Wiesbaden: NEW PLAYS FROM EUROPE – first performances revealed
Once again from 14 – 24 June 2012: For the fifth time the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden invites to the Theatre Biennale NEW PLAYS FROM EUROPE in Wiesbaden – for the third time in collaboration with the Staatstheater Mainz. Read more
Theatre festival in Parma
Teatro Festival Parma November 19 - December 4 2011, Parma, Italy Read more
National Premiere The Cherry Orchard directed by Paolo Magelli
From Wednesday, 23 November to Sunday, 4 December at the Metastasio Theatre in Prato the NATIONAL PREMIERE of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov’s “THE CHERRY ORCHARD” will be performed, translated and directed by PAOLO MAGELLI and produced by Zeljka Udovicic. Read more
It wasn't me - German premiere at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Premiere: November 6: Kristof Magnusson, born in Hamburg in 1976, studied at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig. He now lives in Berlin. His comedy ‘Shelter for Men’ has remained in the repertoire of the Wartburg since 2007 and continues to enjoy the utmost success. His novel ‘It Wasn’t Me,’ which provided the basis for our theatre version, was published in 2010. Read more
“My Mother Medea” at the Cyprus Theatre Organisation
Continuing its successful journey, Holger Schober’s play “My Mother Medea” is in full production swing as a classroom play of the Cyprus Theatre Organisation. Read more
THOC, Cyprus Theatre Organisation will open season with French play: Moličre’s “The Imaginary Invalid”
The President of the European Theatre Convention Jean-Claude Berutti is currently in Cyprus directing Molière’s “The Imaginary Invalid” which will open the season for the Cyprus Theatre Organisation’s Main Stage. Read more
Bad Hersfelder Festspiele: Hamlet - Much more alive than you think!
A young Hamlet comes to Bad Hersfeld! Premiere June 29, directed by Jean-Claude Berutti.
Aktion stonewash – Promotion for HAMLET across Germany (in German only): www.lebendiger-als-du-denkst.de
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Discover programme of first NEAT11 festival in Nottingham
May 26 - June 12: Opening with the ETC general assembly in Nottingham, UK, the brand new two-week European theatre festival “NEAT11” will shed light on the ETC work, introducing remarkable European theatre performances from ETC member theatres to the Nottingham audience and promote the best of contemporary European drama at the Playhouse ETC. Read more
Tragic Death of Juliano Mer-Khamis
It is with enormous sadness that we report the tragic death of Israeli Arab actor and political activist and film-maker Juliano Mer-Khamis, who was shot dead on Monday 4th April at the theatre he founded in the Jenin Refugee Camp.
We wish to express, on behalf of the ETC board members, our ETC friends and colleagues, our sympathy to his family, friends and the people of Jenin whose lives he has changed. Read more
Theatre and Multilingualism
Listen to Jean-Claude Berutti talking about the connection of "Theatre and Multilingualism" in an interview on the French cultural radio station "France Culture.
A theatrical journey to Zagreb: A city in love with theatre representing the ETC member theatres ZKM with strong ties to the Comedie de Saint Etienne and the European actor's ensemble founded by Jean-Claude Berutti as well as the Comèdie de Genève.
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we are more - Culture Action Europe campaign to act for culture in Europe
The European wide campaign led by Culture Action Europe 'We are more' has been launched in October 2010. It seeks to mobilise everyone who cares about culture, calling on decision-makers to strengthen the recognition of the role of arts and culture in the development of our societies, by explicitly supporting culture in the upcoming negotiations on the next EU budget. Read more
ETC resolution: Theatre - Wealth of the People, for the People
In response to the Green Paper “Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries “ published by the European Commission, the member theatres of the ETC ask the European Parliament to join forces in a structured partnership Read more
Activities
Artists declare state of emergency in Belarus
One year ago in the presidential election in Belarus, the country turned against the man who had perverted the democratic republic into a one-man dictatorship. One year ago, literally overnight, Belarus further regressed into a paranoid police state which sees a potential enemy in every citizen. As a class, artists have no executive powers but time and again in countries all over the globe it is our voices that have reminded statesmen and politicians of their moral duty to act for the redress of injustice. Click here to sign the petition! Read more
Young Europe 2: Multilingual Creation and Education in Theatre
European Theatre Convention launches 2 years flagship project “Young Europe 2” on multilingual artistic education funded by the EU Read more
Young Europe: You are in! Du bist dabei ! - E’ il tuo momento! - Ideš dalje!
