The 49th International Theatre Festival, MESS 2009, will be held between 16 and 26 October 2009. This year's MESS Festival will offer audiences the opportunity to see 26 performances by ensembles from 14 countries (Germany, Spain, Austria, Nederland, Croatia, Macedonia, Hungary, Serbia, Belgium, Slovenia, France, Russia, Italy and Bosnia and Herzegovina).
The Festival will also host a number of accompanying programs, which will include workshops and critical roundtables. This year, the booking and sale of tickets will also be organized at several levels.
Tickets will be booked and sold at the offices of the MESS Festival, at 54/1 Maršala Tita Street, between 10 am and 8 pm, or via the following mobile phone number: 061 031 678 This is will be organized as follows: Between 08.10.2009–15.10.2009, you may book and purchase the complete set of tickets at a 15% discount from the total price i.e. a lowered price of BAM 185,00.
The Festival will also offer a ticket discount to students, theatre employees and pensioners. At this rate, the complete set of tickets will be sold at a 40% discount i.e. at a lowered price of BAM 130,00, and at a discount of 20% for the sale of individual tickets.
From 16.10.2009, tickets will be sold at the ticket offices of the theatres hosting each performance and at MESS Festival Offices, at the following prices per ticket: Sarajevo National Theatre (Rows I – VII, Row I in the Box) BAM 15.00 (Rows VIII – XII, Row II in the Box) BAM 10.00 (Balcony) BAM 8.00 Sarajevo Youth Theater BAM 10.00 Chamber Theatre '55 BAM 10.00 Academy of Dramatic Arts BAM 10.00 UNITIC BAM 10.00 The National Theater Woodworks BAM 10.00 SARTR BAM 10.00 Discotheque BAM 10.00 Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica BAM 10.00 Dom Armije BAM 10.00 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering BAM 10.00 Children’s Program BAM 3.00 Complete set of tickets BAM 216.00 For any additional information, please contact MESS Festival Marketing and Sales Department.
The MESS International Theatre Festival; Maršala Tita 54/I, 71000 Sarajevo; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Tel/Fax: (033) 200 392; 061 031 678
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49th International Theatre Festival MESS - Programme ________________________________________________________
16.10.2009., Friday 19:30 Sarajevo National Theatre HELL ON EARTH Director: Constanza Macras GERMANY; Constanza Macras / DorkyPark; ________________________________________________________
16.10.2009., Friday 16:00 Bjelave Orphanage SOAP MAKING SENSE Director: Fernando Bernues SPAIN; Company H?O Luis Bevia ________________________________________________________
17.10.2009., Saturday 11:00 and 18:00 Sarajevo Youth Theatre SOAP MAKING SENSE Director: Fernando Bernues SPAIN; Company H?O Luis Bevia ________________________________________________________
17, 18 and 19.10.2009., Saturday, Sunday, Monday 20:00 SARTR TIMES... SEASONS... Director: Ivan Popovski RUSSIAN FEDERATION; Theatre of Music and Poetry ________________________________________________________
17.10.2009., Saturday 18:00 and 22:00 Academy of Dramatic Arts R. Kalinowski: BEAST ON THE MOON Director: Dino Mustafić BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; Mostar Youth Theatre ________________________________________________________
17, 19 and 21.10.2009., Saturday, Monday, Wednesday 22:00 Chamber Theatre ’55 Z. Topčić: I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS Director: Christian Papke BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; Chamber Theatre '55 and MESS
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18.10.2009., Sunday 11:00 and 18:00 Sarajevo Youth Theatre Ch. Perrault: PUSS IN BOOTS Director: Drago Buka; Sarajevo Youth Theatre 18.10.2009., Sunday 19:30 Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica HELL ON EARTH Director: Constanza Macras GERMANY; Constanza Macras / DorkyPark; 18.10.2009., Sunday 19:30 UNITIC Centre H. Ibsen: NORA Director: Haris Pašović BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: East West Centre 18.10.2009., Sunday 22:00 Chamber Theatre ’55 M. McDonagh: LONESOME WEST Directress: Selma SPAHIĆ BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; Mostar Youth Theatre and MESS
