Patrik Lazić: “Making theatre today is one big balancing act”
Patrik Lazić discusses Our Son, his poignant exploration of LGBTQ issues, his approach to theatre, EuroPride and his fondness for emotional storytelling.
Club Albania
Fatos Berisha directs a witty and brilliantly metatheatrical new play based on Çajupi’s After Death, at the National Theatre of Kosovo’s new temporary stage.
Inaugural “Moisiu” National Theater Festival takes place in Skopje
The first “Moisiu” National Theater Festival for Albanian drama took place in Skopje in November. Prize winners include Father and Father by Jeton Neziraj
Yugoslav Theater Festival 2022: connecting the past with the present
The 27th Yugoslav Theater Festival took place between 1st-7th November in Užice. Andrej Čanji reports on a mixed programme which included work based on Tolstoy and Turgenev, and a powerful piece from Jernej Lorenci.
Macbeth
Nebojša Dugalić and Nataša Ninković star in Jagoš Marković’s production of Shakespeare’s tragedy at the National Theatre Belgrade
Migration Diary: Crime and Punishment in Stockholm
In the latest in her series about relocating to Sweden, Duška Radosavljević Krojer pays her first visit to the theatre to see Oliver Frljić’s Scandanavian debut.
Kosovo Theatre Showcase 2022: a platform for collaboration
Berat Bajrami reflects on the fifth edition of the Kosovo Theatre Showcase, and on the festival’s continuing impact on the Kosovo theatre scene.
Zagreb’s Kunst Teatar: “We want to attract new audiences to the theater”
Zagreb’s Kunst Teatar is a small privately run and independently spirited theater that supports emerging writers and artists. Lucija Klarik speaks to the co-founders about the challenges and rewards of running their own space.
Sebastijan Horvat: “All the former Yugoslav countries have a kind of dementia”
Director Sebastijan Horvat talks to Natasha Tripney on his ambitious staging of Heiner Muller’s Cement across three theatres with three different ensembles.
Father and Father
Intimate production of Jeton Neziraj’s play about loss and the families of the missing, presented as part of the Kosovo Theatre Showcase