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What’sonUrban Festival 2008Various venues(www.urbanfestival.hr).Date 5-15 May.A multimedia festival of contemporaryart set up at various outdoor locationsaround the city with an annual theme.This year’s subject is ‘How we regret’.Zagreb City DayVarious venues(01 48 14 051/www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr).Date 31 May.Shows, concerts and exhibitionsacross a flower-strewn town centreto mark Zagreb City Day.Dance Week FestivalBijankinijeva 5 (01 46 41 154/www.danceweekfestival.com).Date 24 May-4 June.Thiseventtakesplaceatseveralvenueshere,inRijekaandZadar.Theagendaisinthreesections,onededicatedtoworksbychoreographersofupto27yearsofage.Strossmartre 2008Strossmayerovo ∫etali∫te(www.kraljeviulice.com).Date 1-30 June.Run by the people behind Cest isd’Best (see below), this month-longoutdoor event stages free films,concerts and unusual happenings(best mongrel dog show, finestwine-and-soda spritzer competition)in the lovely, leafy setting of theStrossmayer Promenade.Vip INmusic FestivalLake Jarun(www.vipinmusicfestival.com).Date 3-4 June.High-profile, four-stage, two-daymusic festival on an island in LakeJarun. This year’s main act is NickCave & the Bad Seeds. See p5.Cest is d’BestVarious venues(www.kraljeviulice.com).Date June.This popular celebration of streetentertainment is set around Zagrebcity centre. 2008 sees shows byGermany’s Bartel Mayer, GabyCorbo from Argentina and, fromAustralia, Leopardman. See p5.AnimafestKneza Mislava 18 (01 45 01 191/www.animafest.hr).Date 31 May-5 June.The 18th running of this festival foranimated films. Most screeningstake place at the Europa Cinema,Var∫avska 3. See pic above.Eurokaz InternationalBogovi©eva 1/IV (01 48 47 856/www.eurokaz.hr).Date 21 June-4 July.Since 1987, Eurokaz has featured300 artists from around the world,with shows ranging from theatre tocontemporary dance, and body artto new circus.Nebo World Music FestivalVarious venues(www.nebofestzagreb.com).Date 5-8 October.Acts from all over the world come toZagreb to perform – the 2007highlight was from Mongolia.Zagreb Film FestivalSavska 25 (01 45 93 692/www.zagrebfilmfestival.com).Date 19-24 October.A week-long celebration of celluloid,with global directors challenging forthe Golden Pram awards. This hasbecome the biggest cultural eventin town, with 35,000 visitorsdescending on the Student Centreto watch films and party till late.Madhouse“Zagreb audiences get all thejokes and give the bestreaction.” Mike Kelly shouldknow – he and his Madhousetheatre company have beenperforming regularly in Croatiafor five years. Based inBudapest, where they havea residency at the NationalTheatre, Madhouse havehoned their art – in this case acomedic take on Shakespeare– to suit venue and audience.The region is short of sharp,entertaining English-languagetheatre and Madhouse provideit in spades. Their Hungarianbase also means that Mike,his founding partner MattDevere and newest memberAndy Hefler work with starnames filming there – suchas roles in the BBC TV series‘Robin Hood’. For TheComplete Works ofShakespeare, improvisationis all. “People in Zagreb comeand see the same show againbecause we make everyperformance different,”says Mike. Madhouse cometo Zagreb’s Vidra Theatre,Dra∫kovi©eva 80, in May,and return for shows in thesummer. For more details,see www.nemzetiszinhaz.hu.TIME OUT Zagreb 7