Following the premiere of Qëndrim Rijani’s production Othello at the National Theatre of Albania, our critics discuss the questions it raises around race, otherness, power and identity, as well as wider issues within the Albanian theatre scene.
Fatos Berisha directs a well acted performance of Florian Zeller’s play about a family dealing with their teenage son’s depression.
Albanian choreographer and dancer Blenard Azizaj on building an international career and one of his most ambitious projects to date: Marina Abramović’s Balkan Erotic Epic.
Real-life mother and son Amos Zaharia’ and Yllka Mujo star in an elegant and compelling production of Shakespeare’s play in Tirana.
Erson Zymberi directs Florian Zeller’s moving play about a man losing his memory and sense of self to dementia.
Altin Basha directs a powerful production of Shelagh Stephenson’s play about domestic abuse.
Actor, director and professor at the Faculty of Performing Arts, Rozi Kostani has had a rich and varied career on both stage and screen in Albania and the wider region. She talks to Belkisa Zhelegu about her creative ambitions and the professional and personal challenges she’s faced in her life as an artist.
Andia Xhunga and Indrit Çobani’s well-acted and psychologically nuanced staging of a play by Gerhart Hauptmann at Teatri Metropol
Driada Dervishi’s resonant adaptation of the play by Stefano Massini for an Albanian context is a call for solidarity.
Kiço Londo’s faithful but underdeveloped production of Sophocles’ tragedy for Teatri Shëtitës Çajupi.