Lutonjica Toporko

Lutonjica Toporko
Amateur Puppet Theatre, Samobor

The Theatre was founded 20 years ago by Mirjana Jelašac. Since the very beginning, the puppets have been made of unfinished or roughly finished wood found in natural surroundings. With time, she also started using things that had been thrown away. Each production is a challenge for a new creative adventure that links the dramatic text with unusually formed puppets.

Apart from performances in the Theatre's small home premises, shows are also given in kindergartens, schools, libraries, hospitals, children's homes and out in the open on town squares. The Theatre has performed throughout Croatia and abroad as for example at the PIF in Šibenik, and Lodz and Mainz. The production of Lutonjica Toporko and the Five Little County Prefects was awarded special recognition for overall achievement in the peld of theatrical expression at the 44th Festival of Croatian Amateur Theatres.