The Festival will take place in theatres and historical structures in the centre of Benevento and will have a duration of 10 days, during which the host university groups will perform their shows, but in the meantime will be involved in many other events:

- laboratories and workshops of different levels about actor and director technique, under the guidance of skilled and well-known Italian theatre professionals, which will conclude with a final mise en scène;
- the Office of Cultural Activities of the Sannio University will propose a series of meetings, in which animate the comparison between scholars, academics and practitioners on social dynamics, cultural and economic effects of contemporary theatre;
- a round table at the end of the event for confrontation and reflection on the diversity of experiences, knowledge and skills of each group; a meeting which can highlight the different approaches to the theatre on the background of the exchange between cultures;
- Universo Teatro Special Prize – Student’s Jury: the jury will be composed by a group of high school students of the town of Benevento, who every day will meet the participants in the Festival and their play. On the final day, at the end of all performances, they will award the special prize to the theatre company that they preferred;
- emeritus personalities of national and international theatre will be invited to meet students and participants at the festival, to bring their experience of life and culture;
- guided tour of the city of Benevento and some sites of great interest in the province of Benevento;
- parties organized by student associations;
- for the duration of the project will be opened “Café Teatro”, a place of meetings and fun entertainment, with multimedia stations available.

http://www.universoteatro.solot.it

The “Jiraskuv Hronov Festival“ is a Czech nationwide festival for amateur (voluntary) theatres with foreign participation. This festival is the culmination of the best performances coming from regional festivals which have run throughout the country. This festival is the ‘best of the best’ of amateur theatres from Czech Republic from the last season. The festival is followed up with foreign groups which are nominated from different known amateur theatre festivals from the whole world.

The program of “Jiraskuv Hronov Festival“ is drawn up from different forms of theatre (verbal, non-verbal, pantomime, dance, music, experimental, poetry, puppets or for children theaters) played by different groups (adults, children, students, folk people, etc.). The festival includes different education possibilities (workshops, discussion forum for played performances). There are usually 12 or more workshop groups working during the entire festival period. Each group follows different theatre forms. Each group is led by a Czech or foreign theatre expert. Communication language in the groups is usually Czech but there is always one group in English for foreign participants every year.

http://www.nipos-mk.cz/?p=6046

Since its initiation in 1997, the LAU Theatre Festival aims at promoting cross cultural exchange through artistic creativity and dialogue. It operates as a platform for student artists/companies, faculty members and theatre practitioners from various institutions and backgrounds to indulge in dramatic performance, music, dance, puppetry, installation, and interact in seminars, discussions and workshops.

http://www.lautheatre.com

The VII World Congress of IDEA 2010 Live, Living Diversity! Embracing the Arts of Transformation! affirms two interlinked priorities for the 21st Century: the necessity to celebrate and practice cultural diversity as a guarantee of living participatory democracy; and the necessity to embrace pedagogies based in the arts and our languages, knowledges and skills of transformation to democratize our world and communities and our world to enable us to have a sustainable human future.

http://www.idea2010.art.br

The Fifth Edition of the International Festival & Fringe “Universtudent Fest” Sibiu 2010 will take place between the 5th and 10th of July. “Universtudent Fest” is a festival dedicated to all projects initiated by young people, especially by students.

Universtudent is divided into two areas: 1. Festival and 2. Fringe, each area having multiple sections, such as : performing arts, exhibitions, dance, poetry, music, workshops, conferences and communication sessions, all of which are supported and organized by a young team consisting mainly of students from the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu.

For more details write us an email at:

We hope you will accept this invitation and that together we will contribute to the development of the festival.

Les Rencontres du Jeune Théâtre Européen attirent chaque année depuis 1989 des compagnies venues d’une Europe élargie sur le monde. Les Rencontres ce sont 10 jours de festivités où se côtoient 20 pays, 250 comédiens, où se jouent 15 spectacles.

http://www.crearc.fr

En el sur, en Puerto Montt, no sólo acunamos temporales de lluvia, también provocamos temporales de cultura.
Generamos arte y afirmamos así la vocación cultural que nos anima como municipio y que se reafirma año a año, cuando la sala de nuestro teatro Diego Rivera se colma de personas que disfrutan, noche a noche, del trabajo de las compañías que nos honran con su visita.

