Jeton Neziraj’s new play, Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Wept, explores reconciliation and forgiveness processes in Kosovo and South Africa. Andrej Čanji spoke to the creative team about their research process and how they’re bringing these topics to the stage.
Legal Aliens Theatre mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica with a performance based on the novel by Aidan Hehir.
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.
Mia Knežević directs Đorđe Petrović’s compelling exploration of systemic corruption in Serbian society at the National Theatre of Sombor.
Veljko Mićunović directs a visually rich production of Marius von Mayenburg’s dystopian drama at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre.
Slobodan Stanković directs a talented young ensemble of actors in a powerful play about a group of young men in a reform centre.
Ana Vukotić directs a stylised and excessive production drawing on the work of Norway’s most famous playwright.
Swiss director Milo Rau re-enacts Sophocles’ tragedy with members of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (MST)
Jan Krmelj directs a slow-placed but provocative production of a play that explores the line between truth and conspiracy.
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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