Joakimfest

BELGRADE - Jovan Cirilov, a Serbian theatrologist, art director and selector of the Bitef theatre festival since its establishment in 1967 and long-term director of the Belgrade-based Yugoslav Drama Theatre, died at 84 in Belgrade on Sunday, the Yugoslav Drama Theatre (JDP) said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbia will on Thursday mark the World Theatre Day, March 27, with diverse programmes and a traditional message read out before theatre performances.

The World Theatre Day was established in 1962, on the day when the Theatre of Nations was opened in Paris.