Competition programme announced for the 58th Maribor Festival
The competition programme for the 58th Maribor Theatre Festival will include work by Nina Rajić Kranjac and Jernej Lorenci.
Natasha Tripney is a writer, editor and critic based in London and Belgrade. She is the reviews editor for The Stage, the newspaper of the UK theatre industry. In 2011, she co-founded Exeunt, an online theatre magazine, which she edited until 2016. She is a contributor to the Guardian, Evening Standard, the BBC, Tortoise and Kosovo 2.0
Kushtrim Sheremeti: “Theatre is the post-traumatic therapy that people need”
As an actor, Kushtrim Sheremeti is a familiar presence on screen in Kosovo and Albania. Appointed general director of the National Theatre of Kosovo in 2022, he talks to Natasha Tripney about post-pandemic cultural challenges and his search for a temporary home for the theatre.
Tit Andronik
Andraš Urban’s directs a gruelling, gripping production of Shakespeare’s most blood-soaked play at Yugoslav Drama Theatre
Belgrade Drama Theatre announces 2023 season
Belgrade Drama Theatre has announced its 2023 main stage season, including new work by Žiga Divjak and Borislav Liješević,
SEEstage’s favourite theatre shows of 2022
As the year draws to a close, SEEstage’s writers across the region discuss the shows that made a lasting impression on them in 2022.
Olga Dimitrijević: “It’s impossible to do this job without falling into a trap”
Olga Dimitrijević is a playwright, dramaturg and performer, whose most recent show World Without Women explored conditions for female artists in Serbia. She talks to Natasha Tripney about structural inequalities in theatre and imagining the end of capitalism.
10th International Theatre Olympics to take place in Hungary
The 10th International Theatre Olympics will take place next year in Hungary. The programme will feature work by Silviu Purcărete, Jan Klata and Serbia’s Boris Liješević
Desiré Central Station Festival 2022: exhilarating, playful, questioning
This year’s Desiré Central Station Festival in Subotica featured a vibrant and varied programme including work by Andras Urban and Máté Hegymegi
Macbeth
Nebojša Dugalić and Nataša Ninković star in Jagoš Marković’s production of Shakespeare’s tragedy at the National Theatre Belgrade
Sebastijan Horvat: “All the former Yugoslav countries have a kind of dementia”
Director Sebastijan Horvat talks to Natasha Tripney on his ambitious staging of Heiner Muller’s Cement across three theatres with three different ensembles.