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Nordic Showcase & Drama Forum, 5 – 10 August 2008 Location: Centre for practice as research in theatre (Tutkivan teatterityön keskus), Hämeenpuisto 28 D, Tampere
DT: Demo Teatteri / SR: Seminar Room / AD: Auditorium Please visit www.teatterikesa.fi for the programme of the Tampere Theatre Festival 2008 and for detailed descriptions of the productions and additional information about the festival. Tuesday 5.8. 9.30 Arrivals / Registration opens 10.00-12.00 (DT) Master Class on Scene Study with Modern American Plays I
with Carey Perloff, artistic director of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco (signing up with the Finnish Theatre Information Centre compulsory due to limited number of participants) 12.00-13.00 Opening of the Tampere Theatre Festival, Old Library Park 13.00-15.00 (DT) Master Class on Scene Study with Modern American Plays II (continuation)
with Carey Perloff, artistic director of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco 13.00-15.00 (AD) Theatre as Social Intervention: Nordic - African connections
Discussion with Prof. Jean-Pierre Guingané, ITI African regional office, Burkina Faso 15.00-16.30: Reception by the City of Tampere at the Vapriikki Museum Centre (admission with invitation card only) Festival performances Wednesday 6.8. Theme: New World – New Voices – New Drama 9.30 Registration, coffee/tea 10.00-15.00 (DT) Teksti – Finnish Playwrights’ Network Meeting (in Finnish) 10.00-12.00 (SR 1) Voices, Identities and Cultures in Nordic Theatre
Panel discussion in cooperation with Pohjola Norden, moderated by Ritva Siikala with Mikael Wranell, Åsa Simma, Ellen Horn, Polina Kopylova, Kitte Wagner, Martin Musto 10.00-12.00 (SR 2) Trends and Themes of Contemporary Plays in Russia, the Baltic Countries and the US
with Pavel Shishin (literary director, Omsk State Drama 5th Theatre, Russia), Pavel Rudnev (Meyerhold Centre, Russia), Jeff Johnson (Brevard Community College, Florida, researcher and writer about theatre in the Baltic countries), Heidi Aadma (Estonian Theatre Agency), Audronis Liuga (Theatre and Cinema Info Centre, Lithuania), Ieva Zole (theatre critic, researcher, literary adviser at the National Theatre, Latvia), Carey Perloff (artistic director, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco) 12.00-13.00: Buffet Lunch 13.00-15.00 (SR 2) Gender Equality in Theatre Life and Repertoires
moderated by Anna Carlson with Kent Sjöström, Ann Mari Engel, Ingrid Kyrö, Ulla Svedin, Anna Simberg 13.00-15.00 (SR 1) Trends and Themes of Contemporary Plays in the Nordic Countries
with Hlín Agnarsdóttir, Knut Ove Arntzen, Birgitte Hesselaa, Margareta Sörenson, Satu Rasila 15.30-17.00 (DT) Reading of the Danish candidate play for the Drama Award by Stjärnfall (in Swedish)
Peter Asmussen: Om et øjeblik
followed by a discussion with the writer led by Heino Byrgesen Festival performances Thursday 7.8. Theme: Mobility Toolkits for New Drama 9.30 Registration, coffee/tea 10.00-10.10 (SR 1) Opening and Welcome Words from the Nordic Council of Ministers by Bergljót Jónsdóttir and Birgitta Englin 10.10-10.30 (SR 1) Fact Sheet: How mobile are Nordic plays?
The current situation of the mobility of drama in the Nordic countries, presented by Marianne Möller 10.30-12.30 (SR 1) Trafficking Drama – Mission Impossible?
Panel discussion about models and best practices for the Nordic and international promotion of plays with drama agencies, dramatists’ unions, information centres and Drama Bridge, moderated by Lærke Reddersen 12.30-13.30 Buffet Lunch 13.30-15.30 (SR 1) Networks as Tools for Mobility
Panel: dramaturgs, directors, playwrights, translators and other theatre practitioners in dialogue, moderated by Birgitta Englin, with New Nordic Dramaturg Network, Nationella Dramaturgiatet (Riksteatern), Nordic Dramatists’ Union, NSIR, NTU, new upcoming networks and network funding (Kulturkontakt Nord) 15.30-17.00 (DT) Det osynliga written by Jacob Hirdwall and performed by Jonas Kruse followed by a discussion about Nordic policies on cultural export moderated by Riitta Seppälä, with Jacob Hirdwall and Jonas Kruse Festival performances including the Finnish candidate play for the Drama Award Fundamentalisturin, 19.00-21.30 (followed by a discussion with the writer) 22.00 Nordic Theatre Union 70 Years Anniversary Party
Restaurant Finlayson Palace, Kuninkaankatu 1 Friday 8.8. Theme: Artistic Toolkits for New Drama 9.30 Registration, coffee/tea 10.00-12.00 (SR 1) Toolkits for New Drama I
A series of short talks introducing different working methods, projects currently in progress and phenomena, i.e. Nya pjäser – Nya världar (New Plays – New Worlds), C:NTACT, Det Åpne Teater, Dramatiker Væksthus, KOM-teksti, Labbet, NY TEXT! (NEW TEXT!), Theatre Academy Finland (education of dramatists), moderated by Gustav Tegby and Hávar Sigurjónsson 12.00-13.00 Buffet Lunch 13.00-14.15 (SR 1) Toolkits for New Drama II (continuation