The Idiot
A talented young ensemble elevate Ivica Buljan’s production of Vladimir Tabašević’s adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s classic novel at Belgrade Drama Theatre
Andrej Čanji is a theatre critic and theatrologist based in Belgrade.
Kinga Mezei: “It is difficult to be an independent artist in Serbia”
Actress and director Kinga Mezei on the influence of poetry and visual art in her work and the challenges of being an independent artist.
Revolt
Jovana Tomić directs Alice Birch’s experimental, fragmented play about language, systems and resistance at Atelje 212
The Divine Comedy
Review of Frank Castorf’s carnivalesque, extravagant six-hour production of The Divine Comedy, at Belgrade Drama Theatre.
Yugoslav Theater Festival 2022: connecting the past with the present
The 27th Yugoslav Theater Festival took place between 1st-7th November in Užice. Andrej Čanji reports on a mixed programme which included work based on Tolstoy and Turgenev, and a powerful piece from Jernej Lorenci.
Macbeth
Nikita Milivojević directs a typically beautiful staging of Shakespeare’s play of power and ambition at Belgrade Drama Theatre
(Not) the End of the World
Katie Mitchell directs Chris Bush’s multiversal play about the choices we make and the impact they have on the environment, presented as part of the 56th BITEF
Oedipus
Vito Taufer directs a film noir-inspired production of Sophocles’ play at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre
The Years of Crows
Siniša Kovačević returns to the Serbian stage with an epic First World War drama with nationalistic undertones.
The Miracle in Šargan
Jagoš Marković directs a moving, well-acted, yet overly safe staging of Ljubomir Simović’s classic play for the Yugoslav Drama Theatre.