Serbian National Theatre

-located in Novi Sad, is one of the major theatres in Serbia. It was founded in 1861 during a conference of the Serbian National Theatre Society, composed of members of the Serbian Reading Room (Srpska čitaonica), held in Novi Sad. The first general manager of the Serbian National Theatre was Jovan Đorđević.

The entrance of Serbian National Theatre

After the war an important part of every performance becomes the scenery and costumes. Until the First World War we can't be talking about design and costumes in the true sense of the word. Performances were played in several typed decor, which were more decoration than the real scenery. In the interwar period, first appeared set designer - Milenko Serban, a painter, who will work in the early postwar years in theater. 

An important segment of this Theatre is publishing, in which they have issued many books on theater history, collections and many commemorative publications. List Theatre Run the Society for the SNP in 1871, the first issue was published on 26 December, and the last undated 1908. During 1880 and 1883 list was not published, and 1881/82. issued as the year season under the directorship of Antonio Hadzic. From 5 November 1909 to 31 January 1910, regulates list Jovan Grcic first as a theater then as New Theatre. At the beginning of the season 1968/69. list was re-launched and has since steadily rises.

In 2006. it became a member of the European Theatre Convention and a member of the Association of the Quartet, which also includes theaters from Hungary, the Czech Republic and France. In 2011.  Serbian National Theatre with funds of the Development Fund of Vojvodina thoroughly renovated. Serbian National Theatre has always been one of the most important cultural institutions in the country, and we should not forget that it initiated the establishment of other cultural institutions, such as Sterija Theatre in 1956, the Academy of Arts in 1970 and the Theatre Museum of Vojvodina in 1982.