German premiere | Coproduction of euro-scene Leipzig

With German surtitles | Trigger warning

Negotiating peace is a complex diplomatic challenge after military conflicts. In some cases, peace agreements are made; in others, complete peace is never reached or simply remains an arrangement on paper. Multiple wars and conflicts raise multi-layered questions and leave behind ambiguities, which makes peace difficult.

The Kosovo director Blerta Neziraj and the playwright Jeton Neziraj join together a pan-European team for the new production by Qendra Multimedia and look towards different models for peace negotiations from recent decades – also in anticipation of the end of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Among them are the negotiations to end military conflicts in Northern Ireland and the Near East, the Dayton Accord to end the war between Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995 as well as the peace talks between Kosovo and Serbia that have been going on for more than 20 years.

NEGOTIATING PEACE tries to visualize the backgrounds, challenges, fears and hope that accompany the reaching of a peace agreement and discusses important issues: Who has the power and legitimacy to negotiate peace? Do people truly reconcile after signing a peace accord? And finally: Can collective forgiveness ever occur, or is forgiveness an individual act?

Qendra Multimedia from Pristina (Kosovo) is considered to be one of the most interesting theatre groups in Southeastern Europe with pieces that provoke audiences and demand controversial debates.

www.qendra.org