1984
Moving and impactful production of George Orwell’s dystopian novel by director Igor Mendjisky for the National Theatre of Kosovo.
Negotiating Peace: “Cultural cooperation in Europe is a political act”
Nick Awde speaks to playwright Jeton Neziraj, director Blerta Neziraj and actor Orest Pastukh about their timely new international coproduction exploring peace negotiation processes.
Bertove kočije ili Sibila
Ivan Cerović’s well-performed if problematic production of a text by Velimir Lukić in which puppets come to life at the Serbian National Theatre.
Singing Youth: “Political systems embedded in culture are here to stay”
The creators of Singing Youth Judit Böröcz, György Bence Pálinkás and Máté Szigeti discuss inherited power structures and Hungarian politics past and present.
Belgrade Pride Theatre Festival: Queering the Serbian stage
The Belgrade Pride Theatre Festival takes place every year during Pride Week. Andrej Čanji reports on this year’s programme and two very different explorations of queer lives in the region.
Anja Suša: “Theatre is one of the last bastions of privilege”
Theatre director and former curator of BITEF Anja Suša talks to Nick Awde about #Jeanne, her radical reboot of the story of Joan of Arc, and the reality of working as a theatre artist in Sweden.
12th Night, or What You Will
Gender is central to Grzegorz Jarzyna’s reimagining of Shakespeare’s comedy for Zagreb Youth Theatre.
How a Tree Fell
Captivatingly written and performed exploration of communities and crisis, written by Katarina Morano and directed by Źiga Divjak for SNG Drama Ljubljana.
The Shadow Garden: Exploring trauma and war on stage
In 1999, 15 members of the Bogujevci family were massacred in their garden in Kosovo. Nick Awde discusses artistic responsibility and bearing witness with the creative team behind a new cross-cultural production exploring their story.
Pains of Youth
Jovana Tomić directs a bittersweet, at times provocative reworking of Ferdinand Bruckner’s play about a group of disaffected, sexually entangled young people at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre.