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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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Jasna Jasna Žmak: "It's important to talk about artistic responsibility"

November 3, 2024 
							

Nora Čulić Matošić 
							

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

September 25, 2024 
							

Andrej Čanji 
							

News

Nikita Milivojević is no longer artistic director of BITEF
March 18, 2025

Serbian theatres to go on strike in support of student protests
February 7, 2025

Artists at the National Theatre of Kosovo are striking over pay
November 25, 2024

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"The atmosphere created by the show makes you want

"The atmosphere created by the show makes you want to stay in the world of the 1974 family and never leave the theatre."

Review of 1974, the richly crafted and brilliantly performed new chapter in Tomi Janežič;'s ambitious 12-part Dodekalogija project.

Read the full review via the link in our bio #theatre #gledališče #tomijanežič

"We intuitively search for joy in collective creat

"We intuitively search for joy in collective creation."

Nora Čulić Matošić speaks to Studio tres pas, a new Croatian theatre company who place audience engagement and education at the heart of their work.

For the full interview follow the link in our bio

#studiotrespas #zagreb #kazaliste

"Through collective acting, they create an atmosph

"Through collective acting, they create an atmosphere of a close-knit community, which is rare in today’s individualistic world."

Review of Oil, Jan Krmelj's inventive hybrid documentary production that asks questions about authorship, fiction and reality at Mini Teater, Ljubljana.

To read the review follow the link in our bio

#theatre #gledališče #theatrereview

"Andraš Urban directs a metatheatrical staging of

"Andraš Urban directs a metatheatrical staging of Mikhail Bulgakov's masterpiece critiquing Serbian society."

Review of The Master and Margarita at National Theatre Belgrade

For the full review, follow the link in our bio #theatre #pozoriste #beograd

"Šarić Kukuljica plays the role of the Mother su

"Šarić Kukuljica plays the role of the Mother superbly."

Review of A Son, a Mother and a Father Sit at the Table in Silence, Aleksandar Švabić's production of Ivor Martinić's family drama which mines humour from the everyday.

Read the full review via the link in our bio

#theatre #kazalište #zagreb

"Boško and Admira reflects on the portrayal of ot

"Boško and Admira reflects on the portrayal of others’ suffering and how contemporary media report on wars."

Review of Boško and Admira, Živa Bizovičar's dynamic new production exploring artistic responsibility and the complicated legacy of a famous wartime photograph.

To read the review follow the link in our bio

#theatre #gledalisce #ljubljana

"Serbian students are teaching society about solid

"Serbian students are teaching society about solidarity, kindness, justice, and resistance. "

The faculties may be blockaded in Serbia, but theatre continues to be made. Divna Stojanov reports on a timely production of The Pillowman performed by students for students.

To read follow the link in our bio

#sviublokade #pillowman #srbija

US playwright Steven Leigh Morris’ White People

US playwright Steven Leigh Morris’ White People is a play about American racial politics that has been reframed for a Balkan audience.

SEEstage explores the issues raised by the play around race and gender and looks at how you adapt a text for a different cultural context.

Read via the link in our bio #kosovo #teatri

"The actors playfully embody the contrasts in soci

"The actors playfully embody the contrasts in society, capturing the ever-changing dynamics between unity and division."

Review of Inhuman, an inventive exploration of the theme of violence in society directed by Lyubomir Kolaksazov at the Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Bulgaria.

To read the full review, follow the link in our bio #sofia #bulgaria #theatrereview

"Tomi Janežič’s 1978 is an example of how thea

"Tomi Janežič’s 1978 is an example of how theatre can be a positively challenging experience if we only loosen up our usual expectations and constraints in theatre making."

Borisav Matić reports on a culturally mixed showcase in Timisoara.

Read the full article via the link in our bio #theatre #timisoara #tomijanezic

Serbian theatres will go on a seven day strike in

Serbian theatres will go on a seven day strike in February in a show of support for the student protestors.

Read the full story via the link in our bio

#theatre #pozoriste #srbija #strajk

"There is a distinct pleasure in witnessing a new

"There is a distinct pleasure in witnessing a new generation stepping onto the Slovenian theater scene."

Review of The Mermaid, Nina Kuclar Stiković's resonant and relatable 21st century update of the fairy tale which reframes the story for our times - at the Mini Teater Ljubljana.

To read the full review follow the link in our bio #theatre #gledališče #ljubljana

"With his slight frame, expressive face and emotiv

"With his slight frame, expressive face and emotive eyes, Prokopis Agatokleus is perfectly cast. He captures Chaplin’s distinctive physicality, his bow-kneed waddle, insouciant manner and delicacy of gesture, as well as his musical hall-honed comedic abilities."

Review of Charlie Chaplin - City Lights, a faithful staging of Chaplin's silent movie classic at Belgrade Drama Theatre

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

#belgrade #theatre #charliechaplin

"Lustful, erotically charged and sexually untramme

"Lustful, erotically charged and sexually untrammelled choreographic piece that’s open and unapologetic in its sex-positive feminism."

Review of Sparked/ŽIŠKA by Serbia's Stanica / Station - service for contemporary dance

To read the review follow the link in our bio #contemporarydance #belgrade #beograd

No reviews today. Everything stops. #strajk #sr

No reviews today.

Everything stops.

#strajk #srbija

"A silence that showed us how it is possible to be

"A silence that showed us how it is possible to be together as one."

Duška Radosavljević talks to RTS' Jelena Popadić-Sumić about the current wave of student protests in Serbia and how they differ from past protest movements in the country.

Read via the link in our bio #serbia #srbija #sviublokade

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