- Montenegrin National Theater
- Montenegro
- 07/10/2025
- 19:30
- Sarajevo National Theater
- 150 min.
In the context of theater, when we refer to “the system” we usually mean the social and political order in which we live. However, the project Back speaks of a different kind of engine—one whose grindstone mills our everyday lives.
The “system” we refer to has, for decades, outlived all other systems, both named and unnamed. In a different universe, we might call Back a dystopian portrait of the world we live in; sadly, that is not the case. We cannot turn a blind eye to the fact that organized crime has penetrated every pore of our society, that it destroys families, and that we have all – whether consciously or subconsciously – become cogs in that mechanism.
The ways a person is drawn into such a system are diverse; its victims are all of us – individuals, members of smaller communities, and ultimately society as a whole. This is precisely what the play examines. We do not ask questions of salvation, nor do we offer answers; we simply present a terrifying image of the modern age.
Only when we recognize and accept that image will we be ready to ask questions and seek answers. Until we have the strength to swallow the “red pill,” nothing remains for us but to live inside this matrix.

Author and director:
BORIS LIJEŠEVIĆ
Dramaturgy:
STELA MIŠKOVIĆ
STEFAN BOŠKOVIĆ
Set Design:
ANDREJA RONDOVIĆ
Costume design:
LEJLA HODŽIĆ
Choreography:
TAMARA VUJOŠEVIĆ MANDIĆ
Composer:
NINA PEROVIĆ
Photography:
DUŠKO MILJANIĆ
Stage manager:
DAMJAN ŠUŠKAČEVIĆ
Assistant director and dramaturge:
NATAŠA MILIĆEVIĆ
MIRJANA SPAJIĆ
Assistant set designer:
JELENA IVANČEVIĆ
Assistant costume designer:
GORDANA BULATOVIĆ
Executive producer:
DANILO MILATOVIĆ
Cast:
ALEKSANDAR RADULOVIĆ
LAZAR ĐURĐEVIĆ
KRISTINA OBRADOVIĆ
NADA VUKČEVIĆ
ŽANA GARDAŠEVIĆ BULATOVIĆ
BRANKA OTAŠEVIĆ
JOVAN DABOVIĆ
JELENA NENEZIĆ
JELENA MINIĆ
MIRJANA SPAIĆ
JULIJA MILAČIĆ PETROVIĆ NJEGOŠ
RADMILA BOŽOVIĆ / JULIJA MILAČIĆ PETROVIĆ NJEGOŠ
ZORAN VUJOVIĆ
JOVANA BRNOVIĆ
JADRANKA MAMIĆ
ANĐELA MARUNOVIĆ
TIHANA ĆULAFIĆ
DANILO ČELEBIĆ
ANA VUJOŠEVIĆ