Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.21857/yl4okfkov9
National Theatres and City Theatres – Do We Need an In-between Category?
Leon Žganec-Brajša
; Nehajska 63, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
For a long time (formally, since the “Theatres Act“ of 1991, but in fact at least since the period after the Second World War, when the foundations of today’s network of professional theatres were laid), Croatia has had a category of national theatres. For years, there were only four, in Zagreb and in three regional centres (Osijek, Rijeka, Split). The fifth national theatre joined ten years ago, in Varaždin. Additionally, apart from their different artistic capacities (Rijeka has an in-house Italian drama, Osijek does not have a permanent dance ensemble, while Varaždin only has drama), founding rights are also different. Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb is “coowned“ by the City of Zagreb and the Republic of Croatia, while other “national“ theatres are actually “owned“ by the local government, which influences the choice of leadership for each theatre as well as their financing. At the same time, some theatres in Croatia, such as those in Dubrovnik, Zadar, and Pula, do not have the status of national theatres, which directly impacts their finances. That is why this paper, based on examples of comparable systems of theatre organization, questions whether Croatia needs a category between a city theatre and national theatre(s).
Ključne riječi
Theatres Act; national theatres; network of theatres; founding rights
Hrčak ID:
347527
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Datum izdavanja:
12.5.2026.
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