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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 
							

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SEEstage’s favourite theatre shows of 2024

December 23, 2024 
							

Natasha Tripney 
							

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Kosovo/Albania Theatre Showcase: Confronting the trauma of the past

November 19, 2024 
							

Borisav Matic 
							

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July 4, 2025

Sterijino Pozorje festival has its funding denied
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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

"The play has a didactic note. It’s meant to edu

"The play has a didactic note. It’s meant to educate the audience on how, throughout history, the rich stayed in power."

Review of A Little History of Inequality, Miloš Lolić's centuries' sweeping exploration of generational wealth based on a graphic novel Capital and Ideology.

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

#theatre #theatrereview #zagreb

"Pećinar and Perović strike a perfect balance of

"Pećinar and Perović strike a perfect balance of humour and have divine singing voices in the musical numbers with the band."

Review of The Centrifugal Dancer, Jug Đorđević's assured and elgant revival of the Todor Manojlović’s first play for the Serbian National Theatre.

To read the full review follow the link in our bio

#theatre #theatrereview #novisad

"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.

Read the full interview via the link in our bio.

#mariobanushi #theatre #theatredirector

"What Izuzeti accomplishes is not simply an artist

"What Izuzeti accomplishes is not simply an artistic reconstruction of a criminal operation but a recognition of its broader implications: a symptom of a deeper societal malaise."

Review of Izuzeti, Đorđe Petrović's compelling exploration of systemic corruption in Serbian society at the National Theatre of Sombor.

Read the full review via the link in our bio

"The artistic language of Eldorado at the Yugoslav

"The artistic language of Eldorado at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre is undoubtedly rich."

Review of Eldorado. Veljko Mićunović's visually rich but cold production of Marius von Mayenburg's dystopian drama.

For the full review follow the link in our bio

#theatre #pozoriste #theatrereview #jdp

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