Transport: Cargo (Slovenia, Maribor)

Maribor Puppet Theatre
SLOVENIA

What is the price of speed?  

Transport: Cargo sheds light on road transport and the everyday of global trade where speed and accessibility promote economic growth but also lead to overexploitation of natural resources and environmental pollution. The production takes the audience on a journey that encourages us to stir from a relentlessly racing traffic daze and rouses us from the sleepiness of morning congestions.  

Transport is a major international project by Slovenian director Tin Grabnar that brings together theatres from Estonia, Slovenia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Poland to create six unique chamber theatre productions. Transport can be regarded as a miniseries, in which each episode may be seen individually but which, if experienced together, create a cohesive whole. The productions share the form of a hyper-realistic 3D-printed miniature world where stories are told through the stop-motion technique used in animation.  

Tallinn Treff 2025 presents an opportunity to see four productions of the major project: Transport: Frontline, Transport: Departure, Transport: Cargo, and Transport: Connection Flights. We create a unique shared space, setting scenes for four productions on the stage and in the auditorium of the Estonian Theatre for Young Audiences’ Ferdinand Hall. This solution makes it possible to view the room as an installative exhibition space and see each of the four productions.       

The project is funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and may not reflect the views of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).    

More information on the project website and the Maribor Puppet Theatre website

Cast

Vesna Vončina and Uroš Kaurin