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SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
ABOUT US
International theatre festival founded in 2014.
The program of the festival consists of contemporary world productions of Shakespeare's works. The festival takes place every year at the end of June, in an authentic, medieval-like ambience of the residence Villa Stanković (Čortanovci, the Municipality of Inđija).
The main idea of the festival, which is one of a kind in our country, is to cherish the works of the world's greatest playwright by presenting an authentic theatre program under the open sky, as it was done in Shakespeare's times.
The founding of the Shakespeare Festival in Serbia was initiated by theatre director Nikita Milivojević after the premiere of his play "Henry VI" at the famous Globe Theatre in London in May 2012. In addition to the desire to present Shakespeare to us in a new way, Nikita Milivojević was guided by the idea of making the state residence Villa Stanković - an exceptional space which was closed to the public - an attractive cultural and touristic place.
The founder of the festival says:
The idea of establishing the Shakespeare Festival was born in the right place: in Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. It was there that I found out more about the numerous Shakespeare festivals that took place around the world, and somehow intuitively thought of Villa Stanković as an ideal place for such a festival in our country. In a way, I could say that the venue actually chose the writer, and then together they started the idea of the festival. Of course, the actual, essential motive to create a Shakespeare festival is, of course, Shakespeare. Today, it is something like a universal word for theatres around the entire planet. It seems that even those who have never been to the theatre have heard of Shakespeare. He is undoubtedly the most performed playwright of all time, being performed around the world for almost 400 years. Obviously, each time in its own way constantly discovers and recognizes something authentic in his works. Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, Richard, Lear, Ophelia, Juliet ... are always around, we just need to see them and recognize them.
