Sterija’s Theatre Festival

As a permanent festival of national drama script of competition character, Sterija’s Theatre Festival was established in 1956 within the celebration of the 150th anniversary of birth and the 100th anniversary of death of the great Serbian playwright Jovan Popović Sterija.

The Festival’s aim has been to promote the art of theatre and stimulate the development of dramatic literature through the permanent festival of national drama. The Festival is open to professional theatres and groups from the country and abroad with plays based on the texts of Serbian authors, as well as to national theatres with plays based on the scripts of foreign authors.