Event Updates

A Word From The Regional Performance Selectors

While working on the selection of plays from the region to be presented at the upcoming ASSITEJ…

Anecdotal Stories Move People’s Hearts, Data Moves People’s Minds

10 case studies based on 10 different countries will be Selina Busby’s field of research until…

Artists In Small States Of Europe Have Their Own, Independent Voice

ASSITEJ Cyprus is one of the newest and smallest members of ASSITEJ International. Stavros Stavrou,…

Brief Encounter With Danilo Brakočević

Danilo Brakočević was a performer/Puppeteer in the 'Do birds have the Capacity for fun'…

Children And Youth Rights To Culture: 10 Years Later

20 November 2023 in Belgrade The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child last…

Chit-Chat With An Artist: Aleksa Jovčić

from the play 'The Stolen Prince And The Lost Princess' Following the performance of 'The Stolen…

Dance For Young Audiences In Serbia

By Jovana Rakić Dance for young audiences is a constantly changing and vibrant field that offers…

Evaluating 60 Years Of ASSITEJ

As an external evaluator appointed by ASSITEJ International to assist the Executive Committee and…

Finding Adequate Space

The Open Market, which took place on the last day of the Artistic Gathering, offered attendees the…

Funders & Partners

ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2023 (Serbia) Would Not Be Possible Without The Support Of Our Generous…

Handing Over The Baton

The first time I met Diana was when I set foot at the ‘Duško Radović’ in downtown Belgrade,…

How To Achieve Quality & Continuous Critical Reception? Really, How?

Open Market, a programm that took place on the last day of the Artistic Gathering in the Students…

In the Encounter, The Interlacing And A Witty Conflict Between Words And Play

A Word From The National Performance Selectors It is a special challenge to select a program…

International Inclusive Arts Network: Children Need Plays

At the beginning of a session aimed at exploring playwriting for Children and Young People focusing…

Kurt, Quo Vadis?: I Wonder, I Wonder

A middle-aged man from Scandinavia experiences an existential crisis and resigns from his job to…

Language Can Be Universal

I'm glad I went to see Prehistoric Girl as the last performance of the Artistic Gathering, for many…

Listening To The Voices Of Children

Two actresses and drama pedagogues led the 8 children that took part in the 'Voices Of Children:…

Looking Forward To Cuba

The ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2023 (Serbia) might be drawing to a close ... but that means there is…

Magical Akiko

On the first day of the festival, audiences had the opportunity to see a play 'I am Akiko' based on…

Makers Of Magic

Theatre makers, future and present, young and old, experts and beginners gathered around at the SCEN…

Metamorphosis: Ancient Rope In A Contemporary Performance

The play 'Metamorphosis' is a result of the PhD studies of Saša Latinović, an actor in the Youth…

Next Generation Residency: ‘Sustainability As The Future Of TYA’

The ‘Next Generation' Programme is an ASSITEJ International initiative designed to support…

Opening Conference Marks World Children’s Day

The morning Session of 'The Rights of Children & Young people to Culture: 10 Years Later' kicked…

Pozdravna Reč

Ova naša velika umetnička zajednica nastala je u vreme jednog jasno polarizovanog sveta,…

Reflections By Wolfgang Schneider

Marking the closing of the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2023's all-day academic and professional…

Scene Design And New Technologies In Performing Arts For Young Audiences

23 November 2023, Novi Sad, Serbia In partnership with the University of Novi Sad’s Faculty of…

SoundBird: When Technology Meets The Nature

On the first festival day, we saw performances ('Bambi' and 'I am Akiko') based on the theme of…

Stage Reading: ‘Boys Will Not Carry Guns’

The stage reading of a play is an extraordinary opportunity for a contemporary playwright to have…

Stepping Into The Unknown: Interactive Arts Laboratory

by Mirko Stojković The Interactive Arts Laboratory’s core members are Jovana Karaulic,…

Sustainability As The Past And Future Of TYA In Serbia

As a Theatre Director and CEO of The Festival of Ecological Theatre for Children and Youth…

Teenagers As Game Changers

16 young people ventured into the Voices of Teenagers: Sustainability & Participation programme…

The Power Of The Potential Of Movement

I meet Dalija Acin Thelander at the Children’s Cultural Centre in the heart of Novi Sad where she…

The Wind: Windy Interpretive Field

To avoid an illustrative and banal portrayal of the wind as a dramatic character on a stage, the…

Theatre And Education

by Marina Milivojević Madjarev  Since its origin over 50 years ago, the journal Scena has…

Theatre Festivals For Children And Youth As A Place Of Learning

by Divna Stojanov Many members of ASSITEJ Serbia are theatre festivals. Besides fulfilling…

Theatre Is Medicine For Life

Vice President of ASSITEJ Japan and Artistic director of the ricca ricca festa, the international…

Under The Droplet: I Am Here

Richard Schechner, a professor and theatre maker, concluded in one of his studies: "Performance is…

Welcome

This great artistic community of ours was created in a time of a clearly polarised world, divided…

Welcome To The Small Size Virtual House

We’ve just opened the doors to our new space – the Virtual House! The Virtual House is more than…

What Can We Achieve When We Work Together?

We set sail! The first performance within the World Conference of Performing Arts for Children and…

Where Is The Lay Of The Land?

Leading the international comparative quantitative study that explores which, and how many, children…

Why Do We Do The Work That We Do, And Why Do We Think It Matters?

Kelly Freebody and Michael Anderson, both professors at the University of Sidney, are at the ASSITEJ…

Why Don’t They Care About Earth: We Didn’t Save This One, But We’ll Save Some Others

There is no place like home. Except when your home is melting. The dark non-verbal comedy for…

World Events Can Be Turning Points For Our Community

Within the premisses of the Little Theatre 'Duško Radović' in downtown Belgrade, the formal…