1. Information Toolbox 2007 Photo Credit ©Irish Theatre Institute
2. Irish Theatre Handbook 4ed. Launch, Liz Powell, Editor Irish Theatre Handbook 4th Edition, Diego Fasciati, Executive Producer, Rough Magic, Tríona Ni Dhuibhir, General Manager Dublin Theatre Festival (L to R). © Irish Theatre Institute
3. A Practical Guide to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Jane Daly, Producer Irish Theatre Institute, Leroy Harris, Press and Marketing Officer, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Eileen O'Reilly, Press and Marketing Officer, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Hartley T. Kemp, Director, C Venues (L to R). © Irish Theatre Institute
4. Irish Theatre Handbook 4ed. Launch, Loughlin Deegan Editor Irish Theatre Handbook 2nd Edition & Director of Dublin Theatre Festival, Paula Shields Editor of the Irish Theatre Handbook 3rd Edition & Journalist, Liz Powell, Editor Irish Theatre Handbook 4th Edition (L to R) © Irish Theatre Institute

Information Toolbox 2009 is now over. It was our biggest Information Toolbox to date with 31 companies and 28 organisations having 600 meetings over 4 hours! We are receiving great feedback on the event. Plans for Information Toolbox 2010 have aready begun.

About the Event:

Friday September 11th, 2009
11am-3pm
Spiegeltent, George's Dock, Dublin 1

Held annually at the Speigeltent ITI’s Information Toolbox is an opportunity for emerging and unsubsidised artists and companies to equip themselves with the information required to produce and present their work effectively. Participants will meet representatives from funding agencies and theatre support organisations as well as programmers from venues and festivals countrywide.

Presented to coincide with the ABSOLUT Fringe 2009 in which many of the participants are presenting work, this half-day event provides an excellent environment in which to promote new shows, pitch to venues and festivals and begin dialogue with key funding agencies and support organisations to investigate the possibility of re-mounting shows following the Dublin Fringe Festival or to create new work in the future. It is also an excellent opportunity to network with peers and fellow artists.

Registration is open to emerging and unsubsidised companies/artists appearing in ABSOLUT Fringe or producing work in Ireland at present

Prices (includes brunch):
– €20/£19stg per person
– €35/£30stg 2 persons (same company)

Here are some of the organisations you will meet:

Aideen Howard, Literary Manager, The Abbey Theatre
www.abbeytheatre.ie

Cian O'Brien, Associate Producer, AIB Seeds, Rough Magic
http://www.rough-magic.com/about.html

Maeve Whelan, Theatre, Literature & Circus Assistant The Arts Council
http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/homepage.aspx

Ray Yeates, Artistic Director, Axis Arts Centre
http://www.axis-ballymun.ie/

Mona Considine, Director, Backstage Arts Centre
http://www.backstage.ie/

Joanne Beirne, Artistic Director, The Belltable, Limerick
www.belltable.ie

Madeline Boughton, Director of Projects and Promotion, Culture Ireland
www.cultureireland.gov.ie

Emer McGowan, Director, Draíocht, Blanchardstown, Dublin
www.draiocht.ie

Sinead Connolly, Arts Officer, Dublin City Council
http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/ArtsOffice/Pages/TheArtsOffice.aspx

Róisín McGarr, Theatre Manager, Centre for Contemporary Art & The George Bernard Shaw Theatre
www.gbshawtheatre.ie

Jen Coppinger, Information & Events Manager & Siobhán Bourke, Co-Director, Irish Theatre Institute
http://www.irishtheatreinstitute.ie/

Michelle Carew, Festival Manager, Kinsale Arts Week
www.kinsaleartsweek.com

Stephen Faloon, Theatre Manager, Mill Theatre, Dundrum
http://www.milltheatre.com/

Martin Murphy, Director, Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire
www.paviliontheatre.ie

Willie White, Artistic Director, Project
http://www.project.ie/

Irma McLaughlin Membership & Development Officer, Theatre Forum
http://www.theatreforumireland.com/

There will also be an international dimension to this years event including presenters from various international Festivals and Venues:

Michelle Wigg, Artist Services department, Adelaide Fringe
www.adelaidefringe.com.au

LJ Dodd, Arts Programme Producer, The Arches, Glasgow
www.thearches.co.uk

Nick Stockman, Executive Manager, Brighton Festival Fringe, UK
www.brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk

Pavel Štorek, Artistic Director, 4+4 Days in Motion, International Theatre Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
http://www.ctyridny.cz/pages-main/festival-en.htm

Dani Rae, Promoter Liaison Officer, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
www.edfringe.com

Deborah Pearson, Co-Director and Founder, Forest Fringe, UK
www.forestfringe.co.uk

Richard Oyarzabal, Chief Executive, The Junction Cambridge, UK
www.junction.co.uk

Paul Lucas, Paul Lucas Productions, NYC, USA
www.paullucasproductions.com

Louise Callow & Jennifer Sutherland, SCAMP Theatre
www.scamptheatre.com

Dagmara Gumkowska, Festival Artistic Director, TEATROMANIA & Head of the Events, Department The Bytom Centre of Culture, Poland

Please Note:
The international dimension of Information Toolbox is for companies who have produced at least 3 previous productions.

Further names, national and international, will be added to this list closer to the Information Toolbox

For further information contact:
Jen Coppinger
Information & Events Manager
Irish Theatre Institute
17, Eustace Street
Temple Bar
Dublin 2
Ireland
P: +353 1 670 4906/8
F: +353 1 633 4813
E: info[at]irishtheatreinstitute.ie
W: www.irishtheatreinstitute.ie