From churches to fortresses, from Shakespeare to gusle: 66 events over 54 days of the iconic Budva Festival, gathering over 700 artists from 13 countries The 39th edition of the Theatre City Budva Festival will be opened on July 1 with the play by Boris Liješević – My Theatre on the stage Between the Churches.…
After being successfully performed in the Portuguese city of Braga, the play “No Woman’s Land”, a project by the Public Institution “Theatre City”, continues its international journey. The play will be presented on June 10 and 11 in Montpellier, as part of the festival “Le Printemps des Comédiens”, one of the most prominent festivals in…
The play “No Woman’s Land”, a production by the Theatre City, developed in Budva through the Creative Europe program, was performed on May 8 at the Theatro Circo in the Portuguese city of Braga. A large and warm-hearted audience welcomed the artistic and production team of the Theatre City, sending off the play “No Woman’s…
In recent days, the annual assembly of the European Festivals Association (EFA), which operates under the patronage of the European Union, was held in Edinburgh. This prestigious association of arts festivals from around the world was founded in 1952, and the “Theatre City” festival has been its member since 2019. Each year, EFA organizes an…
One of the main themes is the patriarchal pressure and the expectations imposed on women – how they should behave, how they should look, what they should desire. “Through working on this play, I was once again confronted with how much women are denied the freedom to decide for themselves – about their lives, their…
Rehearsals for the play No Woman’s Land by French director Laurent Berger have been continued at “Crvena komuna” in Petrovac. The text, inspired by the short story Skočiđevojka (The Jumping Girl) by Stefan M. Ljubiša, was written by dramaturge Cátia Faísco. The play is being developed as part of the Sexual Theatre project, which is…
The “Stefan Mitrov Ljubiša” award jury, presented by the “Theatre City” festival, whose members were Prof. Dr. Vesna Goldsworthy, Prof. Dr. Tatjana Đurišić, and Prof. Dr. Zoran Paunović (as president), has unanimously decided that the award winner for the year 2024/2025 is the writer Vladislav Bajac. The jury states the following: “Although he first entered…
The first cycle of rehearsals for the play “No Woman’s Land”, directed by Laurent Berger from France, have started in the “Red Commune” in Petrovac. The text was written by playwright Catia Faisco, based on the story “Jumping Girl” by Stefan M. Ljubiša. The play was created as a result of the “Sexual Theatre” project…
In anticipation of observing of Njegoš Days, in which Montenegro, as one of few countries in the world, celebrates the National Day of Culture, we recall this Prince-Bishop’s poem “A Thought” (1844), which sublimates philosophical and the Enlightenment ideas, later elaborated in his famous poem “The Ray of Microcosm” (1847). МИСАО Пламен божествени у…
The workshops as a part of the project ”Sexual Theatre” have gotten underway in the Bosnian National Theatre. It all happened on Friday, the eighth of March. The events were co-financed by the “Creative Europe Programme” in which the “Theatre City” is one of the project partners. Aleksandra Maslovar, representing the JU ”Theatre City” during…