Mellowing
Hypnotic dance piece choreographed by Christos Papadopoulos for Berlin’s Dance On Ensemble and featuring performers over the age of 40.
Hecuba, Not Hecuba
Tiago Rodrigues’ new play for the Comédie-Française weaves together an ancient Greek tragedy with a play about contemporary social issues.
The Marriage
Norbert Rakowski directs a psychologically rich production of Witold Gombrowicz’s dream-play at the National Theater of Kosovo.
No One is Forgotten and We Remember Nothing
Bojana Lazić directs an atmospheric and female-led staging of Mirjana Drljević‘s filmic novel about memory and the trauma of the past.
BITEF’s curatorial team: “We want to amplify voices that might not otherwise be heard”
BITEF artistic director Nikita Milivojević and festival co-curators Ksenija Đurović and Tijana Grumić on the festival’s curatorial model and the themes and trends in this year’s programme.
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Hey, Don’t Walk Around Stark Naked
Miloš Lolić directs an inventive and well-acted staging of Georges Feydeau’s farcical comedy at Novi Sad Theatre.
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.