Finding Their Voice: making feminist theatre in Albania
Director Klaudia Piroli and performers Vlera Pylla and Enisa Hysa discuss their new show Pa Ze, feminism and what it is to be voiceless.
Flamur Dardeshi is a freelance writer based in Tirana. He has contributed in the areas of translation, analysis, and poetry. His main fields of interest are literature, cinematography, and theatre.
Pristina will host the PITF international theater festival in May
Kosovo will play host to the Prishtina International Theater Festival, which will run from 10th to 16the May.
Three Winters
Well-performed and visually pleasing production of Tena Štivičić’s play about four generations of a Croatian family.
FemFest to mark International Women’s Day in Albania
To mark International Women’s Day, FemFest, a four-day festival dedicated to Albanian women, is taking place in Tirana between 5th-8th March.
Kosovo’s National Theatre Has a New Director (maybe)
Kosovo’s National Theatre has a new director in Kushtrim Sheremeti, but the path to his appointment has not been an easy one and may not be over yet.
Ema Andrea: “Freedom is not something that is given to you; it is something you fight for”
Actress, director and producer Ema Andrea talks about the realities of working as an independent artist in Albania.
2022 Talia e Flakës festival successfully held in Gjilan
Despite climbing numbers of Covid-19 cases and new restrictions, the Talia e Flakës festival, intended to promote Albanian drama, was held in Gjilan, Kosovo, over six-days in January.
Hello, I am Mephisto
Dino Mustafic explodes Goethe’s Faust in a vibrant, penetrating and highly physical production at Tirana’s National Experimental Theater
Coriolanus
Altin Basha’s staging of Shakespeare’s play for the National Theatre of Albania favours spectacle and sword-play over subtlety.
The Return of The Prefect – reviving the past
The National Theatre of Albania’s decision to present an ‘artistic reading’ of Besim Levonja’s communist-era comedy Prefekti (The Prefect) sparked controversy. Flamur Dardeshi explores the reasons why.