Theatre is a memory machine – mapping history from below
On the marginalisation of Roma people on stage and in the wider world, and the role theatre can play in addressing genocide and as an archive of social memory.
Wolves and Sheep
Egon Savin directs Ostrovsky’s play about predatory and exploitative human behaviour at Serbia’s National Theatre.
Middlesex
Adaptation of Middlesex, the Pulitzer-winning novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, that marks a step forward in intersex representation on the Serbian stage.
Zagreb–Belgrade via Sarajevo
Review of Jelica Zupanc’s play about a journey taken by Miloš Crnjanski and Ivo Andrić, two of the most famous Yugoslav writers of the 20th century.
Kosovo Theatre Showcase 2021: power play, puppetry and cultural mash-ups
This year’s Kosovo Theatre Showcase took place over an intense five day period between 2nd-7th November 2021.
Balkan Bordello: On the road with the Great Jones Repertory Company
A group of Kosovar, Serbian and American actors set out on a tour of the Balkans with a vibrant modern reworking of a Greek tragedy. Natasha Tripney joined them on the road.
Consent
Nebojša Bradić directs the Serbian premiere of Nina Raine’s play about marital breakdown and the way that rape is treated by the legal system
Vlast
Milan Nešković’s new production of Branislav Nušić’s unfinished comedy at Belgrade’s National Theatre
Miss Julie
Haris Pašović directs Strindberg’s play at Madlenianum Theatre in Belgrade setting it in contemporary Slovenia.
U raljama života
The Belgrade Drama Theater ensemble enlivens Biljana Srbljanović’s adaptation of the popular novel by Dubravka Ugrešić, Štefica Cvek in the Jaws of Life.