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
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.
Andraš Urban’s directs a gruelling, gripping production of Shakespeare’s most blood-soaked play at Yugoslav Drama Theatre
Belgrade Drama Theatre has announced its 2023 main stage season, including new work by Žiga Divjak and Borislav Liješević,
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 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.
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
This year’s Desiré Central Station Festival in Subotica featured a vibrant and varied programme including work by Andras Urban and Máté Hegymegi
Nebojša Dugalić and Nataša Ninković star in Jagoš Marković’s production of Shakespeare’s tragedy at the National Theatre Belgrade
Director Sebastijan Horvat talks to Natasha Tripney on his ambitious staging of Heiner Muller’s Cement across three theatres with three different ensembles.
Sasha Milavic Davies is a director, dramaturg, choreographer and movement director who has worked extensively in the UK, at the Royal Court, National Theatre and in the West End, and at Belgrade’s Atelje 212. She talks to Natasha Tripney about the differences between Serbian and UK theatre and stressful opening nights.