Simona Hamer

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Simona Hamer is a dramaturg and playwright. As a self-employed cultural worker, she has been successfully co-shaping Slovenian theatre scene for the last decade. As a dramaturg and co-author of several devised productions she collaborated on over thirty theatre pieces in various Slovenian repertory theatres and fringe venues. She is a long-standing member of PreGlej company and regularly runs playwriting workshops. She also conceived, hosted and produced several expert discussions and round tables focused on contemporary playwriting styles, Slovenian plays and theatre.

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Postcards or Fear Is Only as Deep as the Mind Allows (2016)

The theme of fear of anything different, foreign or other, as suggested in the title of the play, is always topical. But this play deals with it from a fresh and complex, distinctly experience-based angle. This is a stylistically varied script written in confident, broad strokes and painting, describing, presenting and commenting the relationship toward different/other.

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