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15th Irish Theatre Institute International Theatre Exchange
Thursday 2nd - Friday 3rd October 2008
Coach House, Dublin Castle & Project Arts Centre, East Essex Street, Dublin 2
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This annual International Theatre Exchange, which takes place during the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival, is a non-stop encounter with presenters, producers and programmers from across the world aimed at Irish theatre and dance producers, presenters and artists with international credentials or ambitions currently working in Ireland.
Ms. Vanessa Redgrave will be interviewed by Fintan O'Toole on Friday 3rd October at Project Arts Centre.
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Please click here to see who is attending International Theatre Exchange 2008
Last year’s theatre exchange was a great success and international invitations ensued including those to Fishamble Theatre Company’s Pride of Parnell Street (Wiesbaden) and Forgotten (Paris, Prague) and a German translation of Mark O’Rowe’s Terminus in a public rehearsed reading by Rachel West was presented at the recent New Plays from Europe Festival in Wiesbaden in collaboration with ITI.
About ITI’s International Theatre Exchange
It is presented annually as a networking event to coincide with the Dublin Theatre Festival and is a meeting place for invited international presenters and producers to engage with Irish producers, presenters and theatre artists. It is open to companies and artists with international touring credentials or ambitions (places are limited). Many contacts have been made and a number of Irish companies have toured internationally as a direct result of the event. Irish Theatre Institute is committed to serving the professional theatre and dance community both North and South.
Through its networking and promotional work abroad, Irish Theatre Institute identifies International presenters who are invited to Dublin each October to meet Irish producers and to see their work. ITI endeavours to invite presenters with a wide range of experience in presenting work and, importantly, people with a specific interest in or track record of presenting Irish work. Significant focus is placed on English language speaking territories (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, UK) but increasingly productive relationships have been forged by companies and individual theatre artists in European countries including Germany, Romania, Poland and others. This reflects the global interest in contemporary and classical Irish theatre.
In 2008 the ITI event will retain is traditional features while introducing new exciting elements to enhance international touring opportunities. The format comprises:
- Ms. Vanessa Redgrave interviewed by Fintan O'Toole;
- Panel discussions on issues of relevant to the growing internationalisation of the arts e.g. showcasing, AustralAsian programming needs;
- Round Table meetings with international festival programmers, producers and agents;
- Pitching sessions for Irish companies presenting work in the DTF programme;
- Networking opportunities for Irish producing companies and venues from around the country (both North and South);
- A curated showcase of some of the best of Irish theatre from the past 12 months,
ReViewed, presented by DTF and ITI with support from Culture Ireland
International Guests for 2008 include:
ASIA
- Tisa Ho, Executive Director, Hong Kong Arts Fest
- Nick Yu, Playwright /Assistant General Manager, Producer /Director of Programming & Marketing Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre and Chief Director Asia Contemporary Theatre Festival
- Jue Wang, Sponsor, Shanghai Fringe, Asia contemporary Theatre Festival
- Yanwei Zhang, Publicity Manager of Shanghai Fringe, Asia Contemporary Theatre Festival
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND
- Guy Boyce, Festival Director, Christchurch Arts Festival, NZ
- Marianne Hargreaves, Marketing Manager, Christchurch Arts Festival, NZ
- Lindy Hume, Festival Director Designate, Sydney Festival, Australia
- Lissa Twomey, Artistic Director, New Zealand International Arts Festival
