Taking Sides
Lavishly cast production of Ronald Harwood’s play set in post-war Germany during the Allied Denazification process.
Bacchae
UK band The Tiger Lilles provide the music for Javor Gardev’s epic staging of the play by Euripides at Sofia’s National Palace of Culture
Sarajevo Theatre Showcase: The dramaturgical power of the clothing rack
An exploration of how, in theatre, the most straightforward of items – such as a clothing rack – can be made to have meaning.
Programme announced for the Desiré Central Station Festival
The 2026 Desiré Central Station Festival will feature work by Andraš Urban, Béla Pintér, Oliver Frljić, and Jožef Nađ.
Nikaragva
Patrik Sečen directs a strongly performed production of Vid Adam Hribar’s chamber play about a dysfunctional family at Zagreb Youth Theatre
Sarajevo Theatre Showcase: Short Cuts
Sanja Nešković Peršin’s devised piece, presented as part of the Sarajevo Theatre Showcase, consists of a series of highly physical scenes.
Sarajevo Theatre Showcase: They Are All Gone
Presented as part of the Sarajevo Theatre Showcase Can you ever grieve a loss so profound that makes the rest of your life a mere shadow of what it was once before? Does the pain of losing multiple loved ones ever go away or does it transform into a new way of living, making it…
Sarajevo Theatre Showcase: Sounds Like Pepper
Marina Petković Liker’s atmospheric and sonically complex show centres sound at the Sarajevo Theatre Showcase
Balkan Erotic Epic
German premiere of Marina Abramović’s large-scale, immersive exploration of Balkan fertility rituals and her own past.
The Seagull
Selma Spahić’s gorgeously performed and emotionally rich production of Chekhov’s play opens the Novi Teatar in Sarajevo