Nihad Kreševljaković: “Artists have to respond to the world they see”
Nihad Kreševljaković, artistic director of Mess Festival, discusses the Sarajevo War Theatre, the power of memory, and the role of the artist in times of conflict.
MESS Festival 2022: Explorations of the soul
The 62nd International Theater Festival MESS took place in Sarajevo between 30th September and 9th October and featured work by Oliver Frljić and Pippo Delbono. Mladen Bićanić reports on this year’s highlights.
Programme announced for MESS festival 2022
The programme for the 62nd edition of the MESS festival will feature work by Oliver Frljić and Sebastian Nübling
The Ghosts on Your Shoulder: Igor Memic and Miran Hadžić in conversation
British Bosnian playwrights Igor Memic and Miran Hadžić discuss Memic’s play Old Bridge, writing, identity, telling Bosnian stories in the UK and artistic responsibility.
Mittelfest issues open call for Balkan and Central European artists
Mittelyoung – part of Mittelfest – has issued an open call for Italian, Central-European and Balkan makers of theatre, music, dance, circus and multidisciplinary arts.
No Longer Silent: How a Bosnian theatre festival became a focal point for the MeToo movement
A look at how a Bosnian theatre festival in Brčko became the focal point for women’s resistance and solidarity, and galvanised the MeToo movement in the Balkans.
Theatre is a memory machine – mapping history from below
On the marginalisation of Roma people on stage and in the wider world, and the role theatre can play in addressing genocide and as an archive of social memory.
Haris Pašović: “Europe today is a Europe of inequality”
It has been 30 years since renowned director Haris Pašović last worked in Belgrade. Borisav Matić speaks to him about his long and eventful career.
Radar Ost: Venturing beyond frontiers
Running from 7th-10th October, the fourth edition of Deutsches Theater’s Radar Ost festival featured work from Belarus, Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Edona Kryeziu reports on this year’s programme.
MESS Festival 2021: The show must go on
The 61st edition of the MESS festival took place in Sarajevo from 1st-7th October, 2021. Mladen Bićanić reports on this year’s programme.