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Since its establishment in 1989, Roma Theatre has performed plays from Roma non-Roma playwrights and has continuously sought to rich the higher levels of promotion of the Roma culture. The Roma Theatre which functions as an integral part and a separate division of the NGO “DurmishAslano” has always worked with compassion and enthusiasm and has shown great theater development which can be proven by its 29 years of existence. Nowadays, Roma Theatre generally performs plays written from its local playwrights and we can freely say that Roma Theatre has reached its peak of development and can easily be compared with other amateur theatre groups from other communities who function within the Culture House of Prizren.
Traditionally, Roma Theatre prepares new performances each year by presenting its play in various cities of Kosovo. In every performance, there is both Roma and non Roma audience fulfilling all the seats in all theatre houses wherever the plays are being shown. Up to now, Roma Theater has been regularly supported by the Ministry of Culture and the Directorate of Culture of the Municipality of Prizren, as well as some international donors such as the Swiss Embassy, American Embassy, OSCE, CARITAS etc.
As every year, the Roma Theater started preparing the annual play and this year`s play puts an emphasis on inequality and hate speech. The rehearsals, as usually, have started in late January 2018 and one of the local Roma author has foreseen to put this play on the stage in order to tackle the issue of discrimination as a direct call to building a more inclusive society. This year`s play counts some 25 amateur Roma artists who are mainly youngsters between 17 and 22 years old.
As mentioned above the reading rehearsals have started in January 2018 and the play is expected to be completed in April, when we perform it on the occasion of the International Roma Day – 8th of April.
