Aleksandar Mondecar

Aleksandar grew up in the theatre and has spent 35 years in professional theatre lighting. He has worked with almost every director, set designer, choreographer and costume designer in Croatia, as well as many creatives from abroad and has designed for all the theatres and cultural centres in the country together with numerous theatres abroad, having a total of over 800 shows to his credit.

He has worked with the Histrions theatre for over 20 years on all their projects, as well as with many groups and festivals such as International Theatre Festival Jerusalem, International Theatre Festival Berlin, International street Festival Graz, International Festival Gent and many more.

He has held a series of seminars on stage lighting and taught at the English Academy, LIPA, in 1996.

Aleksandar has won several awards and prizes including the prestigious „Varazdin Baroque Evenings“, and special lighting design awards from NAJ festival and the ASSITEJ (International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People). His contribution to the development of culture in the Republic of Croatia earned him the personal appreciation of the Minister of Culture

He wrote the first book about lighting design in Croatia, („Introduction to theatre lighting” ) which was published in 2000 and is a Member of the Community of Croatian Artists since 2001.