Mladinsko Theatre issues open call for young artists
Slovenia’s Mladinsko Theatre has issued an open call for young artists from the countries of the former Yugoslavia.
Natasha Tripney is a writer, editor and critic based in London and Belgrade. She is the international 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
Address to the Nation
Bojan Djordjev directs an exuberant production of Italian actor and writer Ascanio Celestini’s satirical text Address to the Nation.
POLIS Teatro Festival: Bringing the Balkans to Italian audiences
This year’s POLIS Teatro Festival, which takes place annually in Ravenna, had a Balkan focus. Natasha Tripney reports on a small festival with big ambitions.
POLIS Teatro Festival: “We have an attraction to the theatre of South East Europe”
This year’s POLIS Teatro Festival, which takes place annually in Ravenna, has a Balkan focus. Cofounders Agata Tomšič and Davide Sacco, of ErosAntEros, explain why they want to bring work from the region to Italian audiences.
Vito Weis: “You have to be relentless towards yourself and the material”
Before joining the Mladinsko ensemble in 2019, Vito Weis spent many years working across drama, dance, and physical theatre. He spoke to Natasha Tripney about performing naked on stage, his collaborations with Žiga Divjak and his role in Duncan Macmillan’s People Places and Things.
Life Is a Dream
Bulgarian company Zong Theatre present an aesthetically striking production of Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s allegorical drama
New Stages South East Festival to showcase new voices from the region
Theater Oberhausen’s New Stages South East Festival will present the work of young theatre artists from the region.
Solo
Nina Rajić Kranjac’s anarchic collective explosion of the role of the director returns to Mladinsko Theatre.
no title yet
Tomi Janežič’s 10-hour meditation on the myth of Don Juan at Mladinsko Theatre is a seductive shared experience.
Selection announced for the 68th Sterijino pozorje
The selection for the 68th Sterijino pozorje, the festival of Serbian drama, will feature Irena Popović Dragović’s opera Children.