Desiré Central Station Festival 2022: exhilarating, playful, questioning
This year’s Desiré Central Station Festival in Subotica featured a vibrant and varied programme including work by Andras Urban and Máté Hegymegi
Patrik Lazić: “Making theatre today is one big balancing act”
Patrik Lazić discusses Our Son, his poignant exploration of LGBTQ issues, his approach to theatre, EuroPride and his fondness for emotional storytelling.
Yugoslav Theater Festival 2022: connecting the past with the present
The 27th Yugoslav Theater Festival took place between 1st-7th November in Užice. Andrej Čanji reports on a mixed programme which included work based on Tolstoy and Turgenev, and a powerful piece from Jernej Lorenci.
Macbeth
Nebojša Dugalić and Nataša Ninković star in Jagoš Marković’s production of Shakespeare’s tragedy at the National Theatre Belgrade
Sasha Milavic Davies: “The audience were on the verge of rioting”
Sasha Milavic Davies is a director, dramaturg, choreographer and movement director who has worked extensively in the UK, at the Royal Court, National Theatre and in the West End, and at Belgrade’s Atelje 212. She talks to Natasha Tripney about the differences between Serbian and UK theatre and stressful opening nights.
Programme announced for 2022 Desire Central Station Festival
The programme for the 2022 Desiré Central Station festival will feature work by András Urbán and Nina Rajić Kranjac.
Our Son
Patrik Lazić’s nuanced and moving autobiographical play about a young gay man seeking his parents’ acceptance
All Adventurous Women Do
Selma Spahić directs Tanja Šljivar’s complex play about teenage sexuality inspired by real-life events
World Without Women
Olga Dimitrijević and Maja Pelević’s witty and insightful show diagnoses inequalities and a culture of self-exploitation in the Serbian theatre scene
Tanja Šljivar: “Laughter is a natural response to the absurdity of the world”
Playwright and dramaturg Tanja Šljivar discusses her new play about teenage pregnancy, her upbringing in Banja Luka and writing her debut novel about her time at the National Theatre Belgrade