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The Croatian National Theatre Split will premiere the drama Far Away is Kandahar by playwright Anita Čeko on its chamber Stage 55 on Saturday, 6 December. The text, which won the Marin Držić Award in 2021, offers—under the direction of Tea Alagić—a complex insight into contemporary family dysfunction, focusing on the quiet victims of global militarisation: those who wait at home while their loved ones take part in peacekeeping missions or humanitarian work in war zones.

Ivan pl. Zajc’s opera Nikola Šubić Zrinjski will have its premiere at the Opera of the Croatian National Theatre Split on Saturday, 22 November at 8 p.m. The production is realized in cooperation with the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek as part of the K-HNK project, a consortium of Croatian national theatres. Under the baton of maestro Mihail Sinkevich and directed by Lea Anastazija Fleger, the premiere will feature baritone Matija Meić in the title role of the Croatian Ban Zrinjski; sopranos Antonija Teskera and Nela Šarić as his wife Eva and daughter Jelena; tenor Roko Radovan as Lovro Juranić; bass Božo Župić as Suleiman the Magnificent; along with other soloists, the Opera Chorus and Orchestra, and the Ballet of CNT Split.

The Croatian National Theatre in Split has published the application form for the 36th Marulić Days, which will be held in Split in the second half of April 2026. The deadline for performance applications is December 12, 2025.

Theatres may submit an unlimited number of performances based on texts by Croatian authors, which have been or will be premiered in 2025. Performances may be submitted by theatres and theatre groups from Croatia and abroad.

The dramatic ensemble of the Croatian National Theatre (HNK) Split will premiere Molière's comedy of manners, The Misanthrope, on Friday, November 7th. The production is directed by the acclaimed director Miloš Lolić, with Donat Zeko in the titular role of Alceste, and the cast featuring Nikša Arčanin, Andrea Mladinić, Monika Vuco Carev, Pere Eranović, Zorana Kačić Čatipović, Mijo Jurišić, and Stipe Radoja. The premiere begins at 8:00 PM.

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