Programme announced for 64rd edition of MESS festival
The 64rd International Theater Festival MESS in Sarajevo will open with a Swiss-Palestinian co-production and feature work by Žiga Divjak and Tamara Kučinović.
Six Against Turkey: A parable about the degradation of democracy
Nick Awde talks to playwright Jeton Neziraj and director Blerta Neziraj about Six Against Turkey, their darkly comic new play about the fallout from the 2016 coup in Turkey and the long reach of oppressive regimes.
Mladi Levi Festival: A breath of fresh air for the Slovenian scene
Karolina Bugajak on the 27th edition of the Mladi Levi Festival, which took place this August in Ljubljana, its innovative international programme and the festival as a political space
Tjaša Črnigoj: “Women’s sexual pleasure is still taboo in our society”
Director Tjaša Črnigoj on Sex Education II, her lecture performance about women’s sexual pleasure, and how psychotherapy informs her work.
Programme announced for PrizrenFest 2024
PrizrenFest 2024, the international open-air theatre festival, will be held in Prizren between 21st-28th July. The festival will feature a diverse, international line-up of theatre performances by artists from Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Italy, and France.
Mirëdita, Dobar Dan cancelled in Belgrade. What comes next?
The Mirëdita, Dobar Dan festival was supposed to take place at the end of June this year, only to be cancelled at the last minute by the Serbian authorities. Why was it shut down and what does this mean for the future of the festival?
Programme of 58th BITEF announced
The programme for this year’s Belgrade International Theatre Festival (BITEF) will include work by Milo Rau, Tiago Rodrigues and Tjaša Črnigoj.
Rozi Kostani: “It’s three times more difficult for female artists”
Actor, director and professor at the Faculty of Performing Arts, Rozi Kostani has had a rich and varied career on both stage and screen in Albania and the wider region. She talks to Belkisa Zhelegu about her creative ambitions and the professional and personal challenges she’s faced in her life as an artist.
Cyrano
Gorčin Stojanović directs a well-performed if dramatically under-powered production of Edmond Rostand’s play
Sajza Flower
Endri Çela directs a moving play about the harsh conditions in the Tepelena Camp drawing from real-life testimonies.