Symptoms
Iva Milošević directs a sensitive, intimate adaptation of the novel by Milica Sniva about one woman’s descent into depression.
Before Sunset
Andia Xhunga and Indrit Çobani’s well-acted and psychologically nuanced staging of a play by Gerhart Hauptmann at Teatri Metropol
The Welkin
Sebastijan Horvat directs an atmospheric production of Lucy Kirkwood’s play about a woman on trial for her life
How I Learned to Drive
Paula Vogel’s two-hander about an abusive relationship, superbly performed by Marta Bogosavljević and Svetozar Cvetković
Department of Dreams
Besim Ugzmajli directs Jeton Neziraj’s thought-provoking, dystopian and suitably dream-like drama at the Dodona Theatre
Sex Education II
Informative and engagingly presented five-part lecture performance series exploring different facets of female pleasure at the New Post Office.
Mister Dolar
Miloš Lolić’s rave update of Branislav Nušić’s comedy for the National Theatre of Belgrade is a missed opportunity.
Pericles
Philip Parr’s engaging production for the Hungarian State Theatre “Csiky Gergely” links Shakespeare’s play to the modern-day migrant crisis.
7 Minutes
Driada Dervishi’s resonant adaptation of the play by Stefano Massini for an Albanian context is a call for solidarity.
Fear in the Opera
This absurdist and comical new play by Jelena Mijović and directed by Ivan Vuković is a plea for solidarity in a time of social division.