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
Macbeth
Nikita Milivojević directs a typically beautiful staging of Shakespeare’s play of power and ambition at Belgrade Drama Theatre
Crises
Slovenian director Žiga Divjak’s new performance explores the role that capitalism has played in creating the climate crises
(Not) the End of the World
Katie Mitchell directs Chris Bush’s multiversal play about the choices we make and the impact they have on the environment, presented as part of the 56th BITEF
Award winners announced at 56th BITEF festival
Awards were presented to work by Nina Rajić Kranjac and Jan Martens at closing ceremony of the 56th BITEF
Gardien Party/Tijuana
Natasha Tripney reviews a double bill of documentary theatre pieces about working life from France and Mexico, performed as part of BITEF 2022.