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🤍 Thank you, Skopje, for the unapologetic energy, generosity, and solidarity you brought to NO APOLOGIES!

Together, we opened a space to revisit and reimagine one of popular culture’s most iconic moments — Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged concert — and to ask: what would it mean if such cultural memories were shaped through trans lives, bodies, and voices? What stories become possible when we tell them differently?

➡️ The journey continues: the final stop of the Balkan tour is Belgrade, on 9 June.

A Heartefact guest performance of Emma Frankland, produced by Marlborough Productions, supported by the British Council Serbia in collaboration with Skopje Pride Weekend and Dramski Teatar Skopje.

No Apologies is commissioned by Marlborough Productions. Supported by Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, The Old Electric, Northumbria University and Arts Council England. No Apologies – The Balkans tour is supported through the British Council’s Art in Action programme, which aims to strengthen connections between the Western Balkans and the United Kingdom through creative and cultural cooperation.

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Photo: Sonja Stavrova

[ENG-SRB-ALB]🔥The No Apologies! Balkan Tour has begun.

With its first performance in Prishtina, Emma Frankland introduced audiences to a work that brings together performance, live music and elements of ritual. Starting from a well-known moment in music history, the piece creates space to reflect on memory, identity, and the ways cultural narratives can be revisited through q***r and trans perspectives.

The performance was followed by a conversation with audience members and the local q***r community: an opportunity to exchange experiences, questions and reflections.

➡️Next stop: Skopje.

A Heartefact guest performance of Emma Frankland, produced by Marlborough Productions, supported by the British Council Serbia, in collaboration with Termokiss, Hyneshat, Civil Rights Defenders and Prishtina Pride.

No Apologies is commissioned by Marlborough Productions. The project is supported by Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, The Old Electric, Northumbria University and Arts Council England.

No Apologies – The Balkans tour is supported through the British Council’s Art in Action programme, which aims to strengthen connections between the Western Balkans and the United Kingdom through creative and cultural cooperation

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🔥Balkanska turneja predstave No Apologies! je počela.

Prvim izvođenjem u Prištini, Ema Frenklend predstavila je publici rad koji spaja performans, koncertni nastup i elemente rituala. Polazeći od jednog prepoznatljivog trenutka iz muzičke istorije, predstava otvara prostor za promišljanje sećanja, identiteta i načina na koje kulturne narative možemo iznova čitati iz kvir i trans perspektive.

Nakon predstave usledio je razgovor sa publikom i lokalnom kvir zajednicom: prilika za razmenu iskustava, pitanja i utisaka.

➡️Sledeća stanica: Skoplje.

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🔥Turneu Ballkanik No Apologies! ka filluar.

Me shfaqjen e saj të parë në Prishtinë, Emma Frankland prezantoi para publikut një vepër që ndërthur performancën, muzikën live dhe elemente rituali. Duke u nisur nga një moment i njohur në historinë e muzikës, vepra krijon hapësirë për të reflektuar mbi kujtesën, identitetin dhe mënyrat se si narrativat kulturore mund të rishikohen përmes perspektivave q***r dhe trans.

Pas shfaqjes u zhvillua një bisedë me anëtarë të publikut dhe komunitetin lokal q***r e cila krijojë mundësi për të shkëmbyer përvoja, pyetje dhe reflektime.

➡️Ndalesa e radhës: Skopje.