The international community resists the state capture of BITEF
As international artists continue to withdraw from the programme of the 59th BITEF, Borisav Matić reflects on the evolving situation and what it means for the festival’s future.
71st Sterijino pozorje: a critical dialogue
What did this year’s Sterijino Pozorje reveal about the state of contemporary theatre rooted in domestic dramatic writing? Critics Andrej Čanji and Divna Stojanov discuss the productions, trends, and tensions that shaped the festival’s 71st edition.
Serbian theatre: Between resistance and appeasement
Serbia is in the midst of Europe’s largest student movement since 1968, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at the work produced on its institutional stages.
My Sad Monsters
Ivan Vanja Alač directs Croatian playwright Mate Matišić’s metatheatrical follow-up to Man of Wax at National Theatre of Sombor.
Black Gold
Oliver Frljić. returns to Belgrade to direct a new play by Dejan Dukovski about political, societal and familial transitions.
Programme announced for the 71st Sterijino pozorje
The programme for the 71st edition of Sterijino pozorje, Serbia’s leading national theatre festival, has been announced.
Mina Milošević wins Sterijino pozorje award for original drama text
This year’s Sterijino pozorje award for original drama text goes to Mina Milošević for her play Robinson Crusoe If She Had Been a Bisexual Woman with Six Fridays.
King Ubu
Andrija Milošević stars in an entertainingly played if only superficially critical staging of Alfred Jarry’s scandalising play at Belgrade Drama Theatre.
Woman as Lovers
The audience is invited a wedding in director Bojana Lazić and dramaturg Dimitrije Kokanov’s inventive staging of Elfriede Jelinek’s novel at Knjaževsko Srpski Teatar
Ode to Joy
Actor Gordan Kičić directs and stars in Fedor Šili’s fast-paced and precisely performed vaudevillian comedy