Eva Kamchevska: “Something is very rotten in the system”
Eva Kamchevska on being an ’emerging’ artist in North Macedonia and the absence of contemporary national plays.
Ivor Martinić: “Dramaturgs are the most underestimated part of the theatre machinery”
Croatian playwright Ivor Martinić on his search for artistic autonomy, playing the Author on stage, and how collaboration is one of the founding principles of his work.
Ema Andrea: “Freedom is not something that is given to you; it is something you fight for”
Actress, director and producer Ema Andrea talks about the realities of working as an independent artist in Albania.
Boban Aleksoski: “As artists, it’s our job to unite people”
Co-founder of theatre company Zlaten Elec, Boban Aleksoski talks about the challenges of working as an independent artist in North Macedonia and of founding a theatre company during the pandemic.
Zlatko Paković: “Theater is a matter of radical imagination”
Zlatko Paković, the director of Srebrenica. When we murdered rise on his artistic process, Ibsen, Brecht, and the relationship between institutions and the imagination.
Espi Tomičić: “It’s no longer shameful to talk about your background if you have grown up poor”
Croatian playwright Espi Tomičić talks about gender and dramaturgy, the performance of masculinity and combining art with activism.
Blerta Neziraj: “As a female theatre director in Kosovo, you have to fight constantly.”
Blerta Neziraj, one of Kosovo’s leading theatre directors, talks about international collaboration and the challenges of working as a female theatre director in the country.
Nicoleta Esinencu: On making enemies and creating communities
Moldovan playwright and director Nicoleta Esinencu talks about Symphony of Progress, her new production for Berlin’s HAU and Teatru-Spalatorie, her independent theatre in Chisinau.
Andras Dömötör: “We have to steal back our nationality”
Andras Dömötör talks about his new production of Karpatenflecken, for Deutsches Theater, the need to reclaim the idea of nationality from the nationalists and whether it is possible to have true freedom of artistic expression in Orban’s Hungary
Belarus Free Theatre: “We are stronger than a dictatorship”
After almost 17 years of making work underground, Belarus Free Theatre has been forced to leave their home country because it was no longer safe. Tom Mustroph spoke to co-director Natalia Kaliada and company manager Svetlana Sugako about the reasons they felt it necessary to escape – and their future plans.