Schlachten
Oliver Frljić completes his Maxim Gorki war trilogy with a piece drawing on Heiner Muller to explore war and slaughter throughout history
An Amp and a Guitar
Ivana Janošev’s engaging production based on the writing of Slobodan Tišma makes the case for giving young artists access to institutional stages in Novi Sad.
Arbri
Lirak Çelaj’s moving new play about an old man grappling with dementia, memory and the ghosts of the past, opens at Teatri Oda
Children
Irena Popović composes and directs a moving operatic version of Milena Marković’s verse novel Children at National Theatre, Belgrade
Kralj Ubu
Miran Kurspahić directs a multi-layered, vivacious and unapologetic take on Alfred Jarry’s provocative play.
Antigone – It’s Nice When You Fall Softly
Romano Nikolić’s response to Sophocles’ Antigone at Ujvideki Szinhaz, Novi Sad, results in a mishmash of themes and ideas
The Idiot
A talented young ensemble elevate Ivica Buljan’s production of Vladimir Tabašević’s adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s classic novel at Belgrade Drama Theatre
Animal Farm
Choreographer Miloš Isailović’s dance performance brings life to George Orwell’s classic allegorical novel, Animal Farm, at BITEF Teatar.
Ifigenija
Zoran Rakočević’s lively and gripping adaptation places Euripides’ Iphigenia in a modern social context
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
Sebastijan Horvat’s production for the Mladinsko Theatre deconstructs Brecht’s commentary on rising fascism