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BITEF's curatorial team: "We want to amplify voices that might not otherwise be heard"

September 25, 2024

Andrej Čanji

Six Against Turkey: A parable about the degradation of democracy

September 12, 2024

Nick Awde

Tjaša Črnigoj (Sobotna priloga)

Tjaša Črnigoj: "Women’s sexual pleasure is still taboo in our society"

September 5, 2024

Karolina Bugajak

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Mirëdita, Dobar Dan cancelled in Belgrade. What comes next?

July 15, 2024

Nick Awde

Rozi

Rozi Kostani: "It's three times more difficult for female artists"

June 24, 2024

Belkisa Zhelegu

News

Programme announced for 64rd edition of MESS festival
September 13, 2024

Programme announced for PrizrenFest 2024
July 19, 2024

Programme of 58th BITEF announced
July 9, 2024

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Reviews, Interviews & Features

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"Papadopoulos also nurtures individuality as each

"Papadopoulos also nurtures individuality as each dancer adds their own small but significant twist to their movement."

Review of Mellowing, a hypnotic dance piece choreographed by Christos Papadopoulos for Berlin's Dance On Ensemble and featuring performers over the age of 40, presented as part of this year's Bitef

Link in bio #dance #bitef

"This is Jasna Žmak's debut performance as a perf

"This is Jasna Žmak's debut performance as a performer - as a dramaturg, she's always stayed off-stage - and she’s very entertaining and funny, the humour coming from her awkwardness and honesty."

Review of This is My Truth, Tell Me Yours, part of this year's @bitef_festival

Read via the link in our bio #theatre #bitefteatar #bitef

"It is sad that here in the Balkans we are a bit d

"It is sad that here in the Balkans we are a bit desensitized to stories like this one, because we’ve seen much worse."

Review of Hecuba, Not Hecuba, Tiago Rodrigues' new play for the Comédie-Française, which weaves together an ancient Greek tragedy with a play about a mother's battle for justice for her autistic son.

For this and more coverage of this year's @bitef_festival, follow the links in our bio

#theatre #comediefrancaise #bitef

"Even when Henry is silent, Armend Smajli allows t

"Even when Henry is silent, Armend Smajli allows the audience to see his agony."

Review of The Marriage, Norbert Rakowski's psychologically rich production of Witold Gombrowicz's dream-play at National Theater of Kosovo.

Read the review via the link in our bio

#theatre #teatri #kosovo

"Bojana Lazić has taken great care to explore key

"Bojana Lazić has taken great care to explore key symbols from the novel in her production."

Review of No One is Forgotten and We Remember Nothing, Bojana Lazić's atmospheric, female-led staging of Mirjana Drljević‘s filmic novel about memory and the trauma of the past.

Link in bio #review #theatrereview #atelje212 #beograd #pozoriste

"We aim to showcase how both independent and insti

"We aim to showcase how both independent and institutional theatre can engage in meaningful, timely conversations."

BITEF artistic director Nikita Milivojević and festival co-curators Ksenija Đurović and Tijana Grumić on the festival's curatorial model and the themes and trends in this year's programme.

Read the interview via the link in our bio #theatre #theatrefestival #pozoriste #bitef

"I applaud the theatrical boldness of the stage ex

"I applaud the theatrical boldness of the stage experiment."

Review of Hey, Don't Walk Around Stark Naked, Miloš Lolić's inventive and well-acted staging of Georges Feydeau's farcical comedy at Novi Sad Theatre/ Újvidéki Színház

To read this and more reviews from the region, follow the link in our bio

#theatre #pozoriste #novisad

The 64rd International Theater Festival MESS, whic

The 64rd International Theater Festival MESS, which takes place in Sarajevo will open with a Swiss-Palestinian co-production and feature work by Žiga Divjak and Tamara Kučinović.

To read the programme in full visit the link in our bio #theatre #theatrefestival #messfestival #sarajevo

"We want to discuss this growing tendency everywhe

"We want to discuss this growing tendency everywhere that ends in authoritarianism."

Nick Awde talks to playwright Jeton Neziraj and director Blerta Neziraj about Six Against Turkey, their darkly comic new play about the fallout from the 2016 coup in Turkey and the long reach of oppressive regimes.

Link in bio #theatre #teatri #jetonneziraj #kosova

"Mladi Levi is a breath of fresh air, especially f

"Mladi Levi is a breath of fresh air, especially for Slovenian creators, offering them new sources of inspiration."

VR, kimchi and witches - Karolina Bugajak on Ljubljana's Mladi Levi Festival - which this year featured work by Germany's Rimini Protokoll and Norway's Susie Wang - and how festivals can be political spaces.

Read more via the link in our bio

#mladilevi #theatre #theatrefestival #ljubljana

"Women's sexual pleasure is still a big taboo in o

"Women's sexual pleasure is still a big taboo in our society."

Director Tjaša Črnigoj on Sex Education II, her five-part lecture performance about women's sexual pleasure, her approach to documentary theatre, and how psychotherapy informs her work.

Photo: Jože Suhadolnik/DELO

For this and other interviews, follow the links in our bio

#theatre #theatredirector #sexeducation #slovenia

The Mirëdita, Dobar Dan festival was supposed to

The Mirëdita, Dobar Dan festival was supposed to take place at the end of June this year, only to be cancelled at the last minute by the Serbian authorities. Why was it shut down and what does this mean for the future of the festival?

Link in bio

#mireditadobardan

SEEstage news: The programme for the 58th Belgrade

SEEstage news: The programme for the 58th Belgrade International Theatre Festival (BITEF) will include work by Milo Rau, Tiago Rodrigues and Tjaša Črnigoj.

Read more via the link in our bio

#bitef #milorau #theatre #theatrefestival #belgrade #beograd

"It's three times more difficult for female artist

"It's three times more difficult for female artists."

Albanian actor, director and professor at the Faculty of Performing Arts, Rozi Kostani talks to Belkisa Zhelegu about her creative ambitions and the professional and personal challenges she’s faced in her life as an artist.

Link in bio #theatre #theatredirector #interview #albania

"Dragan Mićanović is brilliant in the role of Cy

"Dragan Mićanović is brilliant in the role of Cyrano, skilfully shifting between emotions, swerving between love, anger and hurt."

Review of Cyrano, Gorčin Stojanović's well-performed if dramatically under-powered production of Edmond Rostand's play.

Link in bio #theatre #cyrano #theatrereview #cyrano

"This material is not easy to hear and a degree of

"This material is not easy to hear and a degree of intimacy and trust is needed to share these stories."

Review of Sajza Flower, Endri Çela's moving part-documentary play about the harsh conditions in the Tepelena Camp based on real-life testimonies.

Link in bio #theatre #theatrereview #teatri #tirana

"Albina Podgradska was invisible as a writer, but

"Albina Podgradska was invisible as a writer, but the director, through this performance, did not allow her to be forgotten."

Review of Anđelka Nikolić's production of Poor Mileva, an orphan from Bosnia in our civilization in 1878

Link in bio #theatre #pozoriste #theatrereview

"In the hands of a different creative team, this m

"In the hands of a different creative team, this might signal the beginning of a social satire on middle class hypocrisy. But director Sebastijan Horvat and his regular collaborator, the dramaturg Milan Ramšak Marković, steer things in another, weirder direction."

Review of Rainy Day in Gurlitsch at Festival Borštnikovo srečanje

Link in bio #theatre #gledalisce #theatrereview

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