Girls
Director Tjaša Črnigoj and the Igralke Collective stage a thoughtful exploration of women’s sex education through history
The Best European Show
Haris Pašović directs an ambitious international co-production about the plight of Europe – and European theatre – today
Angel of Ice
Árpád Schilling’s well-acted if overlong play about the hypocrisy of the wealthy and a journalist who decides to do good with her life
Michael Kohlhaas
Boris Lješević and Fedor Šili’s skilful but disinterested adaption of Heinrich von Kleist’s play about one man’s fight against injustice.
Sex for Beginners: Staging sex education in Serbia
A new production for young people based on the teen sex manual Sex for Beginners is opening up conversations about sex on the Serbian stage. Divna Stojanov discusses the lack of such discussion in schools and on stage, and how this show’s open attitude makes a refreshing change.
ErosAntEros: Bringing Brecht’s Saint Joan of the Stockyards to the stage
Italian theatre makers ErosAntEros on their ambitious staging of Brecht’s Saint Joan of the Stockyards featuring live music by Laibach and the challenges of international co-productions.
Igor Koruga: “Emancipation of queer culture is not just a Western creation”
Choreographer Igor Koruga talks to Borisav Matić about his new dance piece Unstable Comrades, his research in the history of queer culture in socialist countries and the West, and performing queerness through dance.
Haris Pašović: “Anyone who is excluded must be included”
Haris Pašović’s new show World of Possibilities depicts the everyday lives of disabled people, their families and carers. The director talks to Nick Awde about his methodology and wider questions of inclusion, representation and artistic responsibility.
Katarina Morano: “I deal with fear a lot in my work”
Writer Katarina Morano talks to Živa Kadunc about her collaborative partnership with Žiga Divjak, motherhood, and how her work addresses our fears for the future.
The Traitor’s Niche
Kushtrim Koliqi directs Doruntina Basha’s modernised adaption of the novel by Ismail Kadare at the National Theatre of Kosovo