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Arts in Exile
Butrint Pasha
Kosovar director and playwright, born in 1992. He studied in Academy of Arts in Pristina, in module for Theatre Directing. He has directed various shows that are mainly focused mostly on social, family and sensitive topics. He works in civil rights fields, as an activist for human rights and marginalized groups, participating through icebreaking programs. Has won the Special Prize in FTF festival 2023, for his show called ‘’Sober’’. He has directed shows with the concept of “In yer face theater”, where women are often the protagonists of his shows.
During the period when he was working in the theater, he was involved in translations of various works from English : “Bull” by Mike Bartlett (selection in EURODRAM 2023), and also works as a playwright: “Ping Pong & Love” (2023), and “Red light on Sunday”(2023). He is currently working in his first novel “The Confused Schoolboy” (his childhood war time stories).
