Popular street theatre festival to visit dozen towns

Held under the slogan By People For People, Ana Desetnica - which its organisers dubbed "a travelling legend of many miracles, a diva of streets and squares" - wants visitors to get involved to make the festival a big home party.

This fits with its new Living Room concept which the festival's organisers Ana Monro Theatre have been developing in Ljubljana since 2017.

While pop-up livings rooms will also be set up in Nova Gorica and Novo Mesto, the Slovenian capital is where Ana Desetnica will dwell the longest, from Wednesday to Sunday.

Chairs, armchairs, coffee tables and other pieces of furniture will occupy Slovenska Street, with story tellers, poets, musicians and chat lovers dropping in.

Passers-by and festival visitors will be invited to help create the right atmosphere for dancers, circus artists, jugglers and other performers.

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