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Director of Youth Theatre: Mr. Zoran Djeric, PhD

Youth Theatre was established in 1931 as a Puppet Theatre. It aroused from the Puppeteers Section of Sports and Recreational Centre “Sokolski Dom” which was established one year before. The first play that was put on was The Prince in Underground. After WWII it changed its name into Vojvodina Puppet Theatre. In 1952 it changed its name again into the City Puppet Theatre. During ‘60s, new types of puppets, besides marionettes, were introduced, such as guignol and javajka. Then, in 1968, the first “live” play was put on. Ever since theatre has bore its contemporary name. The plays have been performed in Serbian, Hungarian, Slovakian, Ruthenian and Albanian.
Also, a very important year in the history of the Theatre is 1991 when Drama Stage was established. A drama Wizards written by Slobodan Tomovic and directed by Tibor Vajda was put on.
Today, there are two stages active within Youth Theatre: Children Stage and Drama Stage, and the plays are performed in two theatre halls: a minor that has the capacity of 130 people and major that has the capacity of 550 people.
Youth Theatre has entered into its 77th season. More than 300 plays have been put on which have been performed more then 13.000 times, and seen by more then 2.500.000 people.
Youth Theatre has received numerous international and domestic awards and recognitions and it represents a benchmark among Puppet Theatres in this part of Europe. A significant improvement has been achieved over past years. Youth Theatre has ensured to the City of Novi Sad 31 awards from the Puppet Festivals held in Zagreb, Varna, Yambol, Herceg Novi, Belgrade, Zrenjanin, Nis, Banjaluka, Subotica etc.