The Zagreb Youth Theater and Hebbel am Ufer - Berlin
Nataša Rajković/Bobo Jelčić
ON THE OTHER HAND

On the Other Hand has been performed at 25 theater festivals and theater centers. It has won a total of 11 awards. It originated as a co-production of the Zagreb Youth Theater and the Berlin theater Hebbel am Ufer, with the assistance of the German theater fund, Theorem, and the Zagreb Center for Dramatic Arts.

Premiere 21 June 2006


The Zagreb Youth Theater and Troubleyn – Belgium
Jan Fabre
REQUIEM FOR A METAMORPHOSIS

The Zagreb Youth Theater is the first Croatian theater that has participated in a joint creative project that was included in the program of the renowned Salzburg Summer Festival, together with Troubleyn/Jan Fabre.
The project was a presentation of Requiem for a Metamorphosis, directed and choreographed by the controversial Jan Fabre, one of today's most innovative and versatile artists.
Two Croatian actors from the ensemble of the Zagreb Youth Theater appeared in the performance – Katarina Bistrović-Darvaš and Frano Mašković, both of whom were selected by Fabre in a very demanding audition and in the face of stern competition. A total of 25 actors, dancers, and musicians from around the world, including the Croatian dancer Ivana Jozić, appeared in the production.
The producers of the performance included: Troubleyn/Jan Fabre (Belgium), Salzburger Festspiele (Austria), RuhrTriennale (Germany) and Vilnius European City of Culture - 2009 (Lithuania), co-producers included the Zagreb Youth Theater, Champ d"Action (Belgium), the Slovenian Youth Theater (Slovenia), Sirens Festival (Lithuania) and Missdeluxedanceco (Luxembourg).
Premiere 26 August 2007 Festival Salzburger Festspiele


Avignon Festival
The Zagreb Youth Theater - Festival of World Theater
Jan Fabre
ANOTHER SLEEPY DUSTY DELTA DAY

After three years, Jan Fabre returned to the Avignon theater festival with a performance of Another Sleepy Dusty Delta Day, with a solo performed by Ivana Jozić, a dancer of Croatian background, and one of the muses of this Flemish director, with whom she has cooperated for several years. Choreography Jan Fabre, Ivana Jozić, concept, text and set design by JAN FABRE. A co-production with the Avignon Festival, France; the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, USA; the Naples Theater Festival, Naples, Italy; the Zagreb Youth Theater – Festival of World Theater, Zagreb, Croatia.

Premiere: 7 July 2008 Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, Avignon


The Zagreb Youth Theater and the Dubrovnik Summer Festival
Petar Zoranić / Marin Držić
VOICES FROM THE MOUNTAINS
Rene Medvešek

The premiere performance of Voices from the Mountains was held as part of the Dubrovnik Summer Festival. It was a co-production of the Zagreb Youth Theater and the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, in cooperation with the Croatian Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Rene Medvešek was a unanimous choice of the jury for the Orlando Award for the Best Artistic Achievement in the Drama Program for the direction and dramatic composition of Voices from the Mountains at the 59th Dubrovnik Summer Festival in 2008.

Premiere in Dubrovnik 27 July 2008, Poljana Ruđera Boškovića
Premiere in Zagreb 15 November 2008, ZKM, Scena Istra


Gilles Granouillet
POLET
Jean-Claude Berutti

A co-production of the Zagreb Youth Theater and La Comédie de Saint-Ètienne and the Théâtre de la Place – Liège for the performance of Polet by Gilles Granouillet. The same director, Jean-Claude Berutti, directed two performances of the work with identical texts, the same set design, and the same costumes, but with two ensembles – French and Croatian. The premiere performance of Polet - L’Envolée, was held in France on 21 October 2008 in Saint Ètienne with the ensemble La Comédie de Saint-Etienne.
The Croatian premiere with the ensemble of the Zagreb Youth Theater was held on 6 December 2008. After the Croatian premiere, the French actors performed the French version of the production at the Zagreb Youth Theater on 9 December. This production completed the appearance of the Croatian ensemble in Saint- Ètienne and its tour of France. The co-production permitted not only an exchange of actors, but an exchange of cultures as well.


Premiere: 21 October 2008 in Saint Ètienne
6 December 2008 at the Zagreb Youth Theater, Scena Istra

Zagreb Youth Theatre and theatre La Mama
PROJECT 12

Ellen Stewart, founder and artistic director of the New York theatre La Mama, visited Zagreb in September 2008, as a special guest of the World Theatre Festival where she was rewarded with the Medal of the City of Zagreb. Then and there the idea for Project 12 was born, the idea which would enable young artists to develop and then present their ideas to an audience. Ellen Stewart came to Zagreb on 29th of March to help them in their last rehearsals and to show them a part of her theatre world. She came with her assistant Kaori Fujiyabu and two musicians from La Mama – Yukio Tsuji i Heather Paauwe – who created the music for the projects.

Ana Vilenica, Irena Vitaljic, Dino Pesut and Ivan Nezic, together with their art groups, and under the leadership of Ellen Stewart, formed their ideas into concrete performances. The aim of the project was to eliminate borders between different cultures and to create a new relationship and understanding between the artists and the audience.

Trying to find new ways of expression, artist used motion, music, dance and sound. Project 12 enables exchange of experience between artists and it is a valuable contribution to our cultural collaboration.

Mousetrap - Ivan Nezic, Kristina Simunovic, Nikica Marovic, Jan Resetic, Zorana Dukic, Matko Muzar, Silvija Plese, Marin Bukvic, Kristina Kautero

Confessions - Ana Vilenica,Jelena Rusjan, Ivana Krizmanic, Marija Tadic, Ana Vilenica, Goran Bogdan, Romina Vitasovic