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Staging The Flowers of Srebrenica: "An enormous responsibility"

September 24, 2025 
							

Natasha Tripney 
							

Dimitrije Tucović Addressing The Serbian Youth

70th Sterijino pozorje: a critical dialogue

June 23, 2025 
							

Borisav Matic 
							

Liberte production shot

Georgia protests: Theatre is the last stage standing for the voice of freedom

May 23, 2025 
							

Nick Awde 
							

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Mario Banushi: "The Balkans aren’t just one thing; they’re many things."

April 14, 2025 
							

Nick Verginis 
							

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All under the canopy: How student protesters in Serbia are making themselves heard

January 23, 2025 
							

Duška Radosavljević Krojer 
							

News

Temporary Closure of the National Theatre in Belgrade
October 12, 2025

Programme announced for 65th edition of MESS festival
September 22, 2025

Resistance, repression and solidarity on the streets and stages of Serbia
July 7, 2025

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Staging The Flowers of Srebrenica: “An enormous responsibility”

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Programme announced for 65th edition of MESS festival

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Resistance, repression and solidarity on the streets and stages of Serbia

Montenegrin director Danilo Marunović deported from Serbia

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The platform for independent theatre criticism and arts journalism in South Eastern Europe. Reviews, interviews, essays and commentary.

"What art can do is open emotional and imaginative

"What art can do is open emotional and imaginative space where empathy becomes possible."

Jeton Neziraj's new play, Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Wept, explores reconciliation and forgiveness processes in Kosovo and South Africa.

Read more via the link in our bio.

#jetonneziraj #teatri #premiere #kosove

The new Under 600 Showcase, which took place in Sk

The new Under 600 Showcase, which took place in Skopje in September, gathered together independent artists from across the region.

Ana Ogrizović reports on some of the themes and highlights.

To read more follow the link in our bio. #theatre #skopje

Lara Parmiani, of migrant-led theatre company Lega

Lara Parmiani, of migrant-led theatre company LegalAliens, on The Flowers of Srebrenica, an international co-production based on the illustrated novel by Aidan Hehir, and questions of artistic responsibility when telling stories that are not your own.

Read the full text via the link in our bio.

#sarajevo #théâtre

Review of Mothers, a layered new show by Kolektiv

Review of Mothers, a layered new show by Kolektiv Igralke and director Rajna Racz exploring different societal and personal attitudes to pregnancy and motherhood.

Read via the link in our bio

Legal Aliens Theatre mark the 30th anniversary of

Legal Aliens Theatre mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica with a performance based on the illustrated novel by Aidan Hehir, The Flowers of Srebrenica.

To read the full review follow the link in our bio

In the days following the protest in Serbia on 28t

In the days following the protest in Serbia on 28th June, numerous people have been arrested, including students from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade.

Now students and citizens are finding new ways of resisting, on the streets and on stage.

Read more via the link in our bio

#serbia #pumpaj

This year's Sterijino pozorje served as a platform

This year's Sterijino pozorje served as a platform for different aesthetic and political voices, and as such, a platform for dialogue about the future of our theater and our society. Shame on all levels of the government that we now have to fight for such a basic thing."

Following news of the decision not to allocate any funding to Sterijino pozorje, Serbia's most prominent national theatre festival, critics Borisav Matić and Andrej Čanji reflect on this year's edition and what this decision means for the future of the festival.

Photo: Belgrade Trio

Read via the link in our bio #sterijinopozorie #pozoriste #novisad #theatrefestival

This year's Sterijino pozorje served as a platform

This year's Sterijino pozorje served as a platform for different aesthetic and political voices, and as such, a platform for dialogue about the future of our theater and our society. Shame on all levels of the government that we now have to fight for such a basic thing."

Following news of the decision not to allocate any funding to Sterijino pozorje, Serbia's most prominent national theatre festival, critics Borisav Matić and Andrej Čanji reflect on this year's edition and what this decision means for the future of the festival.

Read via the link in our bio #sterijinopozorie #pozoriste #novisad #theatrefestival

"Neziraj’s updated play is at once an outlet for

"Neziraj’s updated play is at once an outlet for grief and a rallying cry."

Review of Prishtina: The Premeditated Killing of a Dream, Jeton Neziraj's potent reworking of a play inspired by the life and legacy of murdered architect Rexhep Luci

Read the full review via the link in our bio

#prishtina #kosova #teatri

"Effectively engages with urgent political and soc

"Effectively engages with urgent political and social issues, analysing our shortcomings and delusions with precision and clarity without being patronizing."

Review of The Dragon, Lyudmila Fyodorova's visually rich and politically insightful fairy tale for adults at the Youth Theatre Novi Sad.

Read the full review via the link in our bio

#theatre #pozoriste #novisad #drakon

"The affirmation of women’s history has become a

"The affirmation of women’s history has become a trademark of Tjaša Črnigoj’s artistic voice."

Review of Article 55, Tjaša Črnigoj's new documentary piece exploring the fight to protect women's reproductive rights and access to abortion in Slovenia.

To read the full review follow the link in our bio.

#theatre #gledalisce #article55

"By approaching this issue through the lens of a t

"By approaching this issue through the lens of a touching personal story full of human pain and desires, the authors are giving a face to human suffering."

Review of They Are All Gone, a moving and empathetic exploration of trauma and memory that makes inventive use of audio @heartefact_

Read the full review via the link in our bio #heartefact #beograd #belgrade #theatre #pozoriste #theatrereview

"It has the character of a political manifesto."

"It has the character of a political manifesto."

Review of Incubator, Oliver Frljić's latest production for the @mladinsko Theatre which directly addresses the conflict in Gaza.

Readd the full review via the link in our bio

#theatre #gledalisce #oliverfrljić

The theatre performance Liberté, which premiered

The theatre performance Liberté, which premiered in 2024 at the Royal District Theatre in Tbilisi, has been labelled blasphemous and its makers have come under attack.

Nick Awde talks to the show's director Data Tavadze and David Doiashvil, the recently sacked artistic director of the New Theatre, about the ongoing protests in Georgia and how theatre has become a focal point for resistance.

Read the full article via the link in our bio

#georgia #georgiaprotests #liberte

"The Balkans is not one thing, it's many things. I

"The Balkans is not one thing, it's many things. It's a whole world."

Following the premiere of his new show, MAMI, Mario Banushi, the rising star of the Greek theatre scene talks to Nick Verginis about his creative process, the Balkan influences in his work and his new show MAMI, which will play festivals across Europe this summer.

Read the full interview - and our review of MAMI - via the link in our bio.

#mariobanushi #theatre #theatredirector

"Most of our theatres are funded by the budget. Th

"Most of our theatres are funded by the budget. Therefore, we, as theatre people, have a huge responsibility toward the people. Theatre as a medium must be accessible."

Director Dajana Josipović on her recent production of Dennis Kelly's Orphans, ways of engaging with audiences and Otherness in Balkan theatre.

Read the full interview via the link in our bio #theatre #theatredirector

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