National Theatre ''Sterija'' - Vršac

In Vrsac theatrical life lasts for more than two centuries. In 1761 he erected the Great Serbian magistrate and more than 100 years it served as a permanent theater building.

The first theatrical performances in Vrsac are performed by a theatrical family from Timisoara around 1770. Timisoara is the administrative and cultural center of South Banat.

Here were various theater troupes from Austria, Hungary, Romania, Italy, Germany, and from the Serbian theater Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad was established in 1861.

Ministry of Education in 1920 to headed by Branislav Nusic, decides that ин Vrsac establish a professional theater. At the session of the city, held on 24 December 1920, a decision was made on the establishment of the Provincial Theatre Banat "STERIJA". The premiere on January 22, 1921 officially started operations. It took only three years.

To mark the 200th anniversary of the presentation of the first theatrical performances in the Serbian language, in 1993 organized a festival "Vršac Autumn Theatre" founded by the Vrsac. The Festival play the most important and the best theatrical work in the season, both in the former Serbia and Montenegro and in the current Serbia.

National Theatre ''Sterija''.