Minja Bogavac

New theater

22.July 2026 S. Ć.

"There is no space, but there is us"

Minja Bogavac, the director of "Reflektor Teatr", for the new issue of "Vremena" talks about the persecution of that engaged theater and how they decided to create their own space

A better past (2)

03.June 2026 Gorica Mojović

The years of reconstruction of the Theater in Terazije

The Terazije Theater was renovated more than twenty years ago. The reconstruction of the Yugoslav Drama Theater, the Belgrade Drama Theater, the "Pinocchio" theater, as well as other cultural institutions had already been completed, even though there was no more money then than there is today.

A better past

27.May 2026. Gorica Mojović

Time when the JDP was renewed

While the work on the building of the Yugoslav Drama Theater was going on, the "Pinocchio" theater was renovated, the reconstruction of the Belgrade Drama Theater was completed and preparations began for the reconstruction of the Terazije Theater, even though there was no more money then than today

Interview: Željko Maksimović, actor

13.May 2026. Ivan Milenkovic

The independent scene is tougher than it seems

It seems to me that in problematic historical periods, culture has always, in general, been treated as a necessary evil, or possibly as a propaganda tool. If actors from the institutional scene participate in the independent one, it slowly leads to a certain type of market monopolization. Actually, it's a real monopolization, because we have the same people everywhere

Regarding the text "Times"

23.April 2026. Nebojsa Bradić

It would be best if the scope of this theater season is forgotten

The Ministry of Culture, as the most important financier, allocates large funds for minor projects of local communities, choosing its theater administrations to which it will allocate funds, tirelessly looking for its interpreters among writers, actors and directors - according to director Nebojša Bradić

Regarding the text "Times"

22.April 2026. Aleksandar Milosavljevic

What are the consequences of the worsening theater funding

The text "Nine theaters in Belgrade realized an average of 1,7 premieres this season" published on the portal "Vremena" on April 18, started the topic of responsibility for this state of affairs on the scene here. After Željko Hubač, playwright and dramaturg of the National Theatre, who wrote about it on April 20 in the text "Are only Selak, Bokan and Baja to blame for the decline of the theater", we are publishing the reaction of Aleksandar Milosavljević, theater critic, theater critic and dramatist

Theater

11.march 2026 Marina Milivojević Madjarev

When theater is important to actors

At the end of February, at the beginning of March, two Montenegrin theaters visited Belgrade. On Saturday, February 28, on the "Oliver and Rada Marković" Big Stage, the Tivat Cultural Center hosted a performance Against the World. On Sunday, March 1, the Nikšić Theater hosted a performance on the "Raša Plaović" stage of the National Theater. Father

Theater

11.march 2026 B. B.

Three new plays in Belgrade theaters

"Black Gold" will be in front of the audience for the first time on March 14, followed by the premieres of "Wardrobe" and "Corporate Fairy Tales"

State negligence

19.February 2026. Sonja Ciric

Chronology of the devastation of Bitef

Bitef did not want to distance itself from Milo Rau's speech, which opened the 58th festival, as the authorities asked him to do, and after that everything went downhill - the subject of the publication "The Dossier" of the Bitef Theater

Theater

12.February 2026. Marina Milivojević Madjarev

Vaudeville in full swing

Fedor Shili, Ode of Joy; directed by Gordan Kicic; played by Gordan Kičić, Milica Mihailović, Milica Trifunović, Stefan Bundalo, Marija Liješević, Đuro Brstina, Tamara Dragičević; Atelier 212

Theater

21.January 2026 Marina Milivojević Madjarev

Life in the swamp

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

Theater and its surroundings (2025)

14.January 2026 Marina Milivojević Madjarev

Playing on a rebel scene

At the end of "ordinary" years, lists of books, films and theater performances are made. However, this year was one of those that we will remember for the intense struggle for social change, so it makes no sense to act as if everything is regular. That is why in this text I will write not only about the performances but also about the theatrical impressions that we will take with us from 2025.

About the book

14.January 2026 Nebojsa Bradić

Kantor's theater of love and death

At the end of 2025, when it has been 50 years since the premiere of the play Dead class Tadeusz Kantor, a book was published about that great Polish director who simply cannot be imitated