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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

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Pavlica Bajsić Brazzoduro: “Audio creates a whole new dimension”

April 20, 2022

Lucija Klarik

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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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"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

"In all of my radiophonic performances I play with

"In all of my radiophonic performances I play with these two perceptions - with the inner and the outer mise-en-scène." Pavlica Bajsić Brazzoduro on fusing radio and theatre on stage.

#radiophonic #zekaem #zagreb #theatre

As the devastating war in Ukraine continues, SEEst

As the devastating war in Ukraine continues, SEEstage writers discuss the acts of solidarity, support and protest being carried out by activists and cultural workers across the Western Balkan region and beyond. Link in bio #standwithukraine #westernbalkans

"I’m interested in what we consider to be violen

"I’m interested in what we consider to be violent and what not to be violent. I really hope that the time will come when we will perceive somebody driving a luxurious car as a crime. It doesn't matter if you can afford it, because the environment cannot afford it. You are actively killing future generations, and already killing people living in areas that are that are environmentally more exposed to climate change."

Director Žiga Divjak on documentary theatre and why we need to change our thinking about climate change. Link in bio #zigadivjak #mladinskotheatre #ljubljana #slovenia

"An intensely collaborative, intensely live experi

"An intensely collaborative, intensely live experience." Nina Rajić Kranjac’s Solo is four hours of magnificent chaos, music, fire and wine. Read our review, along with others from the Mladinsko Theatre showcase, on SEEstage.org

#ninarajickranjac #solo #mladinskotheatre #ljubljana #slovenia #theatre #pozoriste

"Being provocative used to be the imperative for g

"Being provocative used to be the imperative for good theatre and good music. Suddenly provocative has this derogatory meaning. When did that happen? Should art now be completely politically correct, odourless, tasteless and characterless?"

Slovenian avant garde music group Laibach on their new show based on the work of Heiner Muller. Link in bio #laibach #heinermuller #wirsinddasvolk #avantgarde #berlin #theatre

"Theatre Institutions are led by semi-literate med

"Theatre Institutions are led by semi-literate mediocrities, who have turned it into a tool for fulfilling their personal, professional or political goals"

Theatre director Dejan Angelov on the nepotistic and closed world of Macedonian theatre and how things need to change.

Photo: Mirna Trpkova in Dejan Angelov's Victoria #dejanangelov #macedonia #northmacedonia #theatre

"You can't change the system from the inside." A d

"You can't change the system from the inside." A dialogue on independent theatre in Romania and the importance of cultural exchange between Gabriela Dumitru, artistic director of Theatre Arts Group (TAG) and Louise Coles, of UK charity Creative Youth. #romania #theatre #indepenenttheatre #emergingartists

"I am trying to create polyphony of voices, not on

"I am trying to create polyphony of voices, not one unifying voice erasing all other voices."

Oliver Frljić on theatre’s response to the war in Ukraine, the outdated concept of ‘character’, and his new piece for Maxim Gorki Theater, a fusion of Danton's Death and Iphigenia . Link in bio #oliverfrljic #maximgorkitheater #berlintheatre #dantonstodiphigenie #theatredirector #theatre

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