International Small Scene Theatre Festival Rijeka (Medjunarodni festival malih scena Rijeka)

HKD Teatar - International Small Scene Theatre Festival Rijeka
The City of Rijeka Department of Culture Grad Rijeka -
Odjel gradske uprave za kulturu
Korzo 16
51000 Rijeka
Croatia
Phone: (385) 51-377-327
Fax: (385) 51 513- 377-328
Email: hkd.mfms@ri.htnet.hr

From its modest yet ambitious beginnings, the programme has very quickly justified its international orientation, somewhat departing from its original idea of strictly adhering to the concept of presenting exclusively "small scene" shows. At the same time, the Festival has brought up, analysed, and discussed a large number of essential themes and questions pertinent to contemporary theatre, scrutinising and comparing theatrical achievements in Croatia as well as those of Croatian theatre with the rest of the world, be it in regard to contemporary drama, to the theatre axiom, to theatre classics, to heritage, social themes and challenges, or to opening towards others and towards those who are different. The Festival has, all the more, emphasised the necessity of representing contemporary Croatian drama in the context it has occupied for centuries, a context that not only binds but also defines Croatian culture in the broadest sense. The boundaries of that culture run along the Mediterranean and extend over Middle and Southeastern Europe, thus embracing Croatian culture and its theatre, both of which have for centuries participated in a broad exchange of dreams".

http://www.theatrefestival-rijeka.hr/