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

LADY NOLA
TUESDAY , 26. MAY 2026. at 8PM
SNT, Stage „Pera Dobrinović“

THE CABINET MINISTER’S WIFE
WEDNESDAY , 27. MAY2026. at 8 PM časova
SNT, Stage „Pera Dobrinović“ 

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

WHY IS HE LAUGHING?
SATURDAY , 30. MAY 2026. at 7 PM
SNT, Stage „Jovan Đorđević“
 (Audiance is on the stage)

TRACKS

SUNDAY , 31. MAY 2026. at 6 PM and 9 PM
SNT, Stage „Jovan Đorđević“
 (Audiance is on the stage)

MY THEATRE

MONDAY , 1. JUNE 2026. at 5 PM i 9 PM
SNT, Stage „Jovan Đorđević“ 
 (Audiance is on the stage)

QUIET HOURS FROM TWO TO SIX

MONDAY, 1. JUNE 2026. at 7 PM
and TUESDAY  2. JUNE
at 7 PM
Novi Sad Theatre – Újvidéki Színház  

HUMOR CENTRAL

TUESDAY , 2. JUN 2026. at 9 PM
SNT, Stage „Jovan Đorđević“
 

Performance in honor of the award winners

GALA CONCETR in honor of award winners

WEDNESDAY, 3. JUNE 2026.
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