Adrijan Rustja, born in 1933, is considered one of the most recognizable faces in the history of the Slovenian Permanent Theater (SSG) in Trieste, who “he is still always first and foremost human of the theaterand his creative arc is imposing surprising“, among other things, the jury wrote in the justification.

Laureate it is protagonist a long series of successful performances in which he showed a wide range of expressions. He shone in the legendary role of Stanko Černigoj in Kobal’s comedy Africa or On his own landfor which he received the Borštnik Award for acting in 1997, as well as in the role protagonist dramas The last moons Fury Bordonwith which he marked his more than 40-year artistic career, was recorded in the Trieste theater.

Rustja is “with your own decades old really proved in part that it is possible to unify the coastal cultural space and thereby Slovenian. The artist is living proof of integration, as he performed and worked in Venecia, Goriško, Tržaško and Koper, he overcame ideological and party barriers, and was devoted all his life to theatrical artistry, the Slovene word and the strengthening of dignity Slovenian man,” wrote the jury in composition Marij Čuk, Vesna Humar and Alen Jelen.

In the Trieste theater “did almost everything that could be done. Rusty self-ironic he says that he was the girl for everyone, from a kind of finance minister to an organizer and animator in the field, from an editor of theater papers to an actor and director, and a writer texts. Radio and stage. There were many satisfactions and great moments, but unfortunately, says the celebrant, he never succeeded either as an actor or as a director, probably because he never got along with artistic directors, his non-theatrical he preferred to devote his energy to his family,” they wrote in the justification.

Laureate he said to Radio Slovenija: “Because I devoted a lot of work to this theater in various departments, if it is Goriško, because I started there in Solkan, if it is Koper, because I am also in Koper with cabarets entertained people with Jelačin.“

Adrijan Rustja was actually the first resident of Trieste to graduate from the Ljubljana Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT). At the same time, he studied piano at Glasbena matica as a talented pianist. He joined the Trieste theater in 1960 and remained loyal to it until his retirement in 1993. In this theater, he was active primarily as a director and actor, but also temporarily as an editor of theater magazines and anthologies, manager of theater courses, program and business manager. In 2005, he received the ZDUS Marija Vera Lifetime Achievement Award.

Among this year’s performances, the jury was most convinced by the staging Mario and the Wizard according to the amendment by Thomas Mann in dramatization Tatjana Doma and direction Ivan Djilas. Decisive was the consonance of staging elements, with which the creators showed the growing impatience with the rise of fascism in a seemingly idyllic seaside town. “We are like a chorus of seagulls, that’s how the show came to life, we felt great and experienced the whole study process perfectly,” said a member of the Trieste Theater ensemble Nikla Petruška Panizon.

Tantadru for acting creations he received Jure Kopusar from SNG Nova Gorica. He created very different, multifaceted roles, they wrote in the explanation, which he knew how to bring to the audience with a mature acting: “This Definitely it means some new strength, an impulse to continue working with the same strength, with the same energy, to never give up.“ Strong Varmuž but it is for the design of light in staging The little prince in the production of the Koper Theater received so much for special achievements.

Three littoral theaters with I like you for lifetime achievement since 2011, it has been evaluating the work and artistic achievements of coastal theater creators. So far, the award has been given to Mario Uršič, Stane Leban, Zdenka Lovec, Anton Petje, Teja Glažar, Boris Cavazza, Miranda Caharija, Bine Matoh, Katja Pegan, Marija Vidau, Ivo Barišič and Dušan Mlakar.