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Directed by Zana Hoxha, in the PITF 2019 scene, comes ” Much Ado About Nothing ”.

The play ” Much Ado About Nothing ” by the team from Kosovo is a production of ”Hadi Shehu” theater.

Shakespeare’s comic play is brought by director Hoxha to a completely different concept, with the cast consisting of: Valmir Krasniqi, Nedja Pylla, Mikel Markaj, Vlora Dervishi, Edmond Hafizademi, Ylber Mehmeti, Besfort Berberi, Valon Pallaska, Edi Gjakova, Hysen Binaku Yllka Lota, Altina Kusari.

Zana Hoxha, born in 1981, is a professional theater director, founder and executive director of the Artpolis Art and Community Center, an organization that promotes art and diversity through social dialogue and community integration.

She has produced more than 20 theatrical performances which have been presented in the largest theaters of Kosovo, in the Balkan region (Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia), and she has also presented her work as an artist / activist / trainer also in the United States of America, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Zana has been the director of the theater department at SKENA UP festival from 2004-2011, artistic director of the Professional Theater from 2011-2014, as well as the founder and director of the largest feminist festival in the Balkans of FEMART artists and activists.

She is also selected as IVLP Aluminum (International Visitor Program in the United States of America) and winner of many awards for her contribution as a filmmaker in Kosovo and the region.

By combining art and activism, she uses theater as a social rights advocate focusing on raising awareness of gender-based violence, human rights and diversity.

She is proud to be part of the board of the Kosovo Women’s Network, a lecturer and trainer specializing in Forum Theater and a supporter of empowering and emancipating women activists.

Don’t miss the opportunity to see ” Much Ado About Nothing ” on November the 7th, 2019.