On World Poetry Day (March 21st), we invite you to a poetry recital NEZE MAURER, a Slovenian poetess who celebrated her 90th birthday at the end of last year. Her extraordinarily rich and interesting life and the beauty of her poetry will be presented to us by members of the Petar Simoniti Amateur Theatre in Celje: Andrej Hribernik, Anica Milanović, Jure Novak, Ljudmila Conradi, Sonja Mlejnik, Lada Ščurek and Srečko Maček. The recital will be enriched with instrumental excerpts from the Slovenian folk music heritage by violinist Pia Lilija. The accompanying text and a selection of poems were prepared by Jana Kvas.
PETR SIMONITIJ AMATEUR THEATRE CELJE is an "old" theater with a new name. The former Amateur Theater of Teharje – Celje, founded in 1993, decided to rename itself last year: it took the name of long-time actor, director, artistic director, and spiritual father of theater, Peter Simoniti.
The majority of the rich repertoire is taken up by recitals, with which the theatre troupe regularly presents writers and poets of world and domestic literature, as well as other important Slovenian personalities. The theatre also prepares a drama production every year, and in its “permanent collection” it proudly keeps several dramas that it has been performing for two decades. The most recognizable among them are certainly the dramas Leta nič, en dan potem (Zorko Simčič) and Pod košatim očesom (Alma Karlin). The amateur theatre of Petar Simoniti Celje has had more than seven hundred performances during its existence. It is presented in Slovenia, among compatriots in Italy, among Styrian Slovenes in Austria and in Croatia.
They cooperate with the World Slovenian Congress, the Celje Central Library, the St. Joseph's Home, the Celje Mohor Society, and many societies and organizations at home and abroad.
The artistic director of the theater is Peter Simoniti, and the president is Andrej Hribernik.
You can watch the recital on Monday, March 22nd, at 5:30 PM on Facebook and Youtube channel of the Celje Central Library.
Photo source: https://www.casnik.si/neza-maurer-praznuje-vse-najboljse-za-rojstni-dan/