Programme Announced for the 17th Desire Central Station Festival
The programme for the 17th edition of the Desire Central Station Festival will include work by Oliver Frljić, Boris Liješević, and Jasna Žmak.
Three Sisters
Director Botond Nagy’s playful, disorientating and deconstructed take on Chekhov’s Three Sisters at Novi Sad Theatre.
Temporary Closure of the National Theatre in Belgrade
The National Theatre in Belgrade has been closed since the start of October, ostensibly for reasons of safety though many see it as a sign of increasing repression and censorship in Serbia.
Resistance, repression and solidarity on the streets and stages of Serbia
In the days following the protest in Serbia on 28th June, numerous people have been arrested, including students from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. Now students and citizens are finding new ways of resisting.
Montenegrin director Danilo Marunović deported from Serbia
Montenegrin theatre director Danilo Marunović has been deported from Serbia, but his performance at the National Theatre of Belgrade went ahead. Director Danilo Marunović from Montenegro was deported on June 27 after an ‘informative interview’ with members of Serbia’s Security and Information Agency (BIA) in Belgrade. Marunović had come to Belgrade for the guest performance…
70th Sterijino pozorje: a critical dialogue
Following news of the decision not to allocate any funding to Sterijino pozorje, Serbia’s most prominent national theatre festival, critics Borisav Matić and Andrej Čanji reflect on this year’s edition and what this decision means for the future of the festival.
Sterijino Pozorje festival has its funding denied
A decision has been made to cut the funding of Sterijino Pozorje, the most prestigious national theatre festival in Serbia.
The Dragon
Lyudmila Fyodorova directs a visually rich and politically insightful fairy tale for adults.
They Are All Gone
Andrej Nosov’s new production for Heartefact is a moving and empathetic exploration of trauma and memory that makes inventive use of audio.
Dajana Josipović: “The time of the starving artist is over”
Theatre director Dajana Josipović talks to Mina Milošević about her recent production of Dennis Kelly’s Orphans, ways of engaging with audiences and Otherness in Balkan theatre.