National Theatre - Niš

The National Theatre in Nis is located in the theater Sindjelic Square in Nis, Serbia.

History claims that Niš had a theater in the fourth century. The foundations of this theater have not yet been found, but its known roughly where they were. Niš was out of the theater for full thirteen centuries. 

The first known theatrical event was recorded in 1883 on a poster for one of the performances of the traveling troupe, which performed conveniently, on the anniversary of marriage of King Milan and Queen Natalia Obrenovic.

National Theatre in Niš.

The postwar period

The postwar period was marked by emulation theater repertoire and the ideological and aesthetic currents of the National Theatre in Belgrade, but has already played shows in 1949 have revealed the high creative potential of the theater, who came to the fore nurturing their own repertoire policy. The fifties of interest extends to domestic and foreign literature, which can be an incentive for greater stravalačku initiative and creativity of the artistic ensemble.

Today

Repertoire despite the classic work, remained open to works of modern and avantgarde authors, both foreign and domestic. New orientation theater resulted in unusual performances that have participated three times in the official competition at the prestigious Festival of Male and experimental scenes in Sarajevo (MESS), five times in official competition at the Sterija Theatre Festival and once at BITEF.

In February 2008, the theater received a statuette Joakim Vujic for outstanding contribution to the development of theater art in Serbia.