FESTIVAL MESS

Founded in 1960, MESS, the festival of "small experimental scenes" (Malih i Eksperimentalnih Scena), is the most important theatrical event in the former Yugoslavia, where Peter Brook, Bob Wilson and Olivier Py have performed. It takes place over ten days at the National Theatre of Sarajevo. Some of the plays have English subtitles. In mid-October, the festival of contemporary music Sonemus is held at the Bosnian Cultural Center, with foreign orchestras and musicology students performing works by major international composers.