What genius decided to have exams in the springtime?

In spring, when the sunshine starts to sparkle, all nature is dressing itself in seductive colours and love is in the air, the poor school-leavers are forced to bury their heads in their books and cram for the great test of knowledge and maturity… and forget about all the beauty outside. But our three heroes are sure there is an easier way to succeed in the exam, and the short cut to success involves Hyperbola, the daughter of their strict maths teacher, Professor Cosine. If they can only win her heart, they’ll be able to get their hands on the exam papers – this is the formula they come up with, but what happens if our three bright sparks put the wrong unknown into their equation? The girl who turns up for the date isn’t the girl they thought was the teacher’s daughter. The consequences of this sweet error are the thread from which the story of Vesna – adapted from Slovene cinema’s first romantic comedy – is woven.

The new musical is the work of the proven creative team that brought the hit musical Blossom in Autumn to the stage three years ago: composer Matjaž Vlašič, director Vojko Anzeljc, librettist Janez Usenik, choreographer Miha Krušič and producer Gorazd Slak.

Matej Bor, original screenplay

Matjaž Vlašič, music

Vojko Anzeljc, director

Janez Usenik, libretto

Miha Krušič, choreography

Boštjan Grabnar, orchestration

Main cast:

Flora Ema Lotrič / Saša Lešnjek, Vesna

Robert Korošec / Dominik Vodopivec, Samo

Klemen Bunderla / Boštjan Korošec, Sandi

Srđan Milovanović / Matevž Derenda, Krištof

Marjan Bunič / Igor Ribič, Kosinus

Nuša Derenda / Nuška Drašček, Aunt Ana

Alenka Kozolc Gregurić / Nuška Drašček, Mother

Konrad Pižorn-Kondi, Trpin

Tanita Rose, Antea Mramor, Mariša Jagodic Fili, Hiperbola

Maša Tiselj / Klara Koprivec, Špela / Postwoman

Laura Ivančič, Barbi

Laura Betka Kranjc / Saša Lešnjek, Tina

Alen Kofol / Matevž Mali, Luka / Štrbajs / Jelen / Innkeeper

Žan Kos / Matevž Derenda, Miha

Creative team:

Željka Predojević, singing mentor

Greta Godnič, set design

Vesna Mirtelj, costume design

Sara Lucu, director assistent

David Andrej Francky, lighting design

Mario Čurković, Dani Žorž, lighting design assistent

Damir Rapič, Marko Turel, sound design

Klemen Kuhar, Slaviša Jović, scenic master

Nataša Castaldi, make-up

Karmen Sluga Lukec, stage manager

Dunja Zlotrg, stage manager assistent

Gašper Vovk, corporate image

Antea Mramor, digital medium editor

Gorazd Slak, executive producer

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