🇷🇸 VISITING: 3–6 November – FAS Festival in Zrenjanin

Visiting Overview

The Serbian TAG group and the German TAG group participated in a visiting of the Festival of ASSITEJ Serbia (FAS), a national festival presenting performances for children and young people – for all ages, in all forms of performing arts – open to all members of ASSITEJ Serbia who are willing to participate.

The visiting followed the official festival agenda from Monday 3 November to Friday 7 November, including travel from Belgrade to Zrenjanin, festival attendance, workshops, seminars, guided city walks, shared meals, and post-show discussions moderated by Danilo Brakočević with members of the FAS festival juries.

Programme Highlights

Monday, 3 November – Arrival, Welcome & Opening

• Organized van transport from Belgrade to Zrenjanin and check-in
• Welcome by the host and festival director (National Theatre Toša Jovanović)
• Festival opening & performance: “Andrackz, Yeppurz and other important monsters of Petrovgrad and The Middle Banat” (65 min, 7+)
• Getting to know session (Part 1)
• Guided city walking tour led by young people from Zrenjanin
• Evening performance: “The Outlaws” (90 min, 12+)
• Post-show discussion with FAS jury members (moderator: Danilo Brakočević)

Tuesday, 4 November – Workshops & Performances

• Morning routine workshop: movement, bodily joy and breathing (Jovana Rakić)
• Workshop: “In My Eyes” – Part 1
• Performance: “Overjoyed Kafina” (45 min, 7+)
• Workshop: “In My Eyes” – Part 2: A Remembrance Book for Tomorrow
• Evening performance: “In the Ceilings the Stars Are Shining” (75 min, 15+)
• Post-show discussion with FAS jury members (moderator: Danilo Brakočević)

Wednesday, 5 November – Teen Kitchen Table & Evening Performances

• Morning concentration workshop introducing the joint programme “Teen Kitchen Table”
• Teen Kitchen Table: teens discuss the performances seen at the 7th FAS Festival
• Guided city walk (second group) led by young people from Zrenjanin
• Evening performance: “The Three Musketeers” (80 min, 10+)
• Evening performance: “The Diary of Anne Frank” (55 min, 6+)

Thursday, 6 November – Seminar, Workshop & Performance

• Morning routine workshop: movement, bodily joy and breathing (Željka Jakovljević)
• Seminar: brief introduction to dance theatre and inclusion in theatre for/with the youngest (Željka Jakovljević)
• Performance: “When we got Lost” (80 min, 10+)
• Workshop: “Hear Me Out” (registration required; limited capacity)
• Evening performance: “When Pumpkins Blossomed” (90 min, 15+)
• Post-show discussion with FAS jury members (moderator: Danilo Brakočević)

Friday, 7 November – Informal Sharing & Closing

Closing performance: “Misa Pupin Idvorski” (60 min, 5+)

Morning informal gathering at FAS

Programme: “From Impression to Discussion” (sharing photos, recordings, messages; hashtags: #inmyeyes #tag@fas #eyesofyouth #fas4tomorrow)

Performance: “The Wild Swans” (50 min, 8+)

Closing and award ceremony