Borisav Matić is a critic and dramaturg from Serbia. He is the Regional Managing Editor at The Theatre Times. He regularly writes about theatre for a range of publications and media.
He’s a member of the feminist collective Rebel Readers with whom he co-edits Bookvica, their platform for literary criticism, and produces literary shows and podcasts. He occasionally works as a dramaturg or a scriptwriter for theatre, TV, radio and other media. He's the administrator of IDEA - the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association.
The Microstagiune Showcase presented the work of the Hungarian State Theatre “Csiky Gergely” and the German State Theatre in Timișoara to an international audience. Borisav Matić reports on a culturally mixed programme.
Serbian theatres will go on a seven day strike in February in a show of support for the student protestors.
New erotically charged, sex positive choreographic piece from Station–Service for Contemporary Dance
Milan Nešković’s lavish and well-acted but overly faithful production of Dušan Kovačević’s play.
After six editions in Prishtina, the annual Kosovo Theatre Showcase relocated to Tirana this year. Borisav Matić reports on the first ever Kosovo/Albania Theatre Showcase and a programme of work that illuminated both the past and the present.
Veljko Mićunović’s strikingly staged but irresponsibly revisionist production based on the novel by Branimir Šćepanović at the Serbian National Theatre.
Participatory installation performance by Irena Ristić and Đorđe Živadinović Grgur asking questions about the US whistleblower, information and identity.
Hypnotic dance piece choreographed by Christos Papadopoulos for Berlin’s Dance On Ensemble and featuring performers over the age of 40.
Choreographer Igor Koruga talks to Borisav Matić about his new dance piece Unstable Comrades, his research in the history of queer culture in socialist countries and the West, and performing queerness through dance.
The programme for the 69th Sterijino pozorje, the theatre festival of Serbian national drama, will include work by Ivica Buljan and Selma Spahić.