Republic of North Macedonia NI Macedonian National Theatre – Skopje is the oldest national professional theatre institution in R. North Macedonia. It is the foundation of Macedonian culture with over 400 staged productions. It preserves cultural and traditional values, which have been incorporated and integrated into the history of its repertoire. MNT aims at dissemination of performing arts among people, primarily targeting the theatre audience, their animation and educational and theatrical awakening, as well as bringing the youth to active thinking of culture and theatre.
MNT is a theatre with 75 years of tradition and with each new production, through constant endless journey in time; it preserves and nurtures the supreme theatrical identity, language and values. MNT, after its foundation and further existence, goes through various phases: creation and nurturing of the ensemble and the audience, of creators who participate in shaping of the productions, maintaining repertoire and giving guest performances abroad as well as welcoming foreign productions. It creates a place on the European and world map by presenting works from the overall classical and contemporary dramaturgy, but also through constant engagement of world renowned directors including Paolo Magelli, Ljubisa Ristic, Galin Stoev, Javor Grdev, Alexander Morfov, Alexandar Popovski, Slobodan Unkovski, Andriy Zholdak, Levan Tsuladze, Bonjo Lungov, Miodag Madzar and Lilia Abadzieva.
Besides its basic function of being a theatre, it is also a museum, part of the rich Macedonian cultural heritage presented throughout the building. Inside the theatre, there is a theatre museum where original and authentic objects and photographs are stored and presented, especially from the postwar period of the theatre’s existence, which are exclusively owned by the museum. MNT is also implementing the first 360o virtual (digital) model applied to a museum exhibit in the country, enabling interactive visit of the audience from anywhere in the world.
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