Kosovo’s new Arts Council sparks political concerns
The launch of a new National Arts Council in Kosovo has led to concerns being voiced within the artistic community.
The dark age: Kosovo’s theatre scene faces a renovation crisis
Over recent years, several key cultural institutions in Kosovo have been closed for renovation with more planned to follow. Nick Awde reports on what happens to a country’s theatre scene when there are increasingly few spaces in which to stage work.
Polip Festival 2026: Eco-theatre in Prishtina
Polip, Prishtina’s annual literary festival, has been reconceptualized as a festival for the performing arts. Borisav Matić reports on this year’s programme which focused on ecological theatre.
The Double Bass
Alban Goranci gives an engaging and warm performance in an adaptation of Patrick Süskind’s bittersweet one-man play
Kabare 1999
Zana Hoxha directs an atmospheric and inventive relocation of the classic 1960s Kander and Ebb musical to post-war Kosovo
Biedermann and the Arsonists
Agon Myftari directs Max Frisch’s still-resonant absurdist classic in an entertaining production at the National Theatre of Kosovo
Gidion’s Knot
Hana Qena directs a taut, well-performed production of Johanna Adam’s layered 2013 play about mental health and the school system.
Disgust
Bujar Ahmeti gives a superb performance in Astrit Kabashi’s play a nuanced portrait of one man’s mental unravelling.
Rope
Skënder Podvorica directs an atmospheric production of Patrick Hamilton’s classic play about two young men’s attempts to get away with murder.
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.