The Croatian National Theatre Split (HNK Split) today formally presented its new Management, led by Acting General Manager Božo Župić, while simultaneously revealing the ambitious artistic program for the year 2026. Although the new team, formed on short notice, faced the challenge of establishing continuity and resolving accumulated issues, they presented the public with a comprehensive and dramatically thoughtful plan that strongly emphasizes a return to the classic, "iron repertoire," alongside a robust inclusion of young talent and an opening towards the audience.

The Croatian National Theatre Split (HNK Split), as part of the K-HNK (Consortium of Croatian National Theatres) programme, will host the Croatian National Theatre Ivana pl. Zajca from Rijeka on Thursday, 18 December, at 7:30 PM, with the authorial project by director Boris Liješević, “Three Sisters, Me” (Tri sestre, ja). This production is not a classical interpretation of Chekhov's play, but rather offers a look "from behind" – directly into the very process of the actors' creation.

The new submission deadline is December 31st, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.

Novi termin izvedbe je 29. siječnja 2026. u 19.30.

Behind-the-scenes photos by Marita Bulimbašić.

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.