Tena Štivičić (; born 1977) is a

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and

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. She won the 2014-2015

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Early life and education

She was born in

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where she studied at the Academy of Dramatic Art. She completed an MA in Writing for Performance at

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Career

She has taken part in theatre events such as Future Perfect, the

Paines Plough Paines Plough is a British touring theatre company founded in 1974, currently led by artistic directors Charlotte Bennett and Katie Posner. The company commissions, develops and produces new plays for touring, and helps playwrights develop their ...

Young Writers Programme and the

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's 50th Anniversary season. Štivičić has written plays both in her native Croatian and in English. Her major works in English include: ''Can't Escape Sundays'', ''Perceval'', ''Psssst'', ''Two of Us'', ''Goldoni Terminus'', ''Fragile!'', and ''Fireflies''. Her plays have been produced in at least ten European countries. ''Fragile!'', directed by

Matjaž Pograjc Matjaž Pograjc (born 1967 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian theatre director and one of Slovenia's most prominent theatre artists. Life and work Studies in theatre and radio direction (AGRFT, Ljubljana). In 1990, he founded the Betontanc group, with ...

and produced by Mladinsko Theatre, has won several awards at festivals in Croatia and Slovenia. In 2007, she co-wrote the play ''Pijana noć 1918'' (''Drunken Night 1918'') with her father Ivo Štivičić for the Ulysses Theatre, Zagreb. Her project ''Goldoni Terminus'' was shown at the 2007

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. Her play ''3 Winters'' premiered at National Theatre in London, and won Štivičić the 2015

Family

Tena Štivičić lives in

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and is married to Scottish actor

Douglas Henshall Douglas James "Dougie" Henshall (born 19 November 1965) is a Scottish television, film and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Professor Nick Cutter in the science fiction series ''Primeval (TV series), Primeval'' (2007–2011) and D ...

References

External links

Tena Stivicic's ''Fragile!'' at 52nd Sterijino Pozorje Festival
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