With the start of the Siege of Sarajevo and the Bosnian war in 1992 the theatre continued to operate and, in cooperation with the MESS International Theatre Festival and a hand full of theatre professionals that included Haris Pašović and Gradimir Gojer, continued to host theatre productions. Numerous renowned directors, including Susan Sontag, directed productions in the theatre during the Siege. It was commercially reopened in 1997 and was rebuilt in 2016.