Within the framework of the program 30 years of PLAVO theatre
Belgrade, September 27 – October 10, 2025
Two Open Weeks of PLAVO Theatre is an international practical and theoretical program for people interested in work inside of a theatrical laboratory through specific methodology of PLAVO Theatre. Our aim is to share with participants the idea of theatre as a place of communication, a place of self-researching and a space of open mind where some important things about us and the world that surrounds us could be said.
The program will consist of two main programs, two workshops, and participants will have the possibility to participate in the whole program or in the workshop by their choice. The main program will be accompanied by performances, video presentations and a lecture.
The program is open for professional and semi-professional actors, directors, other theatre artists, dancers, as well as theatre and dance students but also all other people who are interested in theatre or self-research with the help of theatrical tools.
Two Open Weeks of PLAVO Theatre was created out of the need to bring closer laboratory theatre work to international and Serbian participants and to make theatrical laboratory a place of intercultural communication, theatrical exchange and development. The program has been realized in Belgrade since 2004 gathering participants from three continents.
It is our great pleasure that in 2025, the program will be realized within celebration of 30th anniversary of PLAVO Theatre.
Due to the support of the donors which sustained the program, there will be support provided (accommodation and travel costs) for participants coming from Central European region, with special support provided to participants from Ukraine.
Complete Actor’s Training – Workshop led by Maša Jelić, PLAVO Theatre actress and theatre pedagogue (language: English); September 27 – October 3, 11:00 – 14:00…read more
The World of Physical Actions – The Actor’s Creative Path – Workshop led by Dejan Stojković and assisted by Marko Potkonjak, PLAVO Theatre actors, musicians and theatre pedagogues (language: English); September 27 and October 3, 17:00 – 19:00 /September 28 – October 2, 17:00 – 20:00…read more
Before the Law – Concert-performance (language: English); September 27, 20:00…read more
Video presentations of the exemplary performances and documentaries from the history of anthropological theatre; September 29, October 2, 15:00 – 16:30
PLAVO Theatre – from Myself towards Theatre – Discussion with Nenad Čolić, PLAVO Theatre director and theatre pedagogue (language: English); October 1, 20:30…read more
Deaf Dorian Gray – the inclusive potential of utopia – Theatre performance; October 3, October 10, 20:00...read more
REGISTRATION
Two Open Weeks 2025 Registration Form (link)
Thanks to the support of the donors which sustained the program, we will provide additional support (accommodation and travel costs) for participants coming from Central European countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Serbia with special support provided for participants from Ukraine.
Please contact us for information including additional support, fees, registration form or any practical information.
E-mails: plavopozoriste@gmail.com, plavopozoriste@hotmail.com
Note: The number of participants is limited. There is not a specific application deadline foreseen. After sending us registration form and getting a confirmation from us about their participation, interested participants should pay the fee to our bank account in order to book their place.
PLAVO Theatre – theatre laboratory
PLAVO Theatre is a theatrical laboratory which ideology is based on principles established by reformers of XX century theatre – Constantin Stanislavsky, Antonin Artaud, Jerzy Grotowski, Eugenio Barba and Odin Teatret, as well as Italian director Massimo Giannetti. Theatre which exists with the idea to serve theatre, not to be its servant, theatre which explores deeper levels of human communication, theatre which has the idea of moving boundaries of human perception, theatre which lives the utopia of reconciliation of anthropology and society, and theatre which presents a critical attitude – these are our basic premises. We are a group of people who, cherishing a seed of anarchism in ourselves, use theatre as a place which has credibility and in which some serious things about the world that surrounds us could be said. In the middle of our attention is a human being. Even an actor is a human being and afterwards an actor. Theatre is a place of human touch with life, not with its imitation.
So far it realized more than 30 theatrical productions presented in many festivals in Serbia and abroad, numerous educational projects, organized 8 international festivals and established cooperation with various partners in Serbia and internationally. In its range PLAVO Theatre has a wide spectrum of activities, divided in three basic categories:
- Creation and presentation of theatre performances based on laboratory work;
- Theatrical pedagogy: education of all interested in research approach to theatrical work. Special emphasis is put on work with the youth with the aim of opening of their horizons for new prospective of arts and culture, as well as on using possibilities of laboratory theatre in civil society development in work with vulnerable groups, particularly the disabled, migrants and asylum seekers;
- International cooperation: organization of international meetings and festivals, residential and educational projects for theatre artists and young people.