Spasoje Z. Milovanović

Festival

30.July 2026 Sonja Ciric

Bitef with three performances?

And the fourth play canceled its participation in Bitef. There are only three left on the program. This is the moment when you have to decide what to do next

Bitef

21.July 2026 Sonja Ciric

Bitef selector: Foreign artists from Serbia are receiving emails not to come to Bitef

The third performance expected at Bitef was canceled as well. The selector of this festival Spasoje Ž. Milovanović says that Bitef's fate must not depend on who is currently in power. And he talks about pressures from the domestic public on foreign artists not to come to Bitef

59. Bitef

03.July 2026 Sonja Ciric

Artists from Portugal also canceled their participation in Bitef

Due to solidarity with colleagues from Serbia who are suffering due to the bad attitude of the state towards culture, and because of censorship, the Teatro Praga company from Lisbon canceled its participation in the 59th Bitef. Spasoje Z. Milovanović, program selector, says that when talking about censorship, it is necessary to make a clear distinction between last year's and this year's Bitef

Bitef festival

26.June 2026 S. Ć.

The program for the 59th Bitef has arrived.

With a slight delay, and without explaining why, the selection of this year's Bitef was announced. There will be seven performances, about which the festival management informed the public in writing

Bitef

22.May 2026. Sonja Ciric

The list of performances for this year's Bitef has been compiled

With the budget increase, Spasoje Ž. Milovanović chose plays for Bitef. He says that he chose the ensemble of the plays and that they come from the "white world"

Bitef festival

23.march 2026 Sonja Ciric

Bitef without a selector, plays are chosen by Spasoje Ž. Milovanović and members of the Board

As the law allows, the plays for this year's Bitef will not be chosen by the selector but by the Board of that festival, headed by Spasoje Ž. Milovanovic

Personnel

18.January 2026 S. Ć.

Bitef got a new Board and President Spasoj Ž. Milovanović

Playwright Spasoje Ž. Milovanović is the new president of the Bitef Board. He likes to drive fast, so the National Theater in Nis, where he was the director until recently, has to pay a fine