4th Red Dawns Festival in Maribor

 

4th Red Dawns Festival in Maribor

4 March – 8 March 2026

Various events, full programme at https://ziz.si/event/rdece-zore-v-mariboru-2026/
Various locations, 2000 Maribor
4th Red Dawns Festival in Maribor
Decentralization that goes beyond municipal borders – ZIZ Association in co-production with Maribor National House and KUD Mreža presents the 4th Red Dawn Festival in Maribor, under the auspices of the 27th Red Dawn International Feminist and Queer Festival.
This year’s festival questions gender and social roles through innovative participatory theatrical expressions and performative practices. It represents creative women from Slovenia, Romania, France, Poland and Serbia. The varied program, full of genre-diverse performances, also found space for an improvisational theater workshop, a performative concert and a round table on community models in performative practices.

PROGRAMME:
Saturday and Sunday, 28.2.-1. 3. 2026

3 – 6 p.m., Vetrinjski dvor Maribor
Improv workshop: The politics of creation
Pre-event of the Red Dawns Festival in Maribor
(https://www.facebook.com/events/1222132773192506/1222132776525839/)

Wednesday, 4 March 2026
5:30 p.m., Magdalena Theatre
From first to last (ZIZ Society)
8:00 p.m., Small Stage of the National House Maribor
Son (City of Women)
9:00 p.m., Maribor National Home Club
Ingver in Gverilke

Thursday, 5 March 2026
1:00 p.m., Magdalena Theatre
D.R.I.F.T. /Drive Real International Feminist Transition (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3) – for the closed group
5:30 p.m., Small Stage of the National House, Maribor
Broken rib (Trupa-Drž’ ne daj) – for a smaller group
8:00 p.m., Magdalena Theatre
D.R.I.F.T. /Drive Real International Feminist Transition (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3)

Friday, 6 March 2026
1:00 p.m., Small Stage of the National House
12A Street of Happiness (Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theater) – for a smaller group
8:00 p.m., Stara glass factory Ptuj
From first to last (ZIZ Society)
8:00 p.m., Small Stage of the National House Maribor
12A Luck Street (Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theater)

Saturday, 7 March 2026
Noon, National Home Club Maribor
Round table: (Non)hierarchical and community-oriented models of action in performative practices

3:00 p.m., Magdalena Theatre
Matkopolis (Kobietostan) – for a closed group
5:30 p.m., Small Stage of the National House, Maribor
Broken Rib (Don’t Hold the Corpse)
8:00 p.m., Magdalena Theatre
Matkopolis (Kobietostan)

Sunday, March 8, 2026
7:00 p.m., Small Stage of the National House Maribor
Whose eyes (Patricija Crnkovič)

 

**We reserve the right to change the program.

Ticket reservations are accepted at rezervacija@ziz.si.
Tickets: 7 euros (students, self-employed in culture, pensioners) / 10 euros



Info

Executive producers: Rebeca J.B. Šenveter, Nastja Soko

Program and artistic director: Barbara Polajnar

Public relations: Melani Kumin, Lena Hebar

Festival team: Teja Bitenc, Nina Jenko, Sanja Kranjc, Luka Kristić, Lara Magdič, Martina Magdič, Eva Nađ, Matija Šiško

Technical team: Monika Pocrnjić, Janez Šali, Tin Matuš

Translation: Jaka A. Vojevec and Jan Podbrežnik

Text editing: Barbara Polajnar and Jan Podbrežnik

Administration: Rebeca J.B. Šenveter, Nastja Soko

Designing the festival image: Janu Krohm

Photographer: Žiga Auer, Luka Hernet

Production: ZIZ Association

Co-production: KUD Mreža, Maribor National House – Vetrinjski dvor

Co-organization: Plesna Izba Maribor, Pekarna Magdalenske mrže Maribor, Teater Magdalena, Trupa-Drž’ ne daj, Kobietostan, Teatrul Maghiar De Stat “Csiky Gergely”, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, MC Javni zavod Ptuj

Festival website: https://ziz.si/event/rdece-zore-v-mariboru-2026/

Website: ziz.si

Facebook page: @ZIZ

Instagram page: @drustvo_ziz

Email: info@ziz.si

The international productions are part of the FemminiCity project, which with the support of the EU (#CERV) promotes greater participation of women in policy-making processes and strengthens gender equality in five European cities.

The festival is co-financed by the European Union (CERV), Mediterranean Women’s Fund
































































4th Red Dawns Festival in Maribor