First Season of European Actors' Ensemble at the Comédie of Saint Etienne

For the first time ever, six actors from different European countries will be joining the Comédie de Saint Etienne in France to work on a permanent basis during the entire season 2010-2011 together with the French actors. 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

Wiesbaden: New Plays from Europe

ETC member theatre Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden: “New Plays from Europe” Festival June 17 – 27. Follow the NEWPLAYS-BLOG with young theatre critics commenting throughout the festival and giving in-depths stories and analysis about the plays, the festival goers, invited playwrights new European theatre tendencies! Read more

Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden on Tour

Two new plays from HESSISCHES STAATSTHEATER WIESBADEN have been invited to festivals in May 2010 Read more

Ghetto Premieres at the Cameri

Ghetto, a play by Joshua Sobol describing daily life in the Vilna Ghetto and the theatre company created there under impossible conditions, premiered at the Cameri Theatre on March 8, directed by Omri Nitzan. For Noam Semel, Director of the Cameri, the play has come full circle - it was first produced at the Haifa Theatre in 1984, when Semel was its director. Read more

Wiesbaden – Festival „International Mayfestival“ 2010 invites ETC-theatre Poznan

This year’s programme of INTERNATIONALE MAIFESTSPIELE from 1st to 31st of May is now online Read more

3 ETC MEMBER THEATRES INVITED TO NEW PLAYS FROM EUROPE 2010

The first productions invited to the Theatre-Biennale NEW PLAYS FROM EUROPE are revealed. New European discoveries in Wiesbaden and Mainz include Allegretto Albania by Stefan Çapaliku from the Albanian National Theatre Tirana, Boat for Dolls by Milena Marković from the Serbian National Theatre Novi Sad and The Man Who Ate the World by Nis-Momme Stockmann by the Theatre & Orchester Heidelberg. Read more

Activities

President Shimon Peres, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate will open ETC's next General Assembly October 28-31,2010 hosted by the Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv : Multilingualism in the Theatre of the Future

Overcoming language borders in drama theatre will be the central topic of the ETC's next General Assembly. With experts we will shed light on translation aspects which are relevant to stage plays in a foreign language. Which technical know-how and equipment is needed, how are the relationships between actors and directors in surtitled performances affected and how are translation and interpretating skills adapted for the stage? Save the dates of the conference in your agendas: October 28-31, 2010. Registration opens by August 23. Click here to read the full preliminary agenda.

On Stage: The 120 best plays of Europe!

The ETC publishes the 9th edition of the biannual selection of the 120 best contemporary European plays for the stage. Stories written by 128 playwrights from 41 countries in 37 languages and staged on European theatres for all generations give an insight into the European cultural landscape: “European Theatre Today”. Available online and as of June 27 also as a CD-Rom. Discover the CD-Rom online

ETC General Assembly in Nicosia, Cyprus:
Advocacy for the place of Theatre in European Society with Artistic Education and Multilingualism projects

As a result of a very productive conference full with vital discussions and vibrant energy, the following three new initiatives have come to live, while three new members joined the ETC community: Staatstheater Braunschweig, Germany, Théâtre Jeune Public Strasbourg, France and the Miskolc National Theatre from Hungary.
1. ETC advocacy campaign
2. Young Europe II edition
3. Theatre of Languages, Language of Theatre
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Diebe: Transfer - Translation on Stage

Deutsches Theater Berlin organises a translation and staging residency of Dea Loher's newest play "Diebe" into three languages with a multilingual public presentation at the Berliner Theatertreffen.

Young Europe

ETC collaboration with UBU, Scènes d’Europe / European stages on this special edition “Theatre for young people, theatre for EVERYONE” featuring the ETC project “Young Europe, Young Creation and Education in Theatre” is out now. Read more

Young Europe

Read what Young Europe participants experienced during 18 months of intense collaborations on the Young Europe blog. Read more

TRAMES

This translation and staging residency is an an absolute unique adventure for the author, but also for the translators and directors" says Carole Fréchette who worked on the translation of her play " La petite pièce en haut de l'escalier" in four languages during the 5th TRAMES edition. Read more

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