The Ballad of the Trumpet and the Cloud by Ciril Kosmač is considered one of the key novels of Slovenian literature in the second half of the 20th century. In it, the author crafts a narrative around the writer Peter Majcen, his literary alter ego, who retreats to a remote farm in Tolmin to write the story of an old man, Jernej Temnikar. The novel masterfully weaves together two narrative layers: the process of writing and the story of Temnikar’s final day – Christmas Eve of 1943, when he leaves his home in an attempt to rescue wounded and trapped partisans from certain death.

The performance based on this novel brings together the energy of the youngest generation of theatre makers. In the creative process, they confront questions that feel both distant and powerfully relevant: how to understand a time of war they never experienced, and what it means to be an artist in a world where truly listening to others is increasingly rare?

What do the stories of our (great-)grandparents tell us today? And how valuable is artistic creation if, amidst all that occupies us, we often lack the time – or will – to truly hear one another?

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