You can never quite catch her – Ana Desetnica is like a summer breeze: mischievous, elusive, full of tricks and unexpected turns. She appears where you least expect – around the corner, mid-step, in the middle of the street. And with her, she brings circus boldness, street poetry, acrobatic imagination, and that magical moment when the city shifts into a whole new dimension.

Maribor knows her well – this is where her journey began, wrapped in the mists of legend and the whispered stories of festival streets. Ana Desetnica is not just a part of the Lent Festival – she is its soul in motion, its cheeky laugh, its enchanted street-time moment. She’s also the oldest street theatre program in Slovenia, with roots stretching from Maribor to Ljubljana and far beyond.

When Ana arrives, the streets come alive. Roads become stages, passersby turn into an audience, and the sky becomes the backdrop. The show doesn’t start with an announcement, but with surprise – and it never really ends.

Get ready: this year, too, Ana Desetnica will sweep through the city – with tightrope walks, fiery kisses, and glances that transform the everyday into pure theatrical madness.