71. Sterijino Pozorje Festival Selector’s Report
SELECTOR’S REPORT
FOR THE 70th STERIJINO POZORJE FESTIVAL
26. MAY - 3. JUNE 2026.
OUR STORIES
Memories and losses
Today, seventy years after the founding of the Sterijino Pozorje, this festival – which initially featured only the works of Jovan Sterija Popović, but now features theaters from the country and the region presenting works by domestic writers – remains the most important theatrical event in Serbia.
“All that was good will be recorded by history,” wrote Jovan Sterija Popović in the preface to his play The Patriots….
Competition selection
71. Sterjino Pozorje Festival
THE PROFESSIONAL
THURSDAY , 28. MAY 2026. at 9 PM / FRIDAY, 29. MAY at 9 PM
and SATURDAY , 30. MAY at 9 PM
Novi Sad Theatre / Újvidéki Színház
TRACKS
SUNDAY , 31. MAY 2026. at 6 PM and 9 PM
SNT, Stage „Jovan Đorđević“
(Audiance is on the stage)
Performance in honor of the award winners
GALA CONCETR in honor of award winners
WEDNESDAY, 3. JUNE 2026.
8 PM / SNT Stage „Jovan Đorđević”
8 PM / SNT Stage „Jovan Đorđević”
Serbian National Theatre Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Mikica Jevtić
Soloists: Željko Lučić, Sonja Šarić, Vesna Đurković, Jelena Končar i Stevan Karanac
“ Dokle se god budemo samo hvalili, slabosti i pogreške prikrivali, u povesnici učili koliko je ko od predaka naših junačkih glava odrubio, a ne i gde je s puta sišao, donde ćemo hramati i ni za dlaku nećemo biti bolji.“
Jovan Sterija Popović








