1984
Moving and impactful production of George Orwell’s dystopian novel by director Igor Mendjisky for the National Theatre of Kosovo.
Bertove kočije ili Sibila
Ivan Cerović’s well-performed if problematic production of a text by Velimir Lukić in which puppets come to life at the Serbian National Theatre.
12th Night, or What You Will
Gender is central to Grzegorz Jarzyna’s reimagining of Shakespeare’s comedy for Zagreb Youth Theatre.
How a Tree Fell
Captivatingly written and performed exploration of communities and crisis, written by Katarina Morano and directed by Źiga Divjak for SNG Drama Ljubljana.
Pains of Youth
Jovana Tomić directs a bittersweet, at times provocative reworking of Ferdinand Bruckner’s play about a group of disaffected, sexually entangled young people at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre.
Frank V
Miloš Lolić’s strangely captivating production of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s musical-tragicomic satire for SNG Maribor.
Sober
Zhaneta Xhemajli dazzles as an addict trying to heal herself in an intimate staging of Duncan Macmillan’s People, Places & Things.
Kabare Jugoslvenske
An alternative, feminist, matriarchal history of Yugoslavia presented in cabaret format by writer and director Ivan Leo Lemo at the National Theatre of Subotica.
People, Places and Things
Janja Majzelj gives a brilliant, multi-faceted performance in the Mladinsko Theatre staging of Duncan Macmillan’s play about addicts and addiction.
(Pra) Faust
Svetozar Cvetković stars in Boris Liješević’s stripped back production of Goethe’s play at Belgrade Drama Theatre.