The Iranian Conference
Ivana Vujić directs a frustratingly static staging of Ivan Vyrypaev’s play, at the National Theatre Belgrade
Andrej Čanji is a theatre critic and theatrologist based in Belgrade.
Shakespeare in Love
Luka Grbić gives a brilliant comic performance in a playful and dynamic stage production of the romantic comedy at Belgrade Drama Theatre
Amsterdam
An assured and relevant production of Maya Arad Yasur’s play Amsterdam at Atelje 212, exploring how people live with their history.
Alice in Fearland
Milena Radulovic stars in an incoherent update of Lewis Carroll’s children’s classic at Yugoslav Drama Theatre, Belgrade
Nora – A Doll’s House
Nada Šargin and Goran Jevtić star in a sleek, contemporary staging of the play by Ibsen at the National Theatre Belgrade.
A Light in the Dark: Remembering Igor Vuk Torbica
As theatres in Serbia stage a tribute to Igor Vuk Torbica, Andrej Čanji looks back at the life, work and art of the talented young director
Zagreb–Belgrade via Sarajevo
Review of Jelica Zupanc’s play about a journey taken by Miloš Crnjanski and Ivo Andrić, two of the most famous Yugoslav writers of the 20th century.
Vlast
Milan Nešković’s new production of Branislav Nušić’s unfinished comedy at Belgrade’s National Theatre
U raljama života
The Belgrade Drama Theater ensemble enlivens Biljana Srbljanović’s adaptation of the popular novel by Dubravka Ugrešić, Štefica Cvek in the Jaws of Life.