Yugofuturistic Performing of History: Demythologizing Kingdom of Heaven (Nebesko Carstvo)

The war which caused the breakup of Yugoslavia and its transition from socialism to capitalism in newly-established states, oriented the region towards a “rebirth” of nationalistically defined values. In spite of the exclusion of the narrative about Yugoslavism from official discourse, it continues to influence the lives and co-habitation of residents in nationalist states established on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. This is also precisely where the potential for a vital political stance can be found. The text, by choosing to analyze Kingdom of Heaven, a theatre performance, as an example, offers a premise that Yugofuturism in theatre – in the sense of an emancipatory potential of Yugoslav heritage – is manifested by critically demythologizing nationalist history and the construct of the ethno-nationalist identity that is based on it.