Speakers announced for [De]contaminating the Truth
This year’s Kosovo Theatre Showcase will feature a range of international speakers including Mark Ravenhill, Oliver Frljić and Maja Salkić.
Divna Stojanov is a dramaturg and playwright. She writes mainly for children and young people.
Programme announced for the Desiré Central Station Festival
The 2026 Desiré Central Station Festival will feature work by Andraš Urban, Béla Pintér, Oliver Frljić, and Jožef Nađ.
Second ne:BITEF event is announced
The second edition of ne:BITEF, the guerrilla theatre festival, will be held on 20 September across 60 locations throughout Belgrade.
Kosovo’s new Arts Council sparks political concerns
The launch of a new National Arts Council in Kosovo has led to concerns being voiced within the artistic community.
Andreja Kargačin: “We must demand that institutions work for us”
Director Andreja Kargačin’s Dora or Who Will Stitch the Vests? tells the story of a Serbian student activist living in exile. She talks to Divna Stojanov about the reality behind the show and navigating risk and repression as an artist.
Ljubiša Ristić appointed as director of Atelje 212
Ljubiša Ristić has been appointed as the new acting director of Belgrade theatre Atelje 212 Belgrade’s Atelje 212 theatre has a new acting director. Ljubiša Ristić was appointed by Belgrade City Assembly, replacing the former manager, dramaturg Gordana Goncić. Ristić (79 years old) has for decades been regarded as one of the region’s best-known avant-garde…
71st Sterijino pozorje: a critical dialogue
What did this year’s Sterijino Pozorje reveal about the state of contemporary theatre rooted in domestic dramatic writing? Critics Andrej Čanji and Divna Stojanov discuss the productions, trends, and tensions that shaped the festival’s 71st edition.
My Sad Monsters
Ivan Vanja Alač directs Croatian playwright Mate Matišić’s metatheatrical follow-up to Man of Wax at National Theatre of Sombor.
Programme announced for the 71st Sterijino pozorje
The programme for the 71st edition of Sterijino pozorje, Serbia’s leading national theatre festival, has been announced.
Mina Milošević wins Sterijino pozorje award for original drama text
This year’s Sterijino pozorje award for original drama text goes to Mina Milošević for her play Robinson Crusoe If She Had Been a Bisexual Woman with Six Fridays.