Biography

Ana Grigorović made her professional debut in 2012 with the show Five boys in Duško Radović Theatre in Belgrade which was awarded the Special Award for New Theatre Tendencies at TIBA Festival. Success followed with the show Fifty blows in Atelje 212 Theatre, which brought her regional acknowledgment and the Special award on International Small Scene Festival in Rijeka. Ana employed techniques of verbatim and documentary theatre with the idea that dramatic performances must be a dialog with the problems and social reality. She continued working on provocative plays in numerous theatres: Petar and Plato’s Symposium in Bitef Theatre in Belgrade, Wolfgang Bauer’s Magic Afternoon in Atelje 212 Theatre, Lorca’s House of Bernarda Alba in National Theatre in Belgrade, Beckett’s Play in Bora Stanković Theatre in Vranje, Pekić’s The Conception of an Interrogation Transcript and Doug Haverty’s and Adryan Russ’s musical Inside Out in Terazije theatre.

In 2013, Ana started working as an opera director in National Theatre in Belgrade. She directed awarded productions of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Binički’s At dawn (first Serbian opera), and Mozart’s Bastien und Bastienne for younger audiences. These productions brought Ana Grigorović annual commendations for stage direction, while the production Gianni Schicchi won the Annual Award for best performance in season 2016/17.