audience. At the Small Arts Platform, we are bringing them together on the same stage for the ninth time. Why? Because they know how to turn anger into humour, and the joy of performance into a form of resistance. Because they know how to look the status quo straight in the eye and, if necessary, laugh right in its face.
PROGRAMME:
Wednesday, 11 November
- 20:00, Lower Hall
Cabaret Fier.e.s: Woven Coven (circus queer cabaret)
Thursday, 12 November
- 11:00, Post Office Studio
Tinka Prpar: Make Yourself Up! (make-up workshop) - 15:30, Upper Hall
Ann-Christin Kongsness: Gender Performativity (workshop) - 19:00, Lower Hall
Double Bill: Mila Panić: Just Between Us (stand-up performance)
+ Excerpts from Renegade Stages (renegade circus cabaret)
Friday, 13 November
- 15:30, Upper Hall
Claire Lefèvre: Care Workfor exhausted performers and overwhelmed artists (workshop) - 19:00, Post Office
Melanie Jame Wolf: MIRA FUCHS (a reprise) (performance) - 20:30, Lower Hall
Melanie Jame Wolf: MIRA FUCHS (a reprise) (performance)
Saturday, 14 November
- 12:00, Upper Hall
Melanie Jame Wolf: Dramaturgies of the Absurd: The Lap Dance (workshop) - 18:00, Post Office
Claire Lefèvre: The Fuller Picture (lecture performance) - 20:00, Lower Hall
The Feminalz & Guests: eXXXtra (queer burlesque) - 23:00, Monokel Club
eXXXtra Epilogue: Closing Party of the Small Arts Platform 2026 (post-festival party)
Tickets (18/10 €), festival ticket (80/45 €) and a set of two performances in a day with a discount available only at the Mladinsko Theatre Main Box Office. Free admission for workshops (applications at info@emanat.si).
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Project group: Maja Delak, Maša Radi Buh, Metod Zupan, Leon Marič, Tamara Pepelnik, Linn J. Koletnik
Executive production: Tina Dobnik Miloševič
Coordination: Tamara Pepelnik
Graphic design: Matic Brinc
Technical support: Janko Oven, Aljaž Zaletel, Veronika Hana Grubič
Produced by: Emanat
In cooperation with: Mladinsko Theatre
Supported by: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and City of Ljubljana