Eldorado
Veljko Mićunović directs a visually rich production of Marius von Mayenburg’s dystopian drama at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre.
Andrej Čanji is a theatre critic and theatrologist based in Belgrade.
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.
The End of the World in Three Acts
Selma Spahić directs a potent three-part anthology play about violence against women by authors Kristina Kegljen, Katja Gorečan, Tijana Grumić.
Mister Dolar
Miloš Lolić’s rave update of Branislav Nušić’s comedy for the National Theatre of Belgrade is a missed opportunity.
The Andraš Urban Cook Book: a three-course feast
Andrej Čanji explores the particular mix of flavours and ingredients that make up the work of theatre director Andraš Urban.