Los Temporales Teatrales son el evento de teatro más importante del país. Estamos frente al único evento teatral en Chile que se prolonga por un mes completo, que tiene dos funciones diarias, que congrega a compañías de 22 países -y todas de excelente calidad-, y que además ofrece acceso liberado, para que toda la gente pueda ver teatro, especialmente aquella que no tiene la posibilidad de pagar por asistir a este tipo de expresiones artísticas. Como municipio, nos interesa que la cultura en sus distintas formas llegue a la mayor cantidad posible de personas.

Los Temporales Internacionales de Teatro cumplen esa función, así lo han hecho hasta ahora y del mismo modo lo seguirán haciendo en el futuro.

Este evento que ya por 18 años anima nuestros inviernos es posible gracias al compromiso y al esfuerzo de un importante grupo de instituciones y personas. Desde la Municipalidad de Puerto Montt, a la Universidad de Chile, desde el Gobierno a Televisión Nacional, desde las grandes empresas, a los colaboradores privados y anónimos, todos, año a año, hacen su aporte para que este proyecto no sólo se mantenga, sino que mejore permanentemente.

Cumplir 18 años es, en nuestra cultura, señal de adultez. Los Temporales Teatrales son ya un festival adulto, un adulto inquieto y vivaz, que nunca deja de sorprendernos, que nos abre una ventana para mirar el mundo a través del teatro, y que nos permite también ser vistos con interés desde el resto del país y desde el exterior.
Cómo no sentirnos alegres, entonces, por esta mayoría de edad que nuestros Temporales festejan durante 2007.

Los invito, entonces, a celebrar esta fiesta del teatro, y a conocer los logros de esta experiencia única, que corona el esfuerzo y el compromiso de instituciones públicas, de empresas privadas, y fundamentalmente, de una comunidad que hoy reconoce a los Temporales Teatrales como un espacio fundamental no sólo para las artes escénicas, sino también para el desarrollo de la sociedad.

Rabindranath Quinteros Lara
Alcalde de Puerto Montt

http://www.temporalesteatrales.cl

The Festival is traditionally a competitive meeting of youth and adult amateur theatre of high artistic quality, of experimental attitude and strong audience appeal.

The Festival hosts daily workshops by theatre artists of high reputation. Workshopping possibilities are open to all groups and artists.


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Since 1978 "Focus" has been arranged biennially in Austrian federal states. After 1984 and 1992 (both times in Wörgl) this international amateur theatre festival will again take place in the Tyrol in 2010. Focus brings outstanding productions of non‐professional theatre groups to the stage, in which primarily the variety of amateur theatre will be shown. Therefore puppet theatre e.g. is as welcome as clown theatre, youth theatre, folk drama etc. The production should not be dominated by the text in order to give the international audience the possibility to follow the plot.


http://www.theater-focus.at/

At the end of June, the latest crop of performing artists will flood the city of Amsterdam and celebrate the twentyfirst edition of the ITs Festival Amsterdam. Actors, dancers, singers, mime artists, (film) directors and other performing artists will make their first appearance at the ITs theatres.
The ITs Festival Amsterdam is the biggest European festival where you can scout over 200 theatre talents in more than 70 unique productions. It is a wonderful opportunity to catch a glimpse of how the performing arts will look in the coming years. Alongside the productions, the festival programme is filled with inspiring debates, workshops and talk shows, ending every day with the famous ITs afterparty.
You’re bound to be impressed by the great energy, sincerity and candour of the young theatre makers’ efforts to realise their dreams – straight from the heart and with unique faith and determination.


http://www.itsfestivalamsterdam.com

We invite children’s theatre, children’s dance and children’s circus groups from 18 countries. These groups are to be sugges- ted by the corresponding special institu- tions and umbrella organisations of their countries. From each country and pro- duction 15 children and two accompanying persons are invited. Another six children/ young people of each invited country participating in the festival can take part in additional performances that will take place on the open-air stage (Stage of Dreams) and in the Park of Dreams.

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http://www.weltkindertheaterfest.de / http://www.world-festival.de