The joint project explores and thematizes the issues of women’s rights and freedoms through two plays and a round table, opening up space for reflection, expression, and sharing of women’s experiences and struggles.

Starting from the idea that diversity is a form of resistance and strength, the project affirms women’s voices that come from different positions, identities, and creative practices. Performing arts are used as a tool for collective reflection on
women’s rights, gender equality, violence, physicality, identity, and solidarity. Through the meeting of the audience, artists, and activists, the project builds a space for feminist exchange and common insight.

The play
Heritage, by DAH Theater, on Wednesday, November 26 at 7 p.m. in the Concert-Exhibition Space of the Faculty of Arts in Niš, speaks about the marginalization of women in the chain of inheritance, renunciation of inheritance under the influence of tradition, family, and
what consequences this has on women. It deconstructs the internal conflict of a woman torn between acceptance and resistance. It examines the myth of female helplessness and the mechanisms of patriarchy that are embedded in social and personal narratives.

The concept and direction are signed by Ivana Milenović Popović. The play stars DAH Theater actresses Ivana Milenović Popović and Milica Petrović, joined by Dragana Jovanović, a long-time associate of the Center for Girls, an actress of the National
Theater in Niš. The original music was composed by Donka Torov.

After the performance at 8 p.m., a joint discussion will be held – a Round Table on the topic Voices of Difference: Women, Stage, Resistance as a bridge between artistic expression and social reality, where the authors, participants, activists, together with
the audience, will discuss the rights and position of women in today’s society.

On Tuesday, December 2 at 8 p.m. on the Small Stage of the National Theater in Niš, the play “Women’s Room”,
Center for Girls from Niš, speaks about women in the Crveni Krst camp in Niš during the Second World War, their escape, their solidarity and courage, and the values they carried.

It brings a powerful, emotional story about the brave prisoners Nada Tomić, Jelisaveta Aneta Andrejević, and Milka Protić, who participated in the preparations for the great escape from the camp on December 2, 1942, as well as about other women in that room. Set
in the space of a prison room, the play illuminates not only a historically significant moment of resistance to the Nazi occupation, but also the intimate stories of women who, despite fear, retained faith, strength, and solidarity. Through their personal confessions
and mutual relationships, the audience gains insight into the female perspective of struggle, courage, and hope in the most difficult conditions.

The play is an homage to female perseverance and the fight for freedom. On the 80th anniversary of the AFŽ, the play gives a voice to women who were among the first to join the anti-fascist struggle in order to preserve their existence from oblivion. The concept and
direction are signed by Dragana Jovanović, and the cast includes Milica Nikolić, Hristina Tonić, Milena Stefanović, Sara Plazinić Nikolić, Marija Virijević, Tatjana Nikolić, and Marta Stanojević.

The Center for Girls from Niš is an organization that has been dedicated to empowering children, girls, and women for 27 years through support, education, art, and activism, connecting women’s rights, creative
expression, and social engagement, building a feminist community that opposes violence, discrimination, and inequality. It promotes the values of diversity, solidarity, and collective creation, believing that different identities, experiences
and perspectives are the foundation of social change.

With the joint project, DAH Theater and the Center for Girls want to connect the audience with feminist and anti-fascist themes through theatrical form and focus on empowering women’s rights through creative expression and dialogue, and creating space
for mutual support and connection.

Admission to all programs is free.