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Greek Theatre Protests: "We have nothing to lose"

March 27, 2023

Nick Awde

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Irena Popović Dragović: "Our society cherishes the cult of patriarchy"

March 26, 2023

Igor Burić

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Teatri ODA at 20: The journey of an independent theatre in Kosovo

March 24, 2023

Fatlinda Daku

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Huddersfield: the making of a modern Serbian stage classic

March 5, 2023

Alex Chisholm

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Jovana Tomić: "The director's main role is to allow people to share"

February 13, 2023

Natasha Tripney

News

Selection announced for the 72nd Festival of Professional Theatres in Vojvodina
March 13, 2023

Second edition of FemFEST to take place in Tirana
March 3, 2023

Nikita Milivojević named as the new artistic director of BITEF
February 24, 2023

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Reviews, Interviews & Features

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"They are telling us stories as if they have happe

"They are telling us stories as if they have happened a thousand times before this one and are going to happen a thousand times after this one. In this respect the ensemble comes as close to the truth as one can."

Review of Nina Ramšak Marković's gruelling but powerful version of Elfriede Jelinek’s Women as Lovers at Slovenia's Mladinsko Theatre. For this and more reviews, visit SEEstage.org #gledalisce #theatre #slovenskomladinskogledalisce #elfriedejelinek

"Yankee Rose is an extremely serious production wr

"Yankee Rose is an extremely serious production wrapped in opulent glamour and laced with seductive irony."

Review of Miloš Lolić's seductive production of Slobodan Obradović’s comedy inspired by the life of Anna Nicole Smith at Belgrade Drama Theatre

Link in bio #theatre #theatrereview #beograd #pozoriste #belgrade #annanicolesmith

"The tension created by the music and dynamic chor

"The tension created by the music and dynamic choreography gives the impression that you are inside a dark, mesmerizing vortex"

Our review of Faust, Fadil Hysaj's new version for the National Theatre of Kosovo. For this and more reviews from the region, visit SEEstage.org #theatre #teatri #theatrereview #kosova

"We will speak until they hear us.” In Greece,

"We will speak until they hear us.”

In Greece, theatre students have recently taken to the streets to protest the devaluing of their education. Nick Awde spoke to some of the organisers about what prompted them to protest and how their cause has become part of a wider movement.

Link in bio

#sesaspoumasakouTE #theatre #greece #protests

"Making theatre about war in the middle of a war i

"Making theatre about war in the middle of a war is a tricky business."

Review of Schlachten, the concluding part of Oliver Frljić's war trilogy at Berlin's Maxim Gorki Theatre.

Photo: Ute Langkafel MAIFOTO

Link in bio

#theatre #theatrereview #maximgorkitheater #berlin #oliverfrljic

"I believe that striving for excellence in art is

"I believe that striving for excellence in art is as important as striving to be exceptional as a human."

Composer Irena Popović Dragović on her new opera Children, based on the novel by Milena Marković, making her debut as a director and the challenges faced as a female composer in a patriarchal society. Link in bio #pozoriste #theatre #serbia #composer #opera

Teatri ODA, Kosovo's only independent theatre, mar

Teatri ODA, Kosovo's only independent theatre, marks its 20th anniversary this year.

Director Florent Mehmeti talks to SEEstage about the venue's history and its role in Kosovo's cultural scene. Link in bio #teatrioda #teatri #pristine #kosova

"An Amp and a Guitar captures the slow spirit of t

"An Amp and a Guitar captures the slow spirit of the city, the generational gap, and offers a fresh, contemporary twist at the end."

Ivana Janošev's engaging production based on the writing of Slobodan Tišma makes the case for giving young artists access to institutional stages in Novi Sad. Link in bio #theatre #pozoriste #novisad

"The old man in search of his lost self is reminis

"The old man in search of his lost self is reminiscent of the predicament of every society in search of identity."

Review of Arbri, Lirak Çelaj's moving new play about an old man grappling with dementia, memory and the ghosts of the past, at Theatre ODA, Prishtina.

For this and more reviews from the region, visit SEEstage.org
#teatri #theatre #prishtina

"With Children, Irena Popović presents herself as

"With Children, Irena Popović presents herself as a creative force, fresh and original and ready to enrich the Serbian stage."

Review of Children, Irena Popović's moving operatic staging of Milena Marković’s verse novel at National Theatre Belgrade

Link in bio #opera #pozoriste #theatrereview #narodnopozoristebeograd

"Žiga Divjak's Crises is a formally radical perfo

"Žiga Divjak's Crises is a formally radical performance with a hint of hope."

Tom Mustroph on Radar Ost, Deutsches Theater Berlin's festival of eastern European work, which this year focused on Ukraine and also featured work from Belarus Free Theatre and Žiga Divjak.

Link in bio #radarost #berlin #deutschestheater #ukraine

"A wonderful burlesque melting pot of everything t

"A wonderful burlesque melting pot of everything that makes us uneasy in our chairs and in our skins."

A vivacious and unapologetic take on Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi from Kazalište Kerempuh and Kazalište Gavella in Zagreb

Link in bio #kazaliste #kerempuh #zagreb #theatre #theatrereview

SEEstage news: The 72nd edition of the Festival o

SEEstage news: The 72nd edition of the Festival of Professional Theatres in Vojvodina will take place in Zrenjanin in April and will include work by by Haris Pašović and Kokan Mladenović.

Photo: Mephisto, SNP Novi Sad

For more news from the region, visit SEEstage.org

#theatre #theatrefestival #pozoriste #zrenjanin

"Nebojša was one of the finest, most instinctive

"Nebojša was one of the finest, most instinctive actors I’ve ever worked with"

Director Alex Chisholm looks back on Huddersfield, and the journey that led to working with the much missed Nebojša Glogovac and directing one of the most popular Serbian productions of recent years. Lin in bio #nebojsaglogovc #hadersfild #theatre #pozoriste

"The actors of the Belgrade Drama Theatre ensemble

"The actors of the Belgrade Drama Theatre ensemble rescue an, at times, confused production with their inspired performances."

Review of Ivica Buljan's production of Dostoyevsky's classic novel The Idiot at Belgrade Drama Theatre. Link in bio #theatre #theatrereview #pozoriste #lukagrbic

"Choreographer Miloš Isailović and dramaturg Boj

"Choreographer Miloš Isailović and dramaturg Bojan Đorđev use movement and the poetic power of the body to explore Orwell’s themes."

Review of a dance performance which brings life to George Orwell's classic allegorical novel, Animal Farm, at Bitef Teatar

For this and more reviews from the region, visit SEEstage.org

#dance #orwell #animalfarm #danceperformance #belgrade

SEEstage news: Theatre director Nikita Milivojević has been named as the new artistic director of BITEF.

For this and more news from the region, visit SEEstage.org #BITEF #theatre #serbia

"They are transformed from disinterested young peo

"They are transformed from disinterested young people of the city into actors and activists"

Activist group ATA discuss Albania's emigration problem, making work in unconventional spaces and using theatre to connect with the community. Link in bio

#theatre #teatri #grupiata #kamez #albania

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