Skrivno življenje dreves v uprizoritvah Žige Divjaka

Pezdirc Bartol, Mateja (author), Moe, Christian (resume translator)

Žiga Divjak je režiser, ki se v zadnjih letih intenzivno ukvarja z uprizoritvami, kjer je v ospredju ekološka tematika. Njegove uprizoritve so primer angažiranega dokumentarnega gledališča, ki prikazuje različne vidike podnebnih sprememb skozi simultanost različnih gledaliških strategij. Uprizoritve ne govorijo o rešitvah, temveč v večji meri seznanjajo in ozaveščajo gledalca o ekološki in humanitarni krizi ter razpirajo gledališče kot prostor javnega razmisleka, kjer smo soočeni s kontradiktornostmi sodobnega sveta. V prispevku bomo natančneje analizirali tri dela, to so Vročina (SMG, 2021), Krize (SMG, 2022) in Kako je padlo drevo (SNG Drama Ljubljana, 2022), ki jih povezujejo skupen motiv drevesa in najnovejša znanstvena spoznanja o skrivnem življenju dreves ter sodelovanju med bitji, ki so sestavni del vsakega ekosistema.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: sodobna slovenska dramatika, ekologija, Žiga Divjak, motiv drevesa, snovalno gledališče, dokumentarnost
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: AGRFT - Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2026
• Year: 2026
• Number of pages: Str. 52-67
• Numbering: Letn. 14, št. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-188351
• UDC: 792.01(497.4):821.162.6.09-2:502
• ISSN on article: 1855-4539
• DOI: 10.51937/Amfiteater-2026-1/32-50
• COBISS.SI-ID: 288366595
• Publication date in RUL: 21.09.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Amfiteater : revija za teorijo scenskih umetnosti
• Publisher: Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo, Društvo gledaliških kritikov in teatrologov Slovenije, Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo, Društvo gledaliških kritikov in teatrologov Slovenije, Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo, Slovenski gledališki inštitut, Slovenski gledališki inštitut, = Slovenian Theatre Institute, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani, = University of Ljubljana Press
• ISSN: 1855-4539
• COBISS.SI-ID: 239685632

Licences

• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: The secret life of trees in the theatre productions of Žiga Divjak

Abstract

Žiga Divjak is a director who has, in recent years, been intensively engaged in productions that put environmental themes front and centre. His productions are examples of socially engaged documentary theatre that portray various aspects of climate change through the simultaneity of theatrical strategies. The productions do not offer solutions but rather inform the spectator about and raise awareness of environmental and humanitarian crises and open the theatre as a space of public reflection in which audiences are faced with the contradictions of the modern world. This paper closely analyses three works, namely, Vročina ( Fever, Mladinsko Theatre, 2021), Krize ( Crises, Mladinsko Theatre, 2022) and Kako je padlo drevo ( How a Tree Fell, SNT Drama Ljubljana, 2022), connected by the shared theme of the tree and the latest scientific findings about the secret life of trees and the cooperation among beings that form part of every ecosystem.

• Keywords: contemporary Slovenian drama, environmental themes, Žiga Divjak, tree theme, devised theatre, documentary theatre

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P6-0265-2019
• Name: Medkulturne literarnovedne študije