Balkan Erotic Epic
German premiere of Marina Abramović’s large-scale, immersive exploration of Balkan fertility rituals and her own past.
Oliver Frljić: “The essence of my job is to be critical”
Director Oliver Frljić on the LOST – YOU GO SLAVIA season at the Maxim Gorki Theatre, the history and legacy of Yugoslavia, his new production of Frankenstein and the role of theatre in times of political crises.
New Stages South East Festival to showcase new voices from the region
Theater Oberhausen’s New Stages South East Festival will present the work of young theatre artists from the region.
Schlachten
Oliver Frljić completes his Maxim Gorki war trilogy with a piece drawing on Heiner Muller to explore war and slaughter throughout history
Radar Ost 2023: Mobilising West
This year’s Radar Ost, Deutsches Theater’s festival of eastern European work, focused on Ukraine and also featured work from Belarus Free Theatre and Žiga Divjak.
Radar Ost festival programme to focus on Ukraine
This year’s Radar Ost, Deutsches Theater Berlin’s festival of Eastern European theatre, will focus on Ukraine and also include work from Belarus, Georgia and Slovenia.
Dragana Bulut: “Art and life are not separate, they feed each other”
Dancer and choreographer Dragana Bulut’s new work Beyond Love is the third piece in her trilogy about technology. She talks to Tom Mustroph about commodification, the nature of love and making work with a female companion robot.
Mother Courage and Her Children
Oliver Frljic directs an artistically underwhelming production of Brecht’s play Mother Courage and Her Children with an all-female cast at the Maxim Gorki Theatre.
Hakan Savas Mican: “For a long time migrants were marginalized in theatre”
Writer, director and filmmaker Hakan Savas Mican on making work about the migrant experience and why it’s important to talk about questions of class.
Stand with Ukraine: acts of solidarity in the Western Balkans
As the devastating war in Ukraine continues, SEEstage writers discuss the acts of solidarity, support and protest being carried out by activists and cultural workers across the region