ETC Position paper « Creative Europe »
The European Theatre Convention welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a new EU Culture Programme ‘Creative Europe’, the only EU instrument dedicated to the cultural and creative sectors and asks EU Member States and the European Parliament to support the proposed overall budget for Creative Europe. Read more
ETC Press conference: European Theatre Matters!
This week the European Parliament’s culture committee will host a public hearing on the new EU Culture Programme ‘Creative Europe’, the only EU instrument dedicated to the cultural and creative sectors. On the eve of this event, the European Theatre Convention (ETC) organised a Breakfast Meeting in Brussels to present decision makers and key opinion leaders with its political demands and ensuring that the impact of public theatres is taken into consideration within the European cultural policy. Read more
NEW PLAYS FROM EUROPE 2012: Europe´s diverse theatre landscape arrives at the River Rhine
Between 14 and 24 June 2012 the Biennale theatre festival NEW PLAYS FROM EUROPE will change the cities of Wiesbaden and Mainz into a platform viewing Europe. 31 new plays from all, eleven days of theatre in languages from all sorts of different countries and a diverse supporting programme will meet the expectations of theatre lovers as well as theatre creators during the 11th edition of NEW PLAYS FROM EUROPE. Read more
Conference Young Europe 2
The conference will take place from May 22nd to May 24th 2012 at the National Theatre of Miskolc in Hungary and will open a space for debates between experts of artistic education and theatre partners. Read more
Wiesbaden - ETC member-theatre invited for INTERNATIONALE MAIFESTSPIELE
Deutsches Theater Berlin will present their productions ON LIFE by Judith Herzberg and TSCHICK by Wolfgang Herrndorf during the prestigious international festival in Wiesbaden in May at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. (Photo: Arno Declair)
Europolis 2050 selected winner in the campaign "Germany is a Land of Ideas"
ETC member Bad Hersfelder Festival and its programme Europolis 2050 with the ETC International Theatre Youth Forum and the Summer Academy won in the category culture of the nation branding campaign: “Germany is a ‘Land of Ideas’. Read more
Statement on the Future of the New Theatre Budapest, Hungary
ETC joins international protest and over 60 British theatre makers at the imposition of György Dörner as director of the New Theatre, Budapest as of February 1, 2012 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
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
ETC General Assembly: National Theatre of Miskolc (HU) 24-27/05/12
"European Theatre Today and National Myths " Read the full programme and register now before April, 22 2012 Read more
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
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
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
