Sandra Dekanić ran the costume department at the Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka from 2007-2011. Since the end of her tenure there, she’s been active as a freelance costume designer, creating more than 80 designs for theatre, opera, musicals, ballet and film productions. She’s worked at theatres and festivals in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro. Dekanić collaborates regularly with Oliver Frljić; she designed the costumes for his productions When Father was away on Business, Dantons Tod, Zoran Đinđić, Aleksandra Zec, Hrvatsko Glumište and, at the Maxim Gorki Theatre, Gorki – Alternative für Deutschland?.