Theatre Mala Scena
It is our duty to
enlighten, educate and raise people. And all good actors are -
teachers.
-P. Shaffer
Mala Scena is one of the leading Croatian theatres for children
and young people, based on number of performances as well as the
number of awards which our plays have won domestically and
abroad.
Mission
It is our mission to offer children of all ages, from 0 to 15
years, art of theatre as an everyday part of their growing up. We
would like to establish communication and lead a dialog with our
young audience about the current and everyday topics which they are
interested in and which occupy their attention. We would like to
help them understand the world which surrounds them, encourage them
and inspire them to confront it boldly. It is our responsibility
when on stage to question and investigate children's everyday lives
and send them messages of encouragement and hope. It is our mission
to bring theatre for young audience to an equal level with "theatre
for grown ups", and we can to this by constant pursue of excellence
and strict art criteria of our own work. It is our mission to
affirm indigenous creation of Croatia authors, but also to promote
greatest accomplishments of world's creation for the children and
young people. It is our mission to incorporate art of theatre into
programs of educational institutions on all levels, to educate the
educators, audience and artists. It is our mission to use theatre
as means to initiate communication between generations, especially
within families, to improve understanding among people and to
foster overcoming of problems and misunderstandings that come as
part of growing up.
Vision
We envision Mala Scena in the future to be one of the European
theatre centers from which new ideas and way of thinking about art
of theatre for young people are developed, and which promotes new
forms in accordance with world's knowledge and contemporary trends.
That way, Croatian indigenous creation will be placed in a European
context and will lead other Croatian theatres for children in that
direction. This goal is possible to accomplish only by
uncompromising dedication for theater creation for children. Vision
of Mala Scena in the future is a picture of contemporary theatre
for children as an artistic, not a educational institution, with a
program that is not only means by which schools try to realize
their educational lessons or which is addition to classes, but is a
theatre that acts independently from school programs and needs, and
contributes to education of children by indigenous artistic
creation. It is a theatre that raises children by means of art, and
does not educates them for art, a theatre to which children are
audience of today, and not an audience of tomorrow and finally, a
theatre that is an equal part, and not an additional means of
upbringing and education. Hiring skilled and educated young people
who can live up to these demands for excellence is a strategic
commitment of the theatre. Young artists of all profiles, who will
not only mature in Mala Scena Theatre, but will also run the
theatre in the future, is a vision as well as a realistic goal.
Contact:
Theatre Mala scena
Medveščak 2
10000 Zagreb
phone. (01) 468 3352, 468 3373, 468 3374, 462 4099
fax. (01) 468 3370
e-mail: info@mala-scena.hr