Marking the International Theater Day, the Office of the International Theater Festival MESS presented a part of the program of the upcoming jubilee, the 60th MESS Festival. The program was presented at a press conference which, observing the recommendation #stayhome,...

“Theatre as a Shrine” Shahid NADEEM, PakistanIt is a great honor for me to write the World Theatre Day 2020 Message. It is a most humbling feeling but it is also an exciting thought that Pakistani theatre and Pakistan itself, has been recognized by the ITI, the most...

This evening, in the National Theatre Sarajevo, instead of the closing ceremony of the 59th International Theatre Festival MESS, a protest performance of artists and public officials was held whereby they reminded the present audience of statements about MESS by many...

Today’s premiere performance of “Agnesa & Hrabren”, by authors Oliver Jović, Emina Omerović and Maja Izetbegović closed the Mini MESS children’s programme, part of the 59th International Theatre Festival MESS. This is the first production for children from MESS...

Due to a continuous decrease in funding by the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Office of the International Theatre Festival MESS will hold a protest performance of artists and friends of the Festival on Friday, October 4th in the National Theatre Sarajevo...

At the 59th International Theatre Festival MESS, in the White Salon of the National Theatre Sarajevo, the Golden Laurel Wreath award ceremony was held this evening. This year+s the laureates, BiH actress Jasna Diklić and the Heinrich Boell Foundation were awarded with...

Decided by the MESS Festival Office, the recipient of the Golden Laurel Wreath Award for Development of Performing Arts this year is the Heinrich Boell Foundation. The award ceremony will be held this evening in the White Salon of the National Theatre Sarajevo,...

This evening in Chamber Theatre 55 at the MESS OFF programme, as part of the 59th International Theatre Festival MESS, a meeting in honor of late Borka Pavićević and Slobodan Milatović was held by colleagues and friends of the MESS Festival Office. Dramaturge and...

At the 59th MESS Festival, as part of the Mini MESS programme, in cooperation with Teatroskop and the French Institute in BiH a conference was held yesterday, titled “Is Culture a Child’s Right?”. Local, regional and experts from France and Turkey exchanged...

As decided by the International Theatre Festival MESS Office, BiH actress Jasna Diklić is this year’s recipient of the Golden Laurel Wreath Award for Contribution to Performing Arts, the highest regard awarded by the Festival Office. The award ceremony will be held on...