Culture
Culture and science: Several resignation requests every day
From Monday until today, the first week after the fall of Vučić, several requests for the removal of leading people in cultural and scientific institutions are published every day.
From Monday until today, the first week after the fall of Vučić, several requests for the removal of leading people in cultural and scientific institutions are published every day.
The performance of "Balkan Spy" was canceled last night just before the meeting of the Student List at Slavija - due to the indisposition of the actors. "I am not indisposed," says the director of the play, Tatjana Mandić Rigonat

Actor Aleksandar Marinković from Niš claims that SNS activists beat his minor son in front of the National Theater and tried to steal his phone
Famous theater director Tatjana Mandić Rigonat staged Flaubert's "Emma Bovary" as one of the biggest hits of the season - but not in her National Theater where it was banned. He talks about the piece for the new issue of "Vremena"
The ensemble of the Ballet of the National Theater comments on why acting artistic director of the Ballet Jovica Begojev assigns choreography to himself and uses the resources of the National Theater for his seminar. Here's what he answered

The 2026/27 theater season began with premieres, awards, guest appearances - local theaters are clearly resistant to everyday life

The National Theater received two actresses, unknown to the ensemble, for an indefinite period, even though there are a dozen freelancers who have been playing the main roles for years.
The actors of the Drama of the National Theater condemned the action of the management of their house to withdraw from Instagram the news about the Golden Arena that the actor Vučić Perović received at the Film Festival in Pula
On the website of the National Theater there is news about news and individuals who are at the will of the SNS management of this theater. It has not been announced about the Golden Arena of their actor Vučić Perović in Pula

Ballerina Jana Zimonjić achieved a high ranking and a bronze medal in extremely strong competition from 272 candidates from all over the world.

Tatjana Mandić Rigonat, director of the National Theater in Belgrade, received two awards at festivals abroad, but this is not stated on the website of this company.
Applause and joy, which are an integral part of the two premieres played at the end of the season, are not suitable for the atmosphere and situation in which the National Theater finds itself after a year with Dragoslav Bokan and his associates from the Management
The photos we are publishing show the scenery of the play "Fathers and Fathers", the most awarded play of the National Theater - proof of the management's attitude towards what is the heritage
The repertoire of the National Theater Opera this season has been enriched with four titles, and Drama and Ballet with only one each. Is it just a coincidence?

An artist has his own personal experience of choreography and role, and that is the key to the freedom that ballet gives me - says Jana Zimonjić, winner of this year's "Terpsichore" award.
In Belgrade, media and public attention was occupied by the National Theater, so it is not noticed that other theaters have one or two premieres this season, and this is an accurate indicator of the position of culture in this Serbia.
Darko Tomović, president of the Singlus trade union, does not expect that Prime Minister Macut will respond to their call, although Minister Selaković, whose removal they are seeking, is his responsibility. As well as the losses of the National Theatre

Mobbing, violation of workers' rights, continuation of the strike and possible complete suspension of work - the pressure on the actors of the National Theater does not stop

Actor and trade unionist Darko Tomović tells "Vreme" about the warning strike, demands for resignations and threats from leading people of the National Theater

"There are 10.500 of us in the culture. In the whole country. That is not even a fraction of the total number of the population. But we are recognized as such, we are important and we stand out"
"Vreme" received the letter that Zoran Stefanović, the artistic director of the National Theater Drama, sent to Darko Tomović, the president of the actors' union, regarding the criminal complaint in which he was not named

The actors' union of the National Theater in Belgrade submitted a criminal complaint to the TOK against the Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković, the President of the Board of Directors Dragoslav Bokan and the acting manager Dragoljub Bajić. Reason: harmful action for the collective

Milutin Bojic, Mrs. Olga, National Theater Belgrade; directed by Jug Đorđević; played by Nela Mihailović, Aleksandar Vučković, Smiljana Marinković, Slađan Zrni, Ljubiša Savanović, Iva Milanović

Award-winning actors of the National Theater did not come to collect their awards, because they are not giving up their demand for the removal of the Management. That's why the new Director of Drama, Zoran Stefanović, introduced himself to the public and trade unions

"We are such a profession that creativity is innate to us, we will find a way to continue the fight for the National Theater. An option is to merge the requirements with the entire culture of Serbia," said actor Darko Tomović.
Despite the empty budget and countless obstacles, the cultural scene had many successes this year. This is proof that culture in Serbia can grow out of stone

Molina Udovicki Fotez confirmed that due to her retirement, she will no longer be the artistic director of the National Theater Drama. Who will replace her?