Following the successful 1st edition of the project Young Europe, three ETC partner theatres,the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the Zagreb Youth Theatre and Fondazione TeatroDue Parma, come together to develop the spin off project "Young Europe: You are in!", an international classroom play project for young people (15-20 years old) in three languages and three different productions to be shown in German, Croatian and Italian schools and theatres. The premiere of the German version will take place on November 8, 2011 in Berlin. Read more
ETC promotes multilingualism as part of civil society EU project
As consortium member, the ETC has committed together with eight European organisations of the civil society platform 'Promotion of Multilingualism' of the strucured dialogue with the European Commission to the EU funded project poliglotti4.eu to raise the awareness of multilingualism in society. Watch the video of Biljana Srbljanovic, the ETC Multilingualism ambassador Read more
Conference & General Assembly: Serbian National Theatre Novi Sad 20-23/10
Political Theatre Today
International “Occupy” protest actions - A
public theatre? Theatre of pressure in Hungary? Read the press release of the conference (en / fr) Read more
EUROPOLIS 2050 - 2nd International Theatre Youth Forum
From June 24 to July 3, 60 young people from 6 countries (Luxembourg, Norway, Hungary, Turkey, Israel and Germany) meet at the 2nd International Theatre Youth Forum as part of the European festival programme EUROPOLIS 2050 to work with theatre professionals from Germany, Finland and Israel to stage a performance around the theme: „Europe in 40 years“. The public presentation of the performance by and with all young participants takes place on Sunday, July 3 at 11.30 a.m. at the Schildehalle, a former factory hall. A film documentary will capture the unique experiences of the Young People and will be screened afterwards in the participating ETC theatres across Europe. Read more
In memory of Anna Yablonskaya and Juliano Mer-Khamis: ETC General Assembly in Nottingham 26-29/05/2011
The conference is entitled “Towards a European drama repertoire” and will explore in panel discussions, lectures and interactive working sessions, trends and tendencies of contemporary drama made in Europe. Read the full ETC GA conference programme. Read more
Festival for young stage directors at the Staatstheater Braunschweig in Germany
»Fast Forward« is the first European festival for young directors in German-speaking countries. Eight productions from eight countries were presented. Only young artists and direction students taking their first steps towards professionalism were invited. An international jury was present and selected the best production during the festival.
The award winner is the Danish stage director Jonas Corell Peterson with his production "The Sorrows of young Werther", adapted from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a production of the Det Norske Teatret and the Norwegian Kunsthogskolen in Oslo. Read more
Workshop on EU Structural Funds - How to enhance the support of the EU Structural Funds to the cultural and creative industries?
Within the platform on the potential of cultural and creative industries, the ETC has volunteered together with the other platform member organistations (European Film Company Alliance, European Forum for Architectural Policies and Culture Action Europe) to prepare a workshop on 'how to enhance the support of the EU Structural Funds to the cultural and creative industries'. It will take place at CIVA in Brussels on Thursday 17 February 2011.
Longterm effects: Trames 3 and Trames 5
Thanks to the projects Trames 3, the play "Holy Land", by Mohammed Kacimi, translated 3 years ago (2007) and Trames 5 translating the play "La Petite pièce en haut de l'escalier", by Carole Fréchette in 2010, new theatre performances are continuously produced worldwide. Find out more about the latest developments on the Trames website. Read more
1st Young Europe Festival in Strasbourg 19 – 24 November 2010
After successful tours of 8 new European classroom plays seen by over 9000 young people in Cyprus, France, Germany, Great Britain, Norway and Switzerland the Théâtre Jeune Public / CDN d’Alsace hosts under the umbrella of the ETC the 1st Young Europe Festival in the heart of Europe, Strasbourg! With performances in theatres, schools, the European Parliament and the European Court of of Human Rights. Doris Pack, chair of the culture committee will speak at the panel discussion: “Art, education and citizenship: Which languages for European Theatre today?”, Monday 22 November, 18h30, TJP. Read more
Orient Express - A European Theatre Journey
From May 14th to July 5th, 2009, under the umbrella of the European Theatre Convention (ETC), six nation-wide renowned ETC partner theatres collaborated on the unique artistic “Theatre Orient Express” project that left Istanbul and headed towards the west on May 14, 2009. Train stations in countries throughout Europe have been filled with theatre and cultural activities. The movie of the project can be download through this link. The international press review is now available, contact the ETC office to get your copy. Read more
Announcements
Oct, 21: ETC addresses open letter to mayor of Budapest expressing concern on democratic procedures. Read more
