Kralj Ubu
Miran Kurspahić directs a multi-layered, vivacious and unapologetic take on Alfred Jarry’s provocative play.
The Cherry Orchard
Ivan Popovski directs a captivating, comical and compellingly acted production of Chekhov’s play at Zagreb Youth Theatre
Zagreb’s Kunst Teatar: “We want to attract new audiences to the theater”
Zagreb’s Kunst Teatar is a small privately run and independently spirited theater that supports emerging writers and artists. Lucija Klarik speaks to the co-founders about the challenges and rewards of running their own space.
Sloboština Barbie
Lively, music-infused concert-staging of Maše Kolanović’s popular novel Sloboština Barbie about growing up in Croatia at Zagreb’s KunstTeatar
Light Falls
The first production of a play by UK writer Simon Stephens to be staged in Croatia, subtly if unadventurously directed by Janusz Kica
Proving Your Worth: life as an emerging theatre artist in Croatia
Working for free and battling a centralised system: a look at what it’s like to be an emerging young theatre artist in Croatia.
Ivana Vuković: “I write about the things to which I don’t have the answers”
Ivana Vuković, the playwright, screenwriter and dramaturg from Split, discusses Croatia’s housing crisis and the need for artistic solidarity.
Bombardment
Review of Dino Pešut’s Bombardment (Granatiranje), a metatheatrical gay love story set against the backdrop of the Yugoslav wars, at KunstTeatar, Zagreb
Pavlica Bajsić Brazzoduro: “Audio creates a whole new dimension”
Croatian theatremaker Pavlica Bajsić Brazzoduro on the development of her particular model of radiophonic theatre and the power of sound
Oliver Frljić: “Theatre is what happens in the heads of the audience”
Oliver Frljić on theatre’s response to the war in Ukraine, the concept of ‘character, and making his return to the Croatian theatre scene.