Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Wept
Jeton Neziraj’s new play, a coproduction between Qendra Multimedia and the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, explores reconciliation and forgiveness in Kosovo and South Africa.
Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Wept: The search for reconciliation
Jeton Neziraj’s new play, Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Wept, explores reconciliation and forgiveness processes in Kosovo and South Africa. Andrej Čanji spoke to the creative team about their research process and how they’re bringing these topics to the stage.
Prishtina: The Premeditated Killing of a Dream
Jeton Neziraj’s potent reworking of a play inspired by the life and legacy of murdered architect Rexhep Luci
White People: Navigating the right to write
US playwright Steven Leigh Morris’ White People is a play about American racial politics that has been reframed for a Balkan audience. Verity Healy explores the issues raised by the play around race and gender and looks at how you adapt a text for a different cultural context.
Women of Troy
Actors and artists from Kosovo and Serbia collaborate on an updated, bilingual version of Euripides tragedy
Artists at the National Theatre of Kosovo are striking over pay
The Union of Artists of the National Theatre in Kosovo has been on a general strike since 15 November.
Programme announced for the “Moisiu” National Theatre Festival
This year’s “Moisiu” National Theatre Festival will take place in Prishtina and feature work by Blerta Neziraj and Davide Iodice.
Macbeth
Adrian Morina and Gresa Pallaska excel in Qëndrim Rijani’s lavish production of Shakespeare’s tragedy for the National Theatre of Kosovo.
The Marriage
Norbert Rakowski directs a psychologically rich production of Witold Gombrowicz’s dream-play at the National Theater of Kosovo.
Six Against Turkey: A parable about the degradation of democracy
Nick Awde talks to playwright Jeton Neziraj and director Blerta Neziraj about Six Against Turkey, their darkly comic new play about the fallout from the 2016 coup in Turkey and the long reach of oppressive regimes.