Under the shade of a tree I sat and wept

by Jeton Neziraj (Kosovo)

dramaturg Greg Homann (South Africa)
director Blerta Neziraj (Kosovo)

with
Gontse Ntshegang (South Africa), Ilire Vinca (Kosovo), Kensiwe Tshabalala (South Africa), Arben Bajraktaraj (Kosovo/France), Amernis Nokshiqi (North Macedonia), Les Made (South Africa), Bongile Gorata Lecoge-Zulu (South Africa)

music Gabriele Marangoni (Italy)
stage design Theun Mosk / Ruimtetijd (Netherlands)
choreography Jochen Roller (Germany)
costumes Blagoj Micevski (North Macedonia)
video Besim Ugzmajli (Kosovo)
lights Vincent Longuemare (Italy)

assistant stage designer Rients Dijkstra / Ruimtetijd
assistant director Gezim Hasani
artistic director Aurela Kadriu
technical director Bekim Korça
PR Natasha Tripney
artistic consultants Agron Demi, Julia Wissert, Tom Mustroph, Catherine Kennedy, Riza Krasniqi
fundraising support Sven Skoric
lighting Mursel Bekteshi & Théo Longuemare
sound Bujar Bekteshi
coordination Flaka Rrustemi
wardrobe Arbresha Caka

production Qendra Multimedia (Kosovo), The Market Theatre (South Africa), São Luiz Teatro Municipal (Portugal), Teatro Della Pergola (Italy), Theater Dortmund (Germany), Black Box theater (Norway), Théâtre de la Ville (France)
co-production Mittelfest2026 (Italy)
and in co-production with Goethe-Institut
in collaboration with Ruimtetijd (Amsterdam), La MaMa (New York), Gjilan City Theatre (Gjilan), Sens Interdits Festival (Lyon)

photo © Majlinda Hoxha