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.
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.
Showcasing the best in Croatian drama, highlights of the 33rd Marulić Days Festival included a nuanced play by Ivor Martinić and a comedy about God.
In the latest in her series about relocating to Sweden, Duška Radosavljević Krojer discovers a link between her new hometown and the intelligence expert Stevan Dedijer.
As a new production of Orpheus Descending premieres at the National Theatre of Albania. Flamur Dardeshi spoke with the director and the cast about the appeal of Tennessee Williams and why theatre makers should not be afraid to shock the audience.
Theatre students have recently taken to the streets in Greece to protest the devaluing of their education. Nick Awde spoke to some of the student organisers about what prompted them to protest.
This year’s Radar Ost, Deutsches Theater’s festival of eastern European work, focused on Ukraine and also featured work from Belarus Free Theatre and Žiga Divjak.
In the latest in her series about relocating to Sweden, Duška Radosavljević Krojer explores the frustrations and difficulties that come from starting over in a new country.
Alex Chisholm looks back on Uglješa Šajtinac’s play Huddersfield, and the journey that led to her directing one of the most popular Serbian productions of recent years.
Activist group ATA talk to Flamur Dardeshi about making work in unconventional spaces and using theatre to connect with the community.
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.