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The Handke Project: "Peter Handke is a product of the times in which we live"

May 30, 2022

Borisav Matic

Rebeka Qena in Stiffler at Teatri Oda, Prishtina. Photo: Sovereign Nrecaj

Doruntina Basha: "There is a knife in each of our backs"

May 24, 2022

Gresa Hasa

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Finding Their Voice: making feminist theatre in Albania

May 19, 2022

Flamur Dardeshi

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Deconstructing Konstrakta: the Artist must be analysed

May 3, 2022

Duška Radosavljević Krojer

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Stand with Ukraine: acts of solidarity in the Western Balkans

April 24, 2022

Natasha Tripney

News

Programme announced for the Mirëdita, Dobar Dan festival
May 22, 2022

Pristina will host the PITF international theater festival in May
May 9, 2022

Sterijino Pozorje festival selection announced
April 7, 2022

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"Nationalism has spread its roots into artistic sp

"Nationalism has spread its roots into artistic spaces, often deforming or entirely obliterating the truth itself."

Review of The Handke Project, Jeton Neziraj's new play about the controversy and wider issues surrounding Peter Handke's Nobel Prize.

For this and more reviews, visit SEEstage.org
#thehandkeproject #teatri #theatre #pozoriste #peterhandke

"Artists in democratic countries have allowed them

"Artists in democratic countries have allowed themselves to be caught up in the entertainment industry instead of remaining vigilant and serving culture as a pillar of counterpower in society.”

Romanian playwright Matei Vișniec on the International Days Festival, which takes place each year in Suceava, and the need for artists to take a stand against barbarism.

For this and other features on theatre in South East Europe, visit SEEstage.org
#mateivisniec #suceava #intoarcereaacasă #romania

"Sterijino Pozorje not only accepts critiques but

"Sterijino Pozorje not only accepts critiques but creates space for critical thought."

Theatre critics Borisav Matić and Andrej Čanji discuss the highs - and lows - of the 67th Sterijino pozorje, the most important national theater festival in Serbia. For this and more discussion about theatre in South East Europe, visit SEEstage.org

#Sterijinopozorje #novisad #serbiandrama #serbiantheatre #criticaldialogue

"When I was working on a production of Moliere's A

"When I was working on a production of Moliere's Amphitryon in which female characters were freed from the position of the victim. But when we finished the production, I found myself thinking: did I just rewrite history which bears witness to the fact that women were victims of men’s doings? Do I have the right to do that?"

Croatian playwright, screenwriter and dramaturg Ivana Vuković on dramatizing Croatia's housing crisis and the need for artistic solidarity.

For this and other interviews, visit SEEstage.org
#split #croatiantheatre #playwriting #croatia

"It feels superficially fitting that, in this prod

"It feels superficially fitting that, in this production by Slovenian director Diego de Brea, Antigone is played by two actors – Dunja Stojanović and Jana Milosavljević. But her double presence on stage also accentuates this production’s muddled approach to gender and power."

Review of Antigone at Beogradsko Dramsko Pozoriste. For this and other reviews, visit SEEstage.org
#antigone #BDP #beograsdskodramskopozoriste #dunjastojanovic #janamilosavljevic #theatre

"We let the music guide us." The Hungarian State

"We let the music guide us."

The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, which mixes Hungarian folk traditions with contemporary dance, is bringing a new show to London's Sadler's Wells on 3rd June, inspired by the life of Franz Liszt.

For more on this and other stories, visit SEEstag.org #hungarianheritagehouse #lisztmosaics #liszt #folkdance

"Shpetim Selmani’s play addresses the lack of co

"Shpetim Selmani’s play addresses the lack of communication between Albanians from the homeland and those outside its borders, a lack of communication that has persisted for 45 years."

Review of Çimka, a site-responsive play about life under Albania's communist regime, at Tirana's House of Leaves.

For this and other reviews, visit SEEstage.org
#houseofleaves #tirana #albania #theatre #teatri

"Peter Handke a product of the times in which we l

"Peter Handke a product of the times in which we live."

The Handke Project, a new play exploring the controversy surrounding Austrian writer Peter Handke’s Nobel Prize win and what it says about artistic responsibility opens in Kosovo this week. Borisav Matic talked to the cast and creative team.

