History
Student phase
Rubikon Theatre started as a student theatre and was formed due to a need to think about theatre and explore it in a different way.
The first project of the ensemble was the performance Rubikon (Rubicon) – poetical, picturesque story about a human life. First performance was on 19th of March 1995. Same year, on 18th of December the premiere of the second show was held. It was-Nova ; complex of synthesized images based on Verdi’s opera Nabucco.
As there were no schools of performing arts in Croatia (only workshops), some of the members of the Theater were studying performing arts abroad. After gaining experience in European theater centers (Prague, Zlatna Koruna, Moscow, Copenhagen, Zagreb) and participations in various projects with other theatrical groups (Griftheatar – Netherlands, Labin Art Express – Croatia, MAPA Moving Academy for Performing Arts project, Student theater group ALBA from Zagreb), at the end of 1996, Rubicon Theater was founded in order to explore theatre of movement, theatre of object and experimental theatre.
Most of the members of The Rubikon Theatre were students at a time and the theatre was therefore qualified as a student, ‘youth’ theater, contemporary orientated, preoccupied with human conditions and situations which modern man (and society) create.
On the 1st of January 1997, Rubikon Theatre was officially founded and registered. With its unique and independent comprehension of theatre, three new productions were created: Nula (Zero), InterNetWork and D E-Motion(s)through which all contributed to establishing Rubikon Theater as a vital and unique part of Rijeka`s contemporary cultural scene.
With the following productions Aspect of Alice and Katarina na travi (Katarina On the Grass), exploration of space and time has continued and the barriers between the spectators and actors have been redefined as open entities. In a few years of it`s existence The Rubikon Theatre has participated in about twenty festivals-Croatian as well as international, and won various prizes.
Professional phase
Since 2001 work on the productions has changed. More attention is given to contemporary theories of drama and direction and the actors are professional performers.
The first production Nula –drugi fractal (Zero – the second fractal) was created in collaboration with the ballet ensemble of the Croatian National Theater Ivan Zajc in Rijeka. The idea behind the production was to apply new theatrical and directorial principles on ballet and the classical way of expression.
