Under control

Luka works out every day, answers emails on time, showers every day with cold water, eats healthy, separates waste, cleans, cooks, in short, does everything he can to keep things from spiralling out of control. Everything makes him sick, but there are some things you just have to swallow.

How far do we want to push ourselves to keep things under control? Where are freedom, joy, happiness? If you too feel that you are just a sheepdog trying to get your desires, instincts, obligations, worries, problems, etc. in order on a daily basis, then Luka is your man. A clown who forgot to be funny and a performer who can’t be serious.

The performance was conceived in the VN Lab, the VN Lab for performance art and the PARL 2022 platform.

control
kontrola
ping pong
sheepdog
solo

Awards and festivals

  • Prestopi/Crossings, Maribor, 2023
  • Festival Klovnbuf, Ljubljana, 2023
  • 5. ZIZ festival, Maribor, 2023
  • ZIZ Award for an original text, Maribor, 2023
  • Artist Choice ZIZ Award, Maribor, 2023
  • Festival Wasistdas, Basel, Switzerland, 2024
  • Maribro Theatre Festival, Maribor, 2024
  • Drugajanje festival, Celje, 2025
  • ZOOM x Igralke festival, Rijeka, Croatia, 2025

Video

Scheduled

18. MAR @ 20:00
Narodni dom Maribor, Trigger
30. MAR @ 20:00
Virovitica Theatre, Lutkokaz festival

Past performances

15. february 2023 / Španski borci, Ljubljana
16. february 2023 / Španski borci, Ljubljana
17. march 2023 / Intimate stage GT22
18. march 2023 / Intimate stage GT22
24. march 2023 / Intimate stage GT22
25. march 2023 / Intimate stage GT22
31. march 2023 / Intimate stage GT22
01. april 2023 / Intimate stage GT22
18. april 2023 / Španski borci, Ljubljana
19. april 2023 / Španski borci, Ljubljana
13. may 2023 / Intimate stage GT22
22. june 2023 / Stara mestna elektrarna, Ljubljana
18. october 2023 / Intimate stage GT22
19. april 2024 / Intimate stage GT22
20. april 2024 / Intimate stage GT22
19. may 2024 / Španski borci, Ljubljana
04. june 2024 / Intimate stage GT22
05. july 2024 / Božidar Jakac Gallery, Festival kulture Kostanjevica
09. november 2024 / , festival Wasistdas, Switzerland
07. november 2024 / , festival Wasistdas, Switzerland
10. november 2024 / , festival Wasistdas, Switzerland
22. february 2025 / Borovnica
26. may 2025 / Španski borci, Ljubljana
27. may 2025 / Španski borci, Ljubljana
29. september 2025 / Filodrammatica, Rijeka, Croatia, Zoom festival
14. november 2025 / GT8, Celje, Drugajanje festival
30. november 2025 / Intimate stage GT22
Devised and performed by:

Luka Piletič

Pratical dramaturgy:

Uroš Kaurin and Anja Bezlova Završnik

Public relations:

Sara Horžen (Via Negativa), Anamarija Nađ (Moment)

Producers:

Špela Trošt (Via Negativa), Zoran Petrovič (Moment)

Photographer:

Marcandrea

Duration:

50 minutes

Premiere:

February 15, 2023, Španski borci, Ljubljana
March 17, 2023, Intimni oder GT22, Maribor

Production:

Via Negativa and Moment

Partner:

Zavod EN-KNAP

Acknowledgements:

MKC Maribor

Supported by:

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, MOL, MOM