Stand with Ukraine: acts of solidarity in the Western Balkans
As the devastating war in Ukraine continues, SEEstage writers discuss the acts of solidarity, support and protest being carried out by activists and cultural workers across the region
Žiga Divjak: “We have to completely change our value system”
Žiga Divjak, one of Slovenia’s most in-demand young directors, on why we need to change our thinking about climate change.
Solo
Nina Rajić Kranjac’s exhilarating semi-improvised four-hour performance, part of the Mladinsko Theatre showcase.
The Game
Powerful documentary theatre, directed by Žiga Divjak for Mladinsko theatre, about the pushback faced by migrants in the Balkans.
Laibach: “We don’t belong to one state only – we belong to all of them”
Laibach on their show Wir sind das Volk, based on the work of Heiner Müller, the relationship between the military, music and theatre, and the art of provocation
Everything OK
Simona Hamer’s witty new play about a group of people in a corporate team-building exercise, at SNG Drama Ljubljana
The Party
Ivica Buljan directs a stage version of Sally Potter’s film about a volatile gathering of the British upper middle classes at SNG Drama Ljubljana
Mittelfest issues open call for Balkan and Central European artists
Mittelyoung – part of Mittelfest – has issued an open call for Italian, Central-European and Balkan makers of theatre, music, dance, circus and multidisciplinary arts.
Trimalchio’s Dinner
Bojana Lazić directs an entertainingly meta-theatrical staging based on Petronius’s Satyricon for Slovensko mladinsko gledališče
Fever
Žiga Divjak’s new work for Slovensko mladinsko gledališče finds an intriguing form for exploring the complex and emotive subject matter of environmental crisis.