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Gradsko pozorište Jazavac

Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Arts & CultureEducationChildren & YouthAddiction
Founded 2006Local reach
Profile last updated: October 6, 2026

About

Founded in 2006, Gradsko pozorište Jazavac is a non-profit organisation based in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina working on arts & culture, education, children & youth +1 more.

Gradsko pozorište Jazavac is a non-profit theatre in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, founded in 2006. It produces and presents theatre performances, focusing on current social themes and on giving young artists a platform. It runs the international ZAPLET actors' festival, an acting and speech school (Studio Jazavac), a children's theatre stage (JUHU scena), a mixed choir and an evening drama programme. It also works to bring theatre into educational institutions and to educate children, young people and adults, and it exchanges programmes with theatres in Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and elsewhere in the Republika Srpska.

Location

Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Founded

2006

Focus areas

theatredramafestivalchildren's theatreacting schoolchoiryoung artistsBanja Luka

Languages

BS

Causes & programmes

Causes

Arts & CultureEducationChildren & YouthAddiction

Works for

ChildrenYouthFamilies

How they work

Awareness & educationCommunity programmes

Programmes

Međunarodni festival glumca ZAPLET

Arts & Culture · Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia

Annual international festival held in late October that promotes young theatre artists, with performances, workshops, debates, readings, concerts and exhibitions.

Škola glume i govora Studio Jazavac

Arts & Culture

Acting and speech school for young people aged ten and over, offering drama, speech and theatre training and annual exams and performances.

JUHU scena

Children & Youth

Children's theatre stage producing mobile performances for young children, including in places with limited access to theatre, and the JUHU FEST festival for children and families.

Gradski mješoviti hor Jazavac

Arts & Culture

Mixed community choir open to people aged 15 to 105 with no prior music education required.

Večernja scena

Arts & Culture

Drama repertoire focused on contemporary domestic and foreign texts addressing everyday social issues.

Countries of operation

Bosnia and Herzegovina

People

Management & team (1)

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