Apr142025 GreeceInterview Mario Banushi: “The Balkans aren’t just one thing; they’re many things.” Interview
Feb172025 serbiaFeatures Time for Change: How Serbian students are making theatre during the blockades Features
Jan292025 serbiaFeatures A silence that speaks volumes: Showing solidarity with Serbia’s student protestors Features
Jan232025 serbiaFeatures All under the canopy: How student protesters in Serbia are making themselves heard Features
Dec202024 North MacedoniaInterview Dritëro Kasapi: “Theatre can create common cultural experiences” Interview
Nov192024 AlbaniaFeatures Kosovo/Albania Theatre Showcase: Confronting the trauma of the past Features
Nov102024 Bosnia and HerzegovinaFeatures Unstoppable theatre: Highlights of the 64th MESS Festival Features
Nov32024 croatiaInterview Jasna Jasna Žmak: “It’s important to talk about artistic responsibility” Interview
Sep252024 serbiaFeatures BITEF’s curatorial team: “We want to amplify voices that might not otherwise be heard” Features
Sep92024 SloveniaFeatures Mladi Levi Festival: A breath of fresh air for the Slovenian scene Features
Sep52024 SloveniaInterview Tjaša Črnigoj: “Women’s sexual pleasure is still taboo in our society” Interview
Jun242024 AlbaniaInterview Rozi Kostani: “It’s three times more difficult for female artists” Interview
May42024 SloveniaInterview ErosAntEros: Bringing Brecht’s Saint Joan of the Stockyards to the stage Interview
May22024 serbiaInterview Igor Koruga: “Emancipation of queer culture is not just a Western creation” Interview
Mar262024 RomaniaInterview Philip Parr: “There’s a wealth of passion for Shakespeare outside the UK” Interview
Mar132024 serbiaInterview Anđelka Nikolić: “We need to give a chance to authors overlooked by history” Interview
Feb262024 serbiaFeatures Exploring Serbia’s Independent Theatre Scene: “This country needs to change:” Features
Feb142024 HungaryFeatures Inside dunaPart: Making theatre on the Hungarian independent scene Features
Dec142023 SloveniaInterview Michał Borczuch: “When one side remains silent, the other side may get loud” Interview
Nov122023 SloveniaInterview Goran Injac: “I’m always looking for ways to initiate a public debate” Interview
Oct212023 Bosnia and HerzegovinaFeatures 63rd MESS Festival: Celebrating Susan Sontag in Sarajevo Features
Oct122023 kosovoFeatures Negotiating Peace: “Cultural cooperation in Europe is a political act” Features
Oct72023 HungaryFeatures Singing Youth: “Political systems embedded in culture are here to stay” Features
Sep192023 Bosnia and HerzegovinaInterview Selma Spahić: “Resistance in the arts is a necessity” Interview
Sep152023 MontenegroInterview Zoran Rakočević: “Theatre is there to act against censorship” Interview
Sep72023 serbiaInterview Robert Lenard: “Our theatre should be an intercultural environment” Interview
Sep42023 kosovoFeatures Embracing Diversity through Art: ‘Unlimited’ sets the stage for inclusion Features
Jun122023 Bosnia and HerzegovinaInterview Nihad Kreševljaković: “Artists have to respond to the world they see” Interview
Jun12023 kosovoInterview Kushtrim Koliqi: “We have a clear role to play when dealing with the past” Interview
May52023 ItalyInterview POLIS Teatro Festival: “We have an attraction to the theatre of South East Europe” Interview
May22023 SloveniaInterview Vito Weis: “You have to be relentless towards yourself and the material” Interview
Mar262023 serbiaInterview Irena Popović Dragović: “Our society cherishes the cult of patriarchy” Interview
Mar242023 kosovoInterview Teatri ODA at 20: The journey of an independent theatre in Kosovo Interview
Feb202023 AlbaniaFeatures ATA: The activist group using theatre to connect with the community. Features
Feb152023 serbiaInterview Kinga Mezei: “It is difficult to be an independent artist in Serbia” Interview
Feb132023 serbiaInterview Jovana Tomić: “The director’s main role is to allow people to share” Interview
Feb12023 GermanyInterview Dragana Bulut: “Art and life are not separate, they feed each other” Interview
Jan292023 kosovoInterview Kushtrim Sheremeti: “Theatre is the post-traumatic therapy that people need” Interview
Dec192022 serbiaInterview Olga Dimitrijević: “It’s impossible to do this job without falling into a trap” Interview
Dec82022 serbiaFeatures Desiré Central Station Festival 2022: exhilarating, playful, questioning Features
Nov282022 serbiaFeatures Yugoslav Theater Festival 2022: connecting the past with the present Features
Nov232022 croatiaFeatures Zagreb’s Kunst Teatar: “We want to attract new audiences to the theater” Features
Nov222022 SloveniaInterview Sebastijan Horvat: “All the former Yugoslav countries have a kind of dementia” Interview
Nov132022 serbiaInterview Sasha Milavic Davies: “The audience were on the verge of rioting” Interview
Nov62022 AlbaniaInterview Lulzim Zeqja: “I always try to understand the character from the inside out” Interview
Oct92022 serbiaInterview Tanja Šljivar: “Laughter is a natural response to the absurdity of the world” Interview
Sep202022 serbiaFeatures Novi Sad’s INFANT festival: reinterpreted classics and existential anxieties Features
Sep42022 HungaryInterview Maladype Theatre: “We are the black sheep of our theatre society” Interview
Aug302022 SloveniaFeatures The 25th Mladi Levi Festival: independent, international, optimistic Features
Jul262022 kosovoFeatures Budgetary woes and endless bureaucracy: the challenges of producing regional theatre in Kosovo Features
Jul142022 GermanyInterview Hakan Savas Mican: “For a long time migrants were marginalized in theatre” Interview
Jun142022 MoldovaRomaniaFeatures Matei Vișniec International Days Festival: combating barbarism and confronting the past Features
Jun52022 croatiaInterview Ivana Vuković: “I write about the things to which I don’t have the answers” Interview
May302022 kosovoserbiaFeatures The Handke Project: “Peter Handke is a product of the times in which we live” Features
May232022 RomaniaserbiaUkraineFeatures Trains, Flames and Synchronised Clapping: a dramaturg responds to Eurovision Features
May112022 serbiaFeatures The Festival of Professional Theatres of Vojvodina: the best theatre in Serbia? Features
Apr282022 North MacedoniaInterview Sasho Blazeski: “The worst thing an artist can do is be a member of a political party” Interview
Apr242022 AlbaniaGermanykosovoNorth MacedoniaserbiaSloveniaFeatures Stand with Ukraine: acts of solidarity in the Western Balkans Features
Apr202022 croatiaInterview Pavlica Bajsić Brazzoduro: “Audio creates a whole new dimension” Interview
Apr42022 GermanySloveniaInterview Laibach: “We don’t belong to one state only – we belong to all of them” Interview
Apr12022 North MacedoniaInterview Dejan Angelov: “Only with a thirst for knowledge can we create change” Interview
Mar292022 croatiaGermanyInterview Oliver Frljić: “Theatre is what happens in the heads of the audience” Interview
Mar272022 RomaniaFeatures Independent theatre in Romania: “You can’t change the system from the inside” Features
Mar202022 serbiaFeatures Ecocide is Everywhere in Serbia, but Eco-Theatre Remains on the Fringes Features
Mar182022 kosovoInterview Yllka Gashi: “When you play a real person, it’s a huge responsibility” Interview
Mar142022 North MacedoniaInterview Eva Kamchevska: “Something is very rotten in the system” Interview
Mar72022 serbiaFeatures Novi Sad European Capital of Culture 2022: a guide to the theatre programme Features
Mar62022 croatiaInterview Ivor Martinić: “Dramaturgs are the most underestimated part of the theatre machinery” Interview
Mar12022 AlbaniaInterview Ema Andrea: “Freedom is not something that is given to you; it is something you fight for” Interview
Feb282022 croatiaFeatures What a Way to Make a Living: the rise of feminist dramaturgy in the Western Balkans Features
Feb202022 North MacedoniaInterview Boban Aleksoski: “As artists, it’s our job to unite people” Interview
Feb72022 GermanykosovoFeatures Unmapping Theater: German theater and its attitude towards the ‘East’ Features
Feb32022 Bosnia and HerzegovinaFeatures The Ghosts on Your Shoulder: Igor Memic and Miran Hadžić in conversation Features
Jan162022 croatiaInterview Espi Tomičić: “It’s no longer shameful to talk about your background if you have grown up poor” Interview
Jan92022 kosovoInterview Blerta Neziraj: “As a female theatre director in Kosovo, you have to fight constantly.” Interview
Jan62022 serbiaFeatures Joakim Vujić’s Negri: how a forgotten Serbian classic was given new life Features
Jan42022 GermanyMoldovaInterview Nicoleta Esinencu: On making enemies and creating communities Interview
Jan42022 serbiaFeatures The Never-Ending Story: On The Matrix: Resurrections, time and memory Features
Dec302021 Bosnia and HerzegovinaserbiaFeatures No Longer Silent: How a Bosnian theatre festival became a focal point for the MeToo movement Features
Dec152021 Bosnia and HerzegovinacroatiaGermanykosovoserbiaFeatures Theatre is a memory machine – mapping history from below Features
Dec132021 BelarusUkraineFeatures Alone: Belarus Free Theatre and the Ukrainian rock star activist Features
Dec62021 kosovoserbiaswitzerlandFeatures Kosovo Theatre Showcase 2021: power play, puppetry and cultural mash-ups Features
Dec32021 kosovoserbiaFeatures Balkan Bordello: On the road with the Great Jones Repertory Company Features
Nov302021 GermanykosovoFeatures Video: How to Play – Representation and Body Politics on Stage Features
Nov292021 AlbaniaFeatures The Demolition of the National Theatre of Albania: chronicle of a tragedy foretold Features
Nov182021 Bosnia and HerzegovinaserbiaInterview Haris Pašović: “Europe today is a Europe of inequality” Interview
Nov82021 BelarusBosnia and HerzegovinaGermanyUkraineFeatures Radar Ost: Venturing beyond frontiers Features
Oct172021 serbiaFeatures Surviving the Pandemic, Serbian Theatre Battles All Too Familiar Problems Features
Oct52021 kosovoInterview Adrian Morina: “I hope Kosovo can become more open-minded towards artists.” Interview
