Arna Shijak

Selective theatrography

• The Actress (Without a Clutter, 2018), author: Michael Frayne, and in a collective adaptation, director: Toni Mihajlovski, co-production: Macedonian National Theatre and "Marriage Game";
• Tanya (MAMMA MIA!, 2017), music and lyrics: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, lyrics: Katherine Johnson, based on the story by: Judy Kramer, director: Natasha Poplavska, co-production: Macedonian National Theatre and Prospot-Slovenia;
• The Actress (Speech Flaw, 2017), author: Goran Marković, director: Dragana Miloševska – Popova, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• The Mother (Solaris, 2016), author: Stanislav Lem, director: Andrij Zholdak, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• (Call them luck, 2016), director: Zlatko Slavenski;
• Cleopatra Maksimovna (Life is Beautiful, 2015), author: Nikolaj Erdman, director: Aleksandar Morfov, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• Velma Kelly (Chicago, 2015), authors: Fred Ebb and Bob Foss, director: Natasha Poplavska, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• Bodyguard of Clytemnestra, Caregiver of Electra and Orestes (Electra, 2014), authors: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Jean-Paul Sartre, director: Andrij Zholdak, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• The Fairy Berilin, The Neighbor Berlengo (The Blue Bird, 2014), author: Maurice Maeterlinck, director: Zlatko Slavenski, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• Charlotte Korde (The Elsinore Affair, 2014), author and director: Ljubisa Georgievski, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• Hing Giu Miu (The Eternal House, 2013), author: Jordan Plevnesh, director: Dejan Projkovski, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• Albin, Knight De La Tremouille (The Rise and Fall of the Cabaret, 2013), author: Arthur Schnitzler, director: Vladimir Milchin, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• (Life is a Dream, 2012), author: Pedro de la Barca Calderon, director: Vlado Cvetanovski, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• The Fox (Decameron, 2012), author: Giovanni Boccaccio, director: Bonjo Lungov, co-production: Macedonian National Theatre and Theatre for Children and Youth – Skopje;
• Voice (Psycho 4.48, 2011), author: Sarah Kane, director: Gjorgji Jolevski, co-production: Macedonian National Theatre with Quartet Theatre;
• (Longing for the Whole, 2011), author: Mateja Matevski, director: Risto Aleksovski, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• Marija Timofeevna Lebedyatkina (Besovi, 2011), author: Fyodor Mihaylovich Dostoevsky, director: Zlatko Slavenski, production: Macedonian National Theater;
• Marija (As It Was Written, 2010), author: Saško Nasev, director: Sinisa Evtimov, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• Dr. Brenon, The Waitress (Timed Opera, 2010), based on "The Threepenny Opera" and "A Clockwork Orange", director: Vasil Hristov, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• Elena (The Graduate, 2004), author: Charles Webb, director: Sinisa Evtimov, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• Vendela Bergman (Spring Awakening 2000, 2000), author: Frank Wedeking, adaptation: Ognen Georgievski and Zlatko Slavenski, director: Zlatko Slavenski, production: Macedonian National Theater;
• The Daughter (Sand Puzzle, 1999), author: Jana Dobreva, director: Zoja Buzalkovska, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• Lulu (Shopping and Fucking, 1998), author: Mark Ravenhill, director: Srdjan Janićijevic, production: Macedonian National Theatre;
• Europe (Happiness is a New Idea in Europe, 1997), author: Jordan Plevnesh, director: Vlado Cvetanovski, production: Drama Theater – Skopje;
• Anya (The Cherry Orchard, 1997), author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, director: Ljubisa Georgievski, production: Macedonian National Theatre – Skopje;
• Euphorion (Faust, 1997), authors: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Heiner Müller, director: Gjorgji Jolevski, production: Drama Theatre – Skopje;
• Lucy (The Threepenny Opera, 1996), author: Bertolt Brecht, director: Vlado Cvetanovski, production: National Theatre "Vojdan Chernodrinski" - Prilep.

Selective filmography

• Lucia (Dust Flowers, short film, 2021), director: Miroslav Ilic;
• Hope (State of Shock, 2010), director: Andrej Kosha;
• The Girl with Silver Hair (The Secret Book, 2006), director: Vlado Cvetanovski;
• (The Summit of the Shamans, 2006), director: Aleksandar Stankoski;
• (Like a Bad Dream, 2003), director: Antonio Mitrikeski;
• Cvetanka (Night opposite St. Basil's, 2001), director: Ivan Mitevski;
• Remza (Jeep Magic, 1997), director: Stole Popov.

Awards

• "Trajko Chorevski" Award for Best Young Actor at the "Vojdan Chernodrinski" Theater Festival - Prilep, 1997, for the role of Europe in the play "Happiness is a New Idea in Europe".

Additional information

TV series:

• The Sick Chechen Woman (12 Monkeys, 2015);

Projects:

• Vocalist in the dark-cabaret band "Europe Circus";
• Voice in the animated satirical film "One-Eyed".