St. George Slays the Dragon
Milan Nešković’s lavish and well-acted but overly faithful production of Dušan Kovačević’s play.
Cabaret Piccolo Grande: Distopia
Robert Lenard’s playful, funny and strongly performed dystopian cabaret – complete with AI–generated music – at Novi Sad Theatre.
SEEstage’s favourite theatre shows of 2024
As the year draws to a close, SEEstage’s writers across the region discuss the shows that made a lasting impression on them in 2024.
Dritëro Kasapi: “Theatre can create common cultural experiences”
Dritëro Kasapi, artistic director of Sweden’s Riksteatern, talks to Duška Radosavljević about growing up as an Albanian in Macedonia, being labelled a ‘migrant director’ and his belief that theatre can build bridges.
Arms and the Man
John Malkovich’s directs an accessible, entertaining and textually faithful if unadventurous production of George Bernard Shaw’s romantic comedy.
LP (Lep Pozdrav/Long Play/Live Performance)
YEBBA’s inventive and funny ‘dance concert’ dynamically explores the anxiety and precarity of life as an artist in Slovenia
3 Sisters Remix
Director Ivica Buljan’s dynamically performed and visually striking remix of the play by Chekhov, presented as part of Festival Ljubljana.
Five Kinds of Silence
Altin Basha directs a powerful production of Shelagh Stephenson’s play about domestic abuse.
Women of Troy
Actors and artists from Kosovo and Serbia collaborate on an updated, bilingual version of Euripides tragedy
Artists at the National Theatre of Kosovo are striking over pay
The Union of Artists of the National Theatre in Kosovo has been on a general strike since 15 November.