The tale “Bez odraza” (“Without Reflection”) from the collection “Mrtvima ništa ne treba” (“The Dead Need Nothing”), in the scene adaptation by director Vinko Brešan, was performed last night, 19th August, in the atrium of the Sponza palace, thereby closing the off-programme “Writers at the Festival” with the subtitle “Sand as far as the eye can see”, realized for the second year in a row by the Dubrovnik Summer Festival in cooperation with the Croatian Writers Association.

In co-production of the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Ljubljana Festival and the Slovenian National Theater Maribor, the premiere and first ever performance of the Neo-baroque ballet “Dangerous Liaisons” will take place as part of the Dubrovnik Summer Festival’s Vip programme on Wednesday, 20th August on Bošković Square, as announced yesterday, 18th August on a press conference held in the occasion, by the Festival’s Art Director Krešimir Dolenčić, Director of the SNT Maribor Danilo Rošker, Director of SNG Maribor’s Ballet Department Edward Clug, the Director of the Festival’s Music programme Mladen Tarbuk, along with the ballet’s directors and choreographers Valentina Turcu and Leo Mujić.

A guest performance of the Ulysses Theater from Brijuni, which will present their longest-running and praised play "King Lear", under the direction of Lenka Udovički, with Rade Šerbedžija in the leading role, will take place in Dubrovnik, on Friday, 29th August, and Saturday, 30th August. The play is sponsored by the Dubrovnik Summer Festival and the Dubrovnik Tourist Board.