The Flowers of Srebrenica
Legal Aliens Theatre mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica with a performance based on the novel by Aidan Hehir.
Andrej Čanji is a theatre critic and theatrologist based in Belgrade.
70th Sterijino pozorje: a critical dialogue
Following news of the decision not to allocate any funding to Sterijino pozorje, Serbia’s most prominent national theatre festival, critics Borisav Matić and Andrej Čanji reflect on this year’s edition and what this decision means for the future of the festival.
Izuzeti
Mia Knežević directs Đorđe Petrović’s compelling exploration of systemic corruption in Serbian society at the National Theatre of Sombor.
Eldorado
Veljko Mićunović directs a visually rich production of Marius von Mayenburg’s dystopian drama at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre.
Bird Cage
Slobodan Stanković directs a talented young ensemble of actors in a powerful play about a group of young men in a reform centre.
Ibsen Machine
Ana Vukotić directs a stylised and excessive production drawing on the work of Norway’s most famous playwright.
Antigone in the Amazon
Swiss director Milo Rau re-enacts Sophocles’ tragedy with members of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (MST)
Rupture
Jan Krmelj directs a slow-placed but provocative production of a play that explores the line between truth and conspiracy.
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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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.