Selector of the 48th Maribor Theatre Festival

Primož Jesenko

Dramaturg and theatre critic. He received his M. A. in Theatre Studies at the Academy of Theatre, Film, Radio and Television at the University of Ljubljana; his book Dramaturgical Concepts in Slovene Theatre 1950−1970 was published in 2008. He is a theatre critic for the Slovenian daily newspaper Dnevnik and since 2004 is editor of the performing arts section of the journal Dialogi. As a researcher he has participated in various research projects (i.e., TACE – Occupying Spaces: Experimental Theatre in Central Europe, National Theatre Museum of Slovenia; Performing Visuality, Performing Life, Maska Ljubljana) and numerous international festivals, exhibitions and colloquia (i.e., Exodos Festival, Ljubljana, 2006−2008; Performing Revolution 2009, New York). Since 2012 he is employed at the National Theatre Museum of Slovenia.