THEATRE CITY

Festival “Theatre City” is one the most prestigious cultural manifestations in the country and region, which has been taking place during the summer months in Budva (Montenegro) under the patronage of Municipality of Budva.

During 51, 49 festival days respectively, over 620 participants from the fields of drama, literature, music, and visual arts will perform in the programs of the 37^th "Theatre City" festival. The programs will take place on the stage "Between the Churches," inside the Santa Maria Church, on the Poets' Square, on the streets of the Old Town, on the plateau in front of the Avala Hotel, and in the amphitheater of the Stanjevići Monastery.

There are two theatrical premieres in the course of the 37. Theatre City Festival edition. The first one is characterized as “a guided walk throughout the authentical sights of the old Budva”, titled “Unreal City”, based upon the text and directed by Vuk Ršumović. Another festival coproduction with the NT Sombor is directed by a Slovenian director Vito Taufer, based upon the legendary text “Radovan III“, by Dušan Kovačević.

Music program is to host 9 concerts and besides the opening night program, the festival stage is to be mounted by: Nemanja Radulović, the violinist, Maestro Bojan Suđić, Boris Kraljević, the pianist, “Zagreb soloists“, as well as Young Montenegrin musicians.

This year, Poets Square is assembling the best writers of the region in the course of 15 literary nights.

Central part of the Festival Art Program is planned to happen on the 13^th of July, when the exhibition Mentors and protégés of Herceg Novi Art School – in cooperation with The National Museum of Montenegro, is to be opened.