- Elizabeth Walsh, Artistic Director, Ten Days on the Island Festival, Tasmania, Australia
EUROPE
- Bodil Alling, Gruppe 38, Denmark
- Niels Andersen, Theater Director/Manager, City Theatre Svalegangen, Denmark
- Kristof Blom, Campo, Victoria, Gent, Belgium
- Pia Buchard, Artistic Director, Kulturhus Århus, Denmark
- Dikmen Gurun, Director, International Istanbul Theatre Festival, Turkey
- Anna Lengyel, Dramaturg/Translator/Producer, Budapest, Hungary
- Plamen Panev, Artistic Director, Sava Ognianov Theatre, Ruse, Bulgaria
- Romilly Walton Masters, Responsible for Cultural Projects, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France
ENICPA (The European Network of Information Centres for the Performing Arts) Delegation comprising various representatives:
- Anna Valls Pasola, Centre de Documentació i Museu Arts Esceniques, Spain
- Conso Martín, Centro Documentación Artes Escénicas Andalucía, Spain
- Ondrej Svoboda, Czech Theatre Institute, Czech Republic
- Torkel Brathen, Dance Information Norway, Norway
- Ine Therese Berg, Dance Information Norway, Norway
- Randi Urday, Dance Information Norway, Norway
- Kamma Siegumfeldt, Danish Dance Information Centre, Denmark
- Marion Rundal, Estonian Theatre Agency, Estonia
- Piia Ahonnen, Finnish Dance Information Centre, Finland
- Riitta Seppala, Finnish Dance Information Centre, Finland
- Michael Freundt, German Centre of the ITI, Germany
- Luciano Brogi, IALS (Istituto Addestramento Lavoratori dello Spettacolo), Italy
- Bianca de Waal, Theatre Instituut Nederland, The Netherlands
- Dmitry Osipenko, Theatre Union of Russia, Russia
- Dries Moreels, Vlaams Theatre Instituut, Belgium
- Joanna Nawrocka, Zbogniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, Poland
SOUTH AFRICA
- Mannie Manim, Director, Baxter Theatre Centre, Cape Town, S.A.
UK
- Mike Griffiths, Administrative Director, Traverse Theatre, Scotland
- Andy Arnold, Artistic Director, Tron Theatre, Scotland
USA
- Cathy Edwards, Director of Programming, Festival of Arts & Ideas, New Haven
Guest Artistic Director, Time Based Arts, Potrland Oregon
- Susan Feldman, Artsic Director, St. Ann's Warehouse, New York
- Nunally Kersh, Producer, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, USA
Philadelphia Theatre Initiative Delegation comprising producers, presenters and theatre artists which include:
- Doug Bohr, Officer, Philadephia Culture Program, Pew Charitable Trust
- Sara Garonzik, Producing Artistic Director, Philadelphia Theatre Company
- Grace Grillet, Managing Director, People's Light and Theatre Company,
- Fran Kumin, Director, Philadelphia Theatre Initiative
- Whit MacLaughlin, Artistic Director, New Paradise Laboratories
- Charles McMahon, Artistic Director, Lantern Theatre
- Mehta Mervon, VP Programming and Education, Kimmel Centre
- Terrance Nolen, Producing Artistic Director, Arden Theatre
- David O'Connor, Freelance Director
- Tom Reing, Artistic Director, Inis Nua Theatre Company
- Michael Rose, Managing Director, Annenberg Centre
- Matt Saunders, Freelance Designer and Actor
- Nick Stuccia, Producing Director, Philadelphia Live Arts & Philly Fringe
- Sarah Yusavitz, Program Assistance, Philadelphia Theatre Initiative
- Jiri Zizka, Co-Artistic Director, Wilma Theater
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ReViewed - Showcase of Irish Theatre
To coincide with our International Theatre Exchange, Dublin Theatre Festival and Irish Theatre Institute with support from Culture Ireland will present a curated showcase of some of the best of Irish theatre from the past 12 months, comprising four successful shows that received only limited runs. These will be open to the public, but are scheduled as showcase presentations for ITI’s international guests with a view to creating touring opportunities for Irish companies and artists who will also have the opportunity to meet with the presenters in organised pitching sessions.
The shows are:
- Circus presented by Barabbas
- First Love presented by Gare St. Lazare Players, Ireland
- Heart of Darkness presented by Lily Productions
- Caligula presented by CHRG
There will also be a ‘work in progress’ presentation of the new piece by Pan Pan, The Crumbtrail, written by Gina Moxley and which will premiere in Dusseldorf in November 2008.