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19.10.2009., Monday 11:00 and 18:00 Sarajevo Youth Theatre M. Kenny: BOY WITH A SUITCASE Director: Zoja Buzalkovska MACEDONIA; Children's Theatre Centre 19.10.2009., Monday 19:00 Sarajevo National Theatre R. Smiljanić: STONE CLOUD – MY MEMORIES Director: Filip Grinvald BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; National Theatre of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka 19.10.2009., Monday 21:15 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Sarajevo N. Williams: CLASS ENEMY Director: Haris Pašović BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; East West Centre ________________________________________________________
20.10.2009., Tuesday 11:00 and 18:00 Sarajevo Youth Theatre E. Kastner: TWINS Director: Oliver Frljić CROATIA; Dubrava Children's Theatre ________________________________________________________
20.10.2009., Tuesday 19:30 Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica V. Sorokin: ICE Director: Kornel Mundruczo HUNGARY; Nemzeti Szinhaz ________________________________________________________
21.10.2009., Wednesday 20:00 and 22:00 The Bosniak Institute NO SHADOW Directors: Nigar Hasib and Shamal Amin AUSTRIA; Lalish Theatre Labor ________________________________________________________
22.10.2009., Thursday 12:00 Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica J. C. Carrier: YOUNG PRINCE AND THE TRUTH Directress: Anna Redi BIH/ITALY; Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica /Chiaradanza/Stabile Mercadante ________________________________________________________
22.10.2009., Thursday 19:30 Sarajevo National Theatre G. Granouillet: FLIGHT Director : Jean-Claude Berutti CROATIA; ZeKaeM (Zagreb Youth Theatre) ________________________________________________________
22.10.2009., Thursday 22:00 SARTR WILL WE EVER BE HAPPY AGAIN? Concept & direction: Sanja Mitrović SERBIA/THE NETHERLANDS; Centre for Cultural Decontamination/Het Veem Theater The guest performance is Sarajevo is sponsored by the Belgrade Youth Human Rights Initiative
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23.10.2009., Friday 20:00 Academy of Visual Arts, Sarajevo M.Stojić: THE COUNTRY THAT NO SOLACE SEES BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; Hasija Borić's Travelling Theatre 23.10.2009., Friday 20:00 SARTR MADE IN ITALY Director: Valeria Raimondi and Enrico Castellani ITALY; Babilonia Teatri
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23.10.2009., Friday 22:00 SLOGA Cultural Centre D. Dukovski: THE OTHER SIDE Director: Martin Kočovski MACEDONIA; Bitola Little Drama Theatre ________________________________________________________
24.10.2009., Saturday 19:30 Sarajevo National Theatre J. Lauwers: ISABELLA'S ROOM Director: Jan Lauwers BELGIUM: NeedCompany ________________________________________________________
24.10.2009., Saturday 19:30 Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica L. Pirandello: TONIGHT, WE IMPROVISE Director: Paolo Magelli CROATIA; Ivan pl.Zajc Croatian National Theatre, Rijeka ________________________________________________________
25.10.2009., Sunday 11:00 and 18:00 The BiH Centre of Armed Forces H. Mankel: GALEFYRSTEN –STONE PRINCE Director: Marc van der Velden SERBIA; Duško Radović Little Theatre ________________________________________________________
25.10.2009., Sunday 12:00 Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica KEKEC Director: Branko Potočan SLOVENIA; Slovenian Youth Theatre in Ljubljana 25.10.2009., Sunday 19:30 Sarajevo National Theatre Voltaire: CANDIDE, OR OPTIMISM Director: Aleksandar Popovski SERBIA; Yugoslav Theatre of Drama, Belgrade
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25.10.2009., Sunday 22:00 Sarajevo Youth Theatre R. Dresser: BETTER DAYS Director: Alex Rigola SPAIN; Teatr de la Abadia ________________________________________________________
26.10.2009., Monday 18:00 Sarajevo Youth Theatre KEKEC Director: Branko Potočan SLOVENIA; Slovenian Youth Theatre in Ljubljana 26.10.2009., Monday 19:30 Sarajevo National Theatre L. Pirandello: TONIGHT, WE IMPROVISE Director: Paolo Magelli CROATIA; Ivan pl.Zajc Croatian National Theatre, Rijeka 26.10.2009., Monday 22:00 Sarajevo National Theatre Woodworks M. Rouquette: MEDEA Director: Jean Louis Martinelli FRANCE; Theatre Nanterre-Amandiers;
