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.
Ivan Vanja Alač directs Croatian playwright Mate Matišić’s metatheatrical follow-up to Man of Wax at National Theatre of Sombor.
The programme for the 71st edition of Sterijino pozorje, Serbia’s leading national theatre festival, has been announced.
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.
Director: Jovana Tomić’s potent production of Elfriede Jelinek’s novel about violence against women and the oppression of the patriarchy.
Dramaturg Jasna Žmak donates her award to the Serbian actress and activist as part of the guerrilla-style festival.
From the Other Side, a new festival of Balkan theatre, will launch in New York in December at the renowned LaMaMa Experimental Theatre Club.
The programme for the 17th edition of the Desire Central Station Festival will include work by Oliver Frljić, Boris Liješević, and Jasna Žmak.
Director Botond Nagy’s playful, disorientating and deconstructed take on Chekhov’s Three Sisters at Novi Sad Theatre.
The National Theatre in Belgrade has been closed since the start of October, ostensibly for reasons of safety though many see it as a sign of increasing repression and censorship in Serbia.