Jure Ivanušič is a Slovenian theatre and film actor, director, pianist, chanson singer-songwriter, screenwriter and composer. He has performed more than 60 theatrical roles and several leading roles in film and television, as well as directing numerous theatre productions.
As a pianist, he has collaborated with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, the Maribor Philharmonic and the Orchestra of the Slovene National Theatre Opera Ljubljana, performing works by Mozart, Beethoven and Liszt. He has also released three albums of original chansons.
Jure Ivanušič is the author or co-author of several staged drama texts, including Božični večer (Christmas Eve, Koper Theatre, 2008), Od tišine do glasbe (From Silence to Music, Siti Teater, 2008), Lunapark Kuga (Lunapark Plague, Ptuj City Theatre, 2020), and others. He wrote the screenplay for the feature filmStekle lisice (Sly Foxes, Festival of Slovenian Film, 2017), the musical drama documentary Skrivnosti z Beethovnove ulice (The Mysteries of Beethoven Street, Festival of Slovenian Film, 2021) and the musical filmLepo je biti Mozart (It’s Nice to Be Mozart, RTV Slovenia, 2006). He has also composed the stage music for several theatre productions – Bil sem ti blizu (I Was Close to You), Zadet Kabaret(High Cabaret), Črne maske (Black Masks, at the Slovene National Theatre Maribor), Lunapark Kuga (Lunapark Plague,at the Ptuj City Theatre), Gluha republika (Deaf Republic, at the Maribor Puppet Theatre) – as well as cowriting original music for several theatre performances with Nana Forte: Pedenjped (Slovenian Permanent Theatre Trieste, 2013), Pijani (The Drunks, Gavella, 2018), Obuti maček (Puss in Boots, Mladinsko Theatre Ljubljana, 2019) and Robin Hood (Celje City Theatre, 2022).
