Title of the play:
Podroom

Name of the theatre:
SARTR (Sarajevo War Theatre). Realstage

Country:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Contact (email of the primary contact person):
sartrinfo@sartr.ba

Creative team and cast:

• Author: Armin Behrem
• Director: Ajla Bešić
• Cast: Faruk Hajdarević, Anastasija Dunjić, Dino Sarija, Edin “Koja” Avdagić
• Composer: Mirza Rahmanović – Indigo
• Set designer: Adisa Vatreš Selimović
• Costume designer: Lejla Hodžić
• Choreographer: Amila Terzimehić
• Video projections: Bojan Stojčić
• Visual designer: Kemal Beganović
• Production: Sarajevo War Theatre SARTR; realstage

Synopsis: Against the backdrop of nightlife, the club scene, and a small apartment that becomes a temporary refuge for the characters, the piece examines how love functions today—where does intimacy end and fear begin? Ishak, Kosta, Marija, and Baja go to the club Podroom, where clear lines between reality and their projections start to blur. The night turns into a sequence of interwoven scenes—an atmospheric portrait of nightlife, poised between techno and personal crises, between desire and loss. With techno music, the dialogue flows like a soundtrack; thoughts loop and break off; memories are sifted and rearranged in an attempt to find the truth. These memories are fragmented, distorted by emotions and desires that have overridden reason. The performance explores the shaky foundations and mechanisms of human relationships in a time of uncertainty, in which intense bonds form and fall apart in ever shorter intervals.