Playground

Playground is a European project in which Heartefact collaborates with partner organizations from Italy (PAV, EURADIA), France (MOUSSON D’ETE), and Romania (TEATRUL ARIEL) during the period of 2024-2026. The project is dedicated to developing new dramatic texts by young playwrights, offering them the opportunity to have their texts translated into partner languages and to collaborate with international directors, performers, and translators.

The project’s innovation lies in its design, which aims to establish a more complex and comprehensive collaboration among the various professions involved in the theater process—playwrights, directors, translators, and performers. Three young writers from Serbia will have the opportunity to attend a one-week residency in one of the partner countries, where they will practically examine the first versions of their texts through work with directors, actors, and translators. Afterward, based on feedback, they will refine their texts to the final stage, when their texts are translated into partner languages, thus enabling their visibility in the international theater community. Similarly, young writers from Romania, Italy, and France will reside in Belgrade and collaborate with our teams, practically exploring the connection between different sectors in the development and translation of dramatic texts. Through this project, we aim to map and encourage the creation of an international community of playwrights, strengthen and develop the knowledge and skills of young writers for their future careers, provide them with greater visibility in an international context, and develop digital tools that will make the distribution of texts more sustainable and inclusive. The Playground project is funded by the European Union through the Creative Europe program.

Following a highly competitive open call and selection process earlier this year, Fatbardha Zyberi and Ardit Dragusha have been selected to develop their original dramatic texts through the programme….
Our young director Tara Mitrović is currently in London, where she is taking part in a seven-day residency exploring a new original work she developed in collaboration with dramaturg and…
The Playground workshop for the development of a dramatic text was held in Belgrade, at Heartefact House, from November 3 to November 9, 2025. The workshop was led by actress…
The Playground workshop for the development of a new play was held in Belgrade, at Heartefact House, from October 27 to November 2, 2025. The workshop was led by theatre…
From June 22 to 28, 2025, an artistic residency of French playwright Gaelle Axelbrun took place at Heartefact House in Belgrade, as part of the European project Playground. During this…
From June 22 to 28, 2025, the Heartefact House in Belgrade will host a residency for French playwright Gaelle Axelbrun as part of the European project Playground. This intensive seven-day…
Our young author Jana Milivojević stayed in France, in Pont-a-Mousson, where during the one-week residency she developed and publicly presented her text “We don’t have a camper, and even if…
Our young playwright Nađa Mišković spent last week in Romania, in Targu Mures, where during her residency at Teatrul Ariel she worked on her text “Will we see the sun?”…
At the beginning of November, playwright Sofija Dimitrijević participated in the first of 12 residencies within the Playground project, which Heartefact implements with partners from Italy, France and Romania. The…
PLAYGROUND is a dynamic development program dedicated to supporting a group of 12 talented emerging European playwrights to further their creative practice. PLAYGROUND offers a unique platform for writers to…