Transcripts
Transcripts from previous Irish
Theatre Institute panel discussions are available for download
below.
Anne Bogart, Artistic Director, SITI Company, New York on the Role of the Artist on the World Stage (2007)
Anne Bogart (2007)
Ensemble Theatre - the vision/the reality (2007)
Chaired by: Enid Reid Whyte, Theatre Specialist, Arts Council of Ireland
Speakers: Anne Bogart, Artistic Director, SITI Company, New York
Máté Gáspár, Producer, Kretakor Theatre, Hungary
Malcolm Hamiliton, co-founder of Blue Raincoat Theatre
Ensemble Theatre - The Vision/The Reality (2007)
Artistic Director of the Public Theater Oskar Eustis introduced by playwright Vincent Woods (2006)
Oskar
Eustis (2006)
A View from North America (2006)
Chair: Mark Russell Artistic Director, Under the Radar Festival, New York
Speakers: Céline Gagnon, Cultural Attaché, Québec Government Office James Morrison, Director of WORLDStage Series, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis
Tina Rasmussen, Director of Performing Arts, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Michael Rose, Managing Director, Annenberg Centre, University of Pennsylvania
A
View from North America (2006)
Designers’
Rights in an International Context: Touring and Non Stage Uses
(2005)
Led
by legal expert, James Wolsey with presentation by Cecilia Friederichs,
Business Representative for Theatre, United Scenic Artists, New
York -
Designers' entitlements and producers' legal obligations.
Designers'
Rights in an International Context (2005)
Fringe Festivals - The Risk, The Reality & The Opportunity (2005)
Chair: Mike Griffiths, Administrative Director, Traverse Theatre,
Edinburgh
Speakers:Miki Stricker, Artistic Director, Edmonton Fringe Festival
& President Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals
Wolfgang
Hoffman, Artistic Director, Dublin Fringe Festival & Aurora
Nova, Edinburgh Fringe
Steven Gove, Artistic Director, Prague
Fringe Festival
Fringe
Festivals - The Risk, The Reality & The Opportunity (2005)
Pursuing an Independent Artistic
Vision (2004)
Chair: Caitriona Crowe - Archivist, Community Development
Activist & Reviewer for Rattlebag and The Sunday Tribune.
Speakers: Jane Brennan, Actor & Co-Founder B*spoke Theatre
Co.
Donal O' kelly, Actor & Writer
Michael Keegan Dolan,
Choreographer & Director Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre.
Pursuing
an Independent Artistic Vision (2004)
Touring To the USA (2004)
Chair: Ronan Smith, Producer, Abhann Productions.
Speakers:
Brian Goldstein, US Entertainment & Immigration Expert, Fettmann,
Tolchin & Majors Law Firm, Virgina, USA
Nick Sweeting, Producer
Improbable Theatre Company, UK.
Touring
in the US (2004)
Irish Theatre In Europe (2004)
Chair: Christine Madden, Literary manager, Rough Magic Theatre
Co. (also Journalist and Critic)
Speakers: Krystyna Meissner,
International Theatre Festival Dialogue Wroclaw
Katarina Dudakova,
International Theatre Festival, Nitra, Slovakia Maria Mayer Szilagyi,
Contemporary Drama Festival/Hungarian Theatre Institute, Budapest.
Irish
Theatre in Europe (2004)
Out Of Joint artistic director
Max Stafford-Clark interviewed by artistic director, Druid, Garry
Hynes (2003)
Max
Stafford-Clark (2003)
Crossing EU Borders: Accession
and Applicant States (2003)
Chair: Eugene Downes, Arts Consultant.
Speakers: Gordana
Vnuk, Artistic Director, Kampnagel Kulturfabrick, Hamburg
Nikolay
Iordanov, Executive Director, Bulgarian Theatre Association/Varna
Festival
Steven Gove, Artistic Director, Prague Fringe Festival
Claudia Woolgar, Festival Director, Kilkenny Arts Festival
New Writing, New Audiences:
Collaborations and Translations (2003)
Chair: Loughlin Deegan, Director, Irish Playography
Speakers:
Iris Turcott, Dramaturg, CanStage, Toronto
Paulo Eduardo Carvalho,
Vice-President, Portuguese Association for Theatre Critics
Philip
Howard, Artistic Director, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Jocelyn
Clarke, Literary Manager, Abbey Theatre, Dublin
New
Writing (2003)
Fringe Success: Touring Opportunities (2003)
Chair: Maureen Kennelly,
Arts Consultant/Producer
Speakers: Karl Shiels, Artistic
Director, Semper Fi, Dublin
Mike Griffiths, Administrative Director,
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Jo Mangan, Artistic Director, The
Performance Corporation, Dublin
Aideen Howard, Artistic Director,
Mermaid County Wicklow Arts Centre, Bray
Fringe
Success: Touring (2003)
International artistic director
Declan Donnellan interviewed by former director, British Council
in Ireland, Harold Fish (2002)
Declan
Donnellan (2002)
Commercial Producing (2002)
Chair: Una Carmody, Arts Project Manager
Speakers: Pat Moylan,
Lane Productions, Ireland
Julian Erskine, Abhann Productions,
Ireland
Roger Chapman, Director of Touring, National Theatre,
London
Commercial
Producing (2002)
International Festivals' Criteria
for Programming (2002)
Chair: Michael Colgan, Gate Theatre, Dublin
Speakers:
Elizabeth Walsh, Executive Producer, Ten Days on the Island, Tasmania
Almut Wagner, Dramaturg, Vienna Festival
Fergus Linehan, Director, Dublin
Theatre Festival
International
Festivals (2002)
Irish
Venues: Sourcing International Work (2002)
Chair: Richard
Wakely, Theatre Producer
Speakers: John E. McGrath, Artistic
Director, Contact Theatre, Manchester
Ali Robertson, Director, Big
Van Tours
Mary Shields, Associate Director, Assembly
Rooms Productions, Edinburgh.
Irish
Venues Sourcing International Work (2002)
International
Co-production (2001)
Chair:
Siobhán Bourke, Film Producer and former Theatre Producer
Speakers: Diane Borger, Royal Court, London
Garry Hynes, Druid
Theatre Company, Galway
Stella Hall, Belfast Festival at
Queens
International
Co-Production (2001)
Touring
into and out of Asia (2001)
Chair:
Eugene Downes, Cultural Consultant, Dept. of Foreign Affairs.
Speakers: Jin-Taek Lim, Professor Hwawon Lee, Namyangju Open Air
Festival, Korea
Dr. Gong Bao Rong, Drama Academy/Experimental
Theatre Festival, Shanghai, China
Touring
into and out of Asia (2001)
European
City of Culture – the Philosophy and Practicality (2001)
Chair: Fiach MacConghail, Film and Theatre Producer
Speakers:
Jan Duursma, Rotterdam City of Culture 2001
Hugo De Greef, Bruges
City of Culture 2002
Shona McCarthy, Imagine Belfast bid 2008.
Concludes with brief demonstration of the Irish Playography test
website by Loughlin Deegan
European
City of Culture (2001)
The North American Experience
- how to tour (2000)
Chair: Tambra Dillon, Temple Bar Properties Dublin
Speakers:
David Eden, David Eden Productions NY
Nunally Kersh, Spoleto
Festival Michael Kondziolka, University of Michigan
Gordon McCall,
Centaur Theatre Montreal
The
North American Experience (2000)
Irish
Arts in an International Context (2000)
Chair: Arthur Lappin, Film Producer
Speakers: Michael Colgan,
Gate Theatre, Dublin
Olga Garay, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation,
USA
Peter Schreiber, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
Netherlands
Harold Fish, former British Council Officer in Ireland
Bernard Faivre D'Arcier, Festival D'Avignon
Irish
Arts in an International Context (2000)
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