EUROPEAN THEATRES MEET IN ZAGREB: Grand finale of the DoSEL project taking place in Zagreb

From 6 to 8 October 2026, Zagreb will become a meeting point for European theatres. On the final event of the DoSEL project we will present the printed and e-books of published plays written in smaller European languages and discuss further possibilities of bringing them across linguistic and national borders.

Representatives of all the partners in the Drama of Smaller European Languages – DoSEL (2024–2026) project, co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme, will gather in Zagreb. The partners in the project are: Prešeren Theatre in Kranj, Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, Malta’s National Agency for the Performing Arts in Valletta, Sala Beckett in Barcelona, Estonian Theatre Agency in Tallinn, National Theatre of Kosovo in Pristina, Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia, and Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao.

The grand finale of the European project DoSEL – Drama of Smaller European Languages will take place on 7 October 2026 at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb with the presentation of the collection of plays EIGHT PLAYS. Drama of Smaller European Languages and a collection of eight e-books of plays in smaller European languages alongside their translations. The multi-year project has focused on the translation, presentation and international visibility of plays written in smaller European languages.

The printed publication was first presented in July 2026 at the renowned Festival d’Avignon in France, as part of the European Theatre Talks programme organised by the European Theatre Convention. The book presents English translations of eight plays originally written in smaller European languages. It features works from Basque Country, Bulgaria, Croatia, Catalonia, Estonia, Kosovo, Malta and Slovenia. The launch in Zagreb will mark the culmination of several years of collaboration among eight European theatre and cultural institutions, united by a common goal: to make plays written in smaller European languages more accessible to an international readership, translators, theatre artists and other professionals.

The anthology EIGHT PLAYS. Drama of Smaller European Languages is available also as an e-book on the >> DoSEL website.

EIGHT E-BOOKS WITH TRANSLATIONS TO SMALLER EUROPEAN LANGUAGES PUBLISHED

In the last months the DoSEL partners have been preparing also eight e-books featuring plays in smaller European languages and their translations. These eight e-books will also be presented in Zagreb. Each e-book brings together an emerging playwright’s work in its original language and a translation into another smaller European language, developed during the DoSEL project’s translation workshops.

The e-books are featuring plays and translations:

Dora Šustić: PIČMAN (Croatian)
Дора Шустич: ПИЧМАН (Bulgarian)

Екатерина Георгиева: СВОБОДНО ПАДАНЕ (Bulgarian)
Ekaterina Georgieva: SLOBODAN PAD (Croatian)

Maša Pelko: FÜR OFELIJA (Mitologija utapljanja) (Slovenian)
Maša Pelko: FÜR OPHELIA (Uppumise mütoloogia) (Estonian)

Piret Jaaks: KAS LOOMAD OSKAVAD LOENDADA? (Estonian)
Piret Jaaks: ALI ŽIVALI ZNAJO ŠTETI? (Slovenian)

Lluïsa Cunillé: L’ASE I LA PEDRA (Catalan)
Lluïsa Cunillé: IL-ĦMAR U L-ĦAĠRA (Maltese)

Lon Kirkop: QAMAR GĦAL TNEJN (Maltese)
Lon Kirkop: AMB TU, LLUNA PLENA (Catalan)

Jeton Neziraj: AVENTURAT E FAMILJES BOSH NË UNMIKISTAN (Albanian)
Jeton Neziraj: BOSCH FAMILIAREN ABENTURAK UNMIKISTANEN (Basque)

Kepa Errasti: SIDARI (Basque and English)

The e-books will be published and made available on the DoSEL website under PUBLICATIONS.

The grand finale at the CNT in Zagreb will bring the project’s journey to a close, marking the culmination of a project that has connected diverse European theatre communities through translations, artistic exchanges, guest performances and new partnerships.