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…