Jedne lijepe baljanske noći at Fort Forno

Friday, 31.07.2026. 21:00. h

At Fort Forno, Teatar Fort Forno performs Jedne lijepe baljanske noći, a music-theatre piece presented in English.

Jedne lijepe baljanske noći is an original project by Marijana Nola and Robert Raponja, produced by Teatar Fort Forno. Robert Raponja directs, with Anastasia Groshko, Juraj Devin, Lara Živolić Agaj, Davor Tarbuk, Jure Černeha, Lorenzo Radović, Ivor Lakić and Domagoj Dobrila in the performance.

A Bale story in English

This performance is not built as a closed local anecdote, but as a music-theatre story that opens Bale to an audience that may not speak Croatian. The use of English is not a minor technical detail; it shapes who the piece speaks to and how a local subject can reach international guests. Marijana Nola and Robert Raponja start from the Bale setting, yet they do not turn it into a simple tourist postcard. The form relies on acting, singing and live music, so the story moves through the rhythm of scenes, humour, turns in the action and the performers' relationship with the Fort Forno space. The ensemble is therefore central: Anastasia Groshko, Juraj Devin, Lara Živolić Agaj and Davor Tarbuk carry the acting and singing, while Jure Černeha, Lorenzo Radović, Ivor Lakić and Domagoj Dobrila provide the musical frame that brings the piece close to cabaret and vaudeville. For the announcement, the key point is that the audience is not coming only for a theatre text, but for a stage form where story, song and band hold together.

Fort Forno as a stage

Fort Forno is more than an address for this performance, but it should not take over the article. The fortress gives the evening an open-air stage, a night-time frame and a close relation with the audience, while the main subject remains the work of Teatar Fort Forno: a local story in a language guests can follow, performed by an ensemble that acts, sings and plays music.

Accommodation in Bale

For Jedne lijepe baljanske noći at Fort Forno, staying in Bale keeps the evening simple: the fortress is about 7 kilometres away, roughly ten minutes by car. See options here: accommodation in Bale.