Link in bio

#handkeproject #peterhandke #europeanhypocrisy

"At a time when we are having to decide between na

"At a time when we are having to decide between nationalist figures and (any) alternative in our elections, the topic could not be more relevant."

Review of The Great Dictator, a staging of Charlie Chaplin's classic film by Diego de Brea, at SNG Drama Ljubljana. For this and more reviews, visit SEEstage.org #thegreatdictator #sngdrama #charliechaplin # jurijzrnec #ljubljana

"I wanted to portray female sex workers as they ar

"I wanted to portray female sex workers as they are: women like the rest of us. Human beings and citizens who are discriminated against and dismissed in an oppressive patriarchal system."

Playwright Doruntina Basha talks about her new play Stiffler, the prevalence of femicide in the Balkans and in wider society, and the role that art can play in the feminist cause. Link in bio #stiffler #feministtheatre #theatre #teatri

"The choice of perspective of the Moldovan entry i

"The choice of perspective of the Moldovan entry is genius – how can the song be political when the character is just a train who’s not sure where it is?"

Finding himself in Turin for the final, UK-based dramaturg Tommo Fowler offers notes on this year's Eurovision song contest entrants. #eurovision #konstrakta #dramaturgy

"Albanian women, in my opinion, are not allowed to

"Albanian women, in my opinion, are not allowed to have a voice and must learn to live without one. Even if they have a voice within their heads, they are taught to silence themselves in order to be accepted in society."

Actor Vlera Pylla on making feminist theatre in Albania and the reaction of male audiences to Pa Ze, directed by Klaudia Piroli #mouthpiece #theatre #feministtheatre #albania

"Five monologues written by five playwrights about

"Five monologues written by five playwrights about the phenomenon of Lepa Brena: as a woman, a pop star, a mogul, an icon, a symbol, a vessel – a figure who looms large in Yugoslavia’s collective cultural memory."

Review of The Lepa Brena Project at Belgrade's Bitef Teatar

For this and more reviews, visit SEEstage.org

#lepabrena #bitefteatar #beograd #theatre #yugoslavia #jugoslavija #jugoslovenka

"Jeton Neziraj manages to mine some extremely thou

"Jeton Neziraj manages to mine some extremely thought-provoking and timely drama from this part of Northern Albanian history."

Review of Burrnesha, a play about patriarchy and the west's obsession with the idea of the Sworn Virgin. For this and more reviews of theatre in south east Europe, visit SEEstage.org

#Burrnesha #swornvirgins #teatri #teatrioda #kosovo

"The minority Hungarian theatre troupes are far mo

"The minority Hungarian theatre troupes are far more developed than any other in Serbia. When they talk about political or social problems, Hungarian companies do it clearer, louder and braver than any other."

Andrej Čanji reports from the 71st Festival of Professional Theatres of Vojvodina.

Photo: Kus Petlić by the National Theatre of Subotica

Link in bio #vojvodina #pozoriste #theatre #kosztolanyidezsoszinhaz #andrasurban

"Their first meeting doesn’t really go to plan;

"Their first meeting doesn’t really go to plan; instead passion, there’s hugging, tears and a fear of dying alone in the bombardment that has commenced in the night."

Review of Dino Pešut’s Bombardment (Granatiranje), a gay love story set against the backdrop of the Yugoslav wars. #Kunstteatar #zagreb #theatre #queertheatre

"When you have no fear of the unpredictable and th

"When you have no fear of the unpredictable and the unknown, you can create a safe environment for everyone involved."

Slovenian actor Uroš Fürst on performing Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe's Every Brilliant Thing at SNG DRAMA Ljubljana, changing attitudes to mental health and why being an actor is sometimes like being a gladiator.

For this and more interviews, reviews and opinion, visit SEEstage.org

#acting #ljubljana #sngdrama #everybrilliantthing

Deconstructing Konstrakta: a discussion of the Ser

Deconstructing Konstrakta: a discussion of the Serbian pop phenomenon and unlikely Eurovision contender through the medium of the YouTube reaction video. Link in bio #Konstrakta #Eurovision #Incorporesano #triptih

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