Dajana Josipović: “The time of the starving artist is over”
Theatre director Dajana Josipović talks to Mina Milošević about her recent production of Dennis Kelly’s Orphans, ways of engaging with audiences and Otherness in Balkan theatre.
Mario Banushi: “The Balkans aren’t just one thing; they’re many things.”
Following the premiere of his new show, MAMI, the rising star of the Greek theatre scene talks to Nick Verginis about his creative process and the Balkan influences in his work.
Studio tres pas: “Everything we do comes from a place of joy”
Nora Čulić Matošić speaks to Studio tres pas, a new Croatian theatre company who place audience engagement and education at the heart of their work.
Dritëro Kasapi: “Theatre can create common cultural experiences”
Dritëro Kasapi, artistic director of Sweden’s Riksteatern, talks to Duška Radosavljević about growing up as an Albanian in Macedonia, being labelled a ‘migrant director’ and his belief that theatre can build bridges.
Jasna Jasna Žmak: “It’s important to talk about artistic responsibility”
Following her win at this year’s 58th BITEF festival, Nora Čulić Matošić talks to the dramaturg and writer Jasna Jasna Žmak about her solo show this is my truth, tell me yours, hypocrisy, hyper-production and the value of awards.
Tjaša Črnigoj: “Women’s sexual pleasure is still taboo in our society”
Director Tjaša Črnigoj on Sex Education II, her lecture performance about women’s sexual pleasure, and how psychotherapy informs her work.
Rozi Kostani: “It’s three times more difficult for female artists”
Actor, director and professor at the Faculty of Performing Arts, Rozi Kostani has had a rich and varied career on both stage and screen in Albania and the wider region. She talks to Belkisa Zhelegu about her creative ambitions and the professional and personal challenges she’s faced in her life as an artist.
ErosAntEros: Bringing Brecht’s Saint Joan of the Stockyards to the stage
Italian theatre makers ErosAntEros on their ambitious staging of Brecht’s Saint Joan of the Stockyards featuring live music by Laibach and the challenges of international co-productions.
Igor Koruga: “Emancipation of queer culture is not just a Western creation”
Choreographer Igor Koruga talks to Borisav Matić about his new dance piece Unstable Comrades, his research in the history of queer culture in socialist countries and the West, and performing queerness through dance.
Haris Pašović: “Anyone who is excluded must be included”
Haris Pašović’s new show World of Possibilities depicts the everyday lives of disabled people, their families and carers. The director talks to Nick Awde about his methodology and wider questions of inclusion, representation and artistic responsibility.