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Dr Ausländer (Made for Germany): documenting migrant stories

September 25, 2022

Borisav Matic

lugarić steel magnolias_karlo čargonja

Proving Your Worth: life as an emerging theatre artist in Croatia

August 29, 2022

Nora Čulić Matošić

Theater of Gjilan A.Y.L.A.N performance in Poland

Budgetary woes and endless bureaucracy: the challenges of producing regional theatre in Kosovo

July 26, 2022

Fatlinda Daku

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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

News

Award winners announced at 56th BITEF festival
October 2, 2022

Programme announced for MESS festival 2022
September 15, 2022

SNG Drama to present Sebastijan Horvat’s Cement trilogy in Ljubljana
September 6, 2022

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"Life is all about improvisation; and improvisatio

"Life is all about improvisation; and improvisation in real life is very often no fun at all."

A new column by writer and dramaturg Duška Radosavljević Krojer on her migratory life.

Photo: Milica Simonovic

For this and more coverage of theatre in South East Europe, visit SEEstage.org #migration #improvisation

"A eulogy for humanity spoken in advance" Andrej

"A eulogy for humanity spoken in advance"

Andrej Canji reviews Katie Mitchell's production of Chris Bush's (Not) the End of the World, part of the 56th BITEF festival

For more reviews from this year's BITEF, visit SEEstage.org #BITEF #pozoriste #belgrade #beograd #theatre

"Their job requires them to master the art of bein

"Their job requires them to master the art of being present and absent at the same time."

Review of Gardien Party, a piece by French company Zirlib exploring the life of museum and gallery workers.

For more reviews from this year's BITEF, visit SEEstage.org #bitef #theatre #pozoriste #belgrade #beograd

"For those fleeing war or migrating for economic r

"For those fleeing war or migrating for economic reasons, what is the same in all these cases is the political and economic role of the border."

Bojan Djordjev, Tanja Šljivar and Mina Milošević discuss their new documentary theatre show Dr Auslander (Made for Germany) - which opens this week at @bitef_festival and the mass migration of medical workers in the Balkans

For this and other interviews, visit SEEstage.org #BITEF #theatre #pozoriste #belgrade #beograd

"Vito Taufer locates Sophocles' play in a world of

"Vito Taufer locates Sophocles' play in a world of dimmed lights, whiskey, and clouds of cigarette smoke - a world inspired by noir films."

A review of Vito Taufer's Oedipus at @jdpbgd

Photo: Nebojsa Babic

For this and more reviews of theatre in Belgrade, visit SEEstage.org #theatre #pozoriste #beograd #belgrade #theatrereviews

Highlights of the 49th INFANT festival at the Serb

Highlights of the 49th INFANT festival at the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad included work by Mateja Koležnik and Žiga Divjak.@borisavmatic reports on this year's programme

Photo: Peter Giodani

For more more reviews, interviews and coverage of theatre festivals, visit: SEEstage.org #novisad #pozoriste #theatre #serbia #theatrecriticism

"We are the black sheep of our theatre society."

"We are the black sheep of our theatre society."

For 20 years, Hungary's Maladype Theatre has sought to maintain independence within an increasingly authoritarian political landscape. Nick Awde talks to them about creative integrity, international touring and turning adversity to advantage.

For this and more features about theatre in South East Europe, visit SEEstage.org

#maladype #theatre #hungary

Working for free and battling a centralised system

Working for free and battling a centralised system: a look at what it’s like to be an emerging young theatre artist in Croatia.

For this and more features on theatre in South East Europe, visit SEEstage.org #theatre #theatremakers #croatia

The 25th edition of Ljubljana's Mladi Levi Festiva

The 25th edition of Ljubljana's Mladi Levi Festival featured a rich international programme of theatre and dance from Croatia to Columbia.

Highlights included Alessandro Sciarroni's Save the Last Dance for Me. Photo: Nada Žgank

For more festival coverage from South East Europe, visit SEEstage.org
#mladilevi #bunker #ljubljana #theatre #dance #slovenia

"The choice of the former prison as a venue is per

"The choice of the former prison as a venue is perfect, the place is brimming with so much grim history that needs to be remembered."

Review of The Hour of Death, a new play based on the true stories of political prisoners under Enver Hoxha's regime.

For this and more reviews of theatre in South East Europe, visit SEEstage.org
#prishtinaprison #prishtina #theatre #kosovo

"For a very long time, people with a migrant backg

"For a very long time, people with a migrant background were marginalized in the world of theatre."

Hakan Savas Mican, playwright and director-in-residence at the Maxim Gorki Theatre, on his Berlin trilogy, making work about the migrant experience and why it’s important to talk about questions of class. For this and more interviews, visit SEEstage.org
#makimgorkitheatre #berlintheatre #migrantstories #hakansavasmican

Siniša Kovačević’s epic comeback production T

Siniša Kovačević’s epic comeback production The Years of Crows is tainted by nationalism and displays "a dramaturgy of hatred towards the other", argues Andrej Čanji.

For this and other reviews of theatre in South East Europe, visit SEEstage.org
#sinišakovačević #godinevrana #narodnepozoriste #beograd

"Scenes play out in the backstage spaces and corri

"Scenes play out in the backstage spaces and corridors of the theatre - and even in the parking lot."

Review of Network, a technically ambitious staging of Paddy Chayefsky's classic 1976 film about exploitation and the media at Ljubljana's Mladinsko Theatre

For this and more reviews, visit SEEstage.org #network
#matijavastl #mladinskotheatre #ljubljana #immadashell

"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

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