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Monthly Archives: May 2022

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The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble: keeping tradition alive

FeaturesBy Natasha TripneyMay 31, 2022

The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, which mixes folk traditions with modern dance, is bringing a new show to London inspired by the life of Franz Liszt.

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

FeaturesBy Borisav MaticMay 30, 2022

A new play exploring the controversy surrounding Peter Handke’s Nobel Prize win and what it says about artistic responsibility.

Çimka

ReviewsBy Flamur DardeshiMay 29, 2022

Shpetim Selmani’s play about life under the Albanian communist regime features two interlinked narratives.

The Great Dictator

ReviewsBy Iva Š. SlosarMay 26, 2022

Jurij Zrnec plays the lead role in Diego de Brea’s staging of the classic Charlie Chaplin film about the rise fascism.

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

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

InterviewBy Gresa HasaMay 24, 2022

Playwright Doruntina Basha on her new play Stiffler, the prevalence of femicide in the Balkans and wider society, and the role that art can play in the feminist cause.

Trains, Flames and Synchronised Clapping: a dramaturg responds to Eurovision

FeaturesBy Tommo FowlerMay 23, 2022

Finding himself in Turin for the final, UK-based dramaturg Tommo Fowler on the theatricality of this year’s Eurovision song contest entrants.

Stiffler at Teatri Oda, Prishtina. Photo: Sovereign Nrecaj

Programme announced for the Mirëdita, Dobar Dan festival

NewsBy Natasha TripneyMay 22, 2022

The ninth edition of the Mirëdita, Dobar Dan festival will take place in locations around Belgrade from 25th – 28th May.

Finding Their Voice: making feminist theatre in Albania

InterviewBy Flamur DardeshiMay 19, 2022

Director Klaudia Piroli and performers Vlera Pylla and Enisa Hysa discuss their new show Pa Ze, feminism and what it is to be voiceless.

The Lepa Brena Project

ReviewsBy Natasha TripneyMay 17, 2022

The life and legacy of the Yugoslav pop icon Lepa Brena explored through a quintet of interlinked monologues.

Burrnesha

ReviewsBy Florida KastratiMay 16, 2022

Jeton Neziraj’s play exploring clashing cultures, patriarchy and the west’s fascination with the phenomenon of the Sworn Virgin

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