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Language: English

Negotiating Peace is a complex and diplomatic challenge after military conflicts. In some cases, peace agreements are made; in others, complete peace is never reached or simply remains an arrangement on paper. Multiple wars and conflicts raise multi-layered questions and leave behind ambiguities, which makes peace difficult.

Looking at peace negotiations including the Dayton peace agreement, those in Northern Ireland and the Middle East, the still-unresolved talks between Kosovo and Serbia - and anticipating the conclusion of the war between Russia and Ukraine - Kosovo’s Qendra Multimedia have brought together a pan European ensemble to create Negotiating Peace. This new production has been created with artists and theatre groups from Ukraine, Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Italy, Czechia, Albania, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland and Estonia.

Inspired by Richard Holbrooke’s To End a War and Kadare’s The General of the Dead Army, Negotiating Peace tries to confront the audience with the backgrounds, challenges, fears and hope that accompany the reaching of a peace agreement and discusses important issues: who has the power and legitimacy to negotiate peace? Do people truly reconcile after signing a peace accord? And finally: can collective forgiveness ever occur, or is forgiveness an individual act?

Negotiating Peace will be directed by Qendra’s Blerta Neziraj in her vibrant and striking style which tackles political and social issues head-on. Speaking about the production, Blerta said: ‘The main thing we are looking at in this theatre production is: if war has its demons leading people towards destruction and misery, what does peace have? Who is the antipode of the war demons? Are they the peace emissaries? The political leaders who have the courage to sign peace agreements? Or the ordinary people, the survivors, who have paid the highest price of the war.’

Duration: 1h30m

Genre: Theatre

Credits:

Written by: Jeton Neziraj
Directed by: Blerta Neziraj
Actors: Shkumbin Istrefi, Ema Andrea, Harald Thompson Rosentrom, Ejla Bavcic, Martin Kõiv, Melihate Qena, Orest Pastukh // Composer Ardo Ran Varres
Stage design: Agata Skwarczyńska  
Costume Designer: Blagoj Micevski
Choreography: Gjergj Prevazi
Dramaturg: Mina Milošević
Video: Besim Ugzmajli
Lighting design: Yann Perregaux, Agata Skwarczyńska
Sound: Tempo Reale
Assistant director: Sovran Nrecaj
Translated by: Suzana Vuljevic
Art director: Aurela Kadriu
Development & Fundraising Support: Sven Skoric
Tour manager: Dejan Jovanović
International Outreach: Maud Dinand
PR & Communication: Mobius Industries
Sound: Bujar Bekteshi
Technical coordinator: Lulzim Rexha
Production Assistants: Flaka Rrustemi & Verona Koxha

Produced by Qendra Multimedia

In association with Teatro della Pergola (Italy), euro-scene Leipzig (Germany); Prague City Theaters (Czech Republic); R.A.A.A.M (Estonia); Mittelfest (Italy); Kontakt (Bosnia and Herzegovina); Black Box Teater (Norway) and My Balkans (USA/Serbia)

Get in touch

Production contact: info@qendra.org 

Status: Ready for touring