Vito Taufer

Graduated in theatre direction from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana. In-house director with the Mladinsko Theatre in Slovenia since 1989.  Worked with a number of theatres in former Yugoslavia and directed over one hundred productions and several operas. Directed feature film Lajf. This is his first YDT production.

Selected theatre productions: N. Williams Class Enemy (MTS, 1982), I Am Not Me (MTS, 1983), L. Carroll Alice in Wonderland (MTS, 1986), W. Shakespeare Hamlet (NT Subotica, 1986), A. P. Chekhov Three Sisters (Drama SNT Maribor, 1987), N. V. Gogol The Government Inspector (NT Ivan Zajc, Rijeka, 1988), W. Shakespeare King Lear (NT Ivan Zajc, Rijeka, 1989), D. Zajc Medea (Drama Theatre Skopje, 1989), Veno Taufer Odysseus & Son or World and Home (MTS, 1990 and ZYT, 1991), M. Krleža Kraljevo (NT Ivan Zajc, Rijeka, 1991), Molière/Rozman Tartuffe ( MTS, 1993), V. Taufer SilenceSilenceSilence (MTS, 1996), S. Beckett Endgame (SNT Nova Gorica, 1999), Rozman/Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (MTS, 1999), H. Pinter The Birthday Party (Prešeren Theatre Kranj, 2002), S. Beckett Waiting for Godot (SNT Nova Gorica, 2003), Sophocles Oedipus Rex (The Koper Theatre, 2005 and Prešeren Theatre Kranj, 2005), I. Mlakar Duohtar Pod Mus! (The Koper Theatre, 2007 and SNT Nova Gorica, 2007), A. P. Chekhov Platonov (SNT Ljubljana, 2010), M. Krleža Messrs. Glembay (CNT Zagreb, 2011), I. Cankar Depravity in St. Florian Valley (MTS, 2011), L. S. Taufer Zangtumbtuuum (SNT Ljubljana, 2012), A. Camus Caligula (SNT Ljubljana, 2013), A. P. Chekhov The Cherry Orchard (CNT Zagreb, 2013), E. Albee Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (The Koper Theatre, 2014), Molière Tartuffe (SNT Nova Gorica, 2015), C. Goldoni, P. Lucić The Chioggia Scuffles (SNT Nova Gorica, Slovenian Permanent Theatre Trieste, The Koper Theatre, 2017), I. Vyrypaev The Drunks (Gavella Theatre, 2018), A. Rozman Baal (MTS, 2019), I. Mlakar Tutošomato (SNT Nova Gorica, The Koper Theatre, 2019).

Festival awards: Borštnikovo Srečanje festival in Maribor, Golden Lion at Umag, The Week of Slovenian Drama, Days of Comedy in Celje, BITEF in Belgrade, Sterijino Pozorje festival in Novi Sad, MESS Sarajevo, Days of Satire in Zagreb, Marulićevi Dani festival in Spl