Mladinsko Theatre was established in the 1950s as the first professional theatre for children and youth in Slovenia. In the 1980s Mladinsko Theatre initiated a unique interdisciplinary research on stage and its productions during the 1980s (Missa in A Minor, The Class Enemy, Romeo and Juliet, The Persians, Ana, etc) were widely acclaimed for their political engagement as well as for their innovative approach to mis-en-scene. During the 1990s and later Mladinsko Theatre continued to work with stage directors whose dialogue with dramatic texts and personal poetics was inventive and avant garde (eg Vito Taufer, Matjaž Pograjc, Dragan Živadinov). Nowadays around five new productions are prepared each year, some of them in co-operation with guest directors and in co-production with independent producers. The stage is considered to be a laboratory for actors, directors, choreographers and musicians to research and develop, risk and create. In 2007 the SMG celebrated its 50th anniversary, publishing an illustrated book about its history. Mladinsko Theatre regularly makes guest performances at international festivals worldwide (Nancy, Hamburg, Belgrade, London, Moscow, Essen, Cardiff, Lisbon, Madrid, Bogoa, New York) and also hosts selected performances from other countries. Its most acclaimed recent performances included Alice in Wonderland, Drama Observatorium Zenith, Scheherezade, Roberto Zucco, Miss Juliet, Silence Silence Silence, Othello, Che Guevara, Queen Margot, Fragile! and Gilgamesh.