Belgrade Pride Theatre Festival: Queering the Serbian stage
The Belgrade Pride Theatre Festival takes place every year during Pride Week. Andrej Čanji reports on this year’s programme and two very different explorations of queer lives in the region.
The Shadow Garden: Exploring trauma and war on stage
In 1999, 15 members of the Bogujevci family were massacred in their garden in Kosovo. Nick Awde discusses artistic responsibility and bearing witness with the creative team behind a new cross-cultural production exploring their story.
Embracing Diversity through Art: ‘Unlimited’ sets the stage for inclusion
Unlimited, a unique collaboration between Handikos and Artpolis, opened up Kosovo’s stages to disabled performers. Fatlinda Daku reports on a project that aims to make theatre more accessible and inclusive.
Croatian Theatre Showcase 2023: making hidden things visible
This year’s Croatian Theatre Showcase took place between 18th-21st May. Andrej Čanji reports on a diverse and varied programme that explored and exposed the hidden, the invisible and the absent.
Telling trans stories on the Serbian stage
Two recent shows on the Serbian independent scene have explored trans issues in strikingly different ways. Andrej Čanji discusses Before We Begin and Major and Helena.
68th Sterijino pozorje: A critical dialogue
The 68th Sterijino Pozorje took place earlier this summer in Novi Sad. Critics Borisav Matić and Andrej Čanji discuss this year’s selection.
Migration Diary: Party Time
In the latest in her series about relocating to Sweden, Duška Radosavljević Krojer explores the rituals of partying, Swedish-style.
Actors under attack: Serbian actors face abuse for speaking out
Actors in Serbia have been subjected to ongoing insults and attacks from the authorities and online abuse following their support for recent protests.
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.
33rd Marulić Days Festival: Heartfelt drama and heavenly comedy
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.