Thirty years after the start of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Wept arrives not to commemorate but to question.
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A landmark international collaboration between theatre artists from Kosovo and South Africa comes to Johannesburg
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Written by Jeton Neziraj | Directed by Blerta Neziraj | Dramaturg: Greg Homann
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Global Arts Corps (USA/France) and Qendra Multimedia (Kosovo) are looking for freelance performers to join our upcoming international theater project ✨Lullabies for Warriors✨ (working title), to be produced in the 2026–2027 season.
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OPEN CALL FOR PERFORMERS
Conceived and developed by director Michael Lessac and playwright Jeton Neziraj over many years, there is an urgency to mount this production now.
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Bislang leben die Religionen im Kosovo friedlich zusammen. Doch dieser Frieden gerät unter Beschuss: von radikalen Muslimen, islamfeindlichen Katholiken und einer serbisch-orthodoxen Kirche, die im Sinne der serbischen Regierung agiert.
"Department of Dreams, Recent Dystopian Plays from Across the World.". With Ebru Nihan Celkan (and Ozlem Karadag), Bosco Israel Cayo Alvarez (and William Gregory), Jeton Neziraj (and Alexandra Channer), Karen Malpede, Wei, Yu-Chia (and Jeremy Tiang).
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An internationally acclaimed theatre production, The Handke Project, will be staged in the lakeside village of Bánk, bringing contemporary European political theatre to a Hungarian audience in an accessible, English-language format.
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What can theatre in Kosovo teach U.S. theatres about surviving through fractious times, not to mention reflecting them onstage? Steven Leigh Morris reports. www.americantheatre.org/2025/02/13/l...
SO YOU WANT TO BE A PLAYWRIGHT? // Panel discussion with: Mark Ravenhill, Giannina Carbunariu, Bernhard Studlar and Jibbe Willems @ Kosovo-North Macedonia Theatre Showcase 2025
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Qendra Multimedia (Kosovo) & The Market Theatre (South Africa) present:
“Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Wept” // 12 & 13 June, Black Box teater - Oslo, Norway / Heddadagene Festival.
I was fortunate enough to see this show in Kosovo. It’s touring internationally. Do catch it if it comes near you
“UNDER THE SHADE OF A TREE I SAT AND WEPT” ...it could not come at a more important time...
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In questo paesaggio instabile, il Kosovo Theatre Showcase 2025 (28 ottobre / 1 novembre), ideato e organizzato da Qendra Multimedia, sotto la guida del drammaturgo Jeton Neziraj, si impone come un avamposto poetico, un atto quotidiano di resistenza e disobbedienza.
Under the Shade of a Tree i Sat and Wept / The Market Theatre - Johannesburg / 9 - 26 April 2026
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Sullo spettacolo Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Cried scritto da Jeton Neziraj e diretto da Blerta Neziraj si sono concentrate le attenzioni della critica e del pubblico...
Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Wept - Jeton Neziraj/ Blerta Neziraj/ Greg Homann - is wow - truth, reconciliation, forgiveness, fabrication, fiction, theatre, accountability, responsibility, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Kosovo Blood Reconciliation and peace hung up to die or fly?
Organised theatrical marketplaces are rare in the UK, but more common on the Continent. The driving forces behind events in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Greece and Kosovo tell Natasha Tripney about the different models they use
Der Balkan lebt zwischen der Aufarbeitung von Massakern und einer Vielvölkerutopie. Das zeigt die Theaterszene im Kosovo und in Nordmazedonien – sie ist politisch so aufgewühlt wie die ganze Region. Aber es gibt unerwartet verbindende Elemente.
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Jeton Neziraj’s new play, Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Wept, explores reconciliation and forgiveness processes in Kosovo and South Africa. Andrej Čanji spoke to the creative team about their research process and how they’re bringing these topics to the stage.
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WHEN ANTON CETTA MET DESMOND TUTU
A play questioning forgiveness without justice
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"Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Wept"
A theatre project exploring reconciliation processes and the nature of truth and forgiveness // 1990 Blood Feuds Reconciliation Campaign in Kosovo and the 1995 Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa
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PRISHTINA. The Premeditated Killing of a Dream
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Further shows:
Ferizaj, Kosovo (6th of September 2025)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina (12-14 September 2025).
A theatre project created by artists from Europe and Africa exploring reconciliation processes and the nature of truth and forgiveness
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Despite having 40 years of performing under his belt, the comedian, activist and theatre-maker Mark Thomas hadn’t acted in someone else’s work until last year when he starred in Ed Edwards’ England and Son…
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Kosovo/North Macedonia Theatre Showcase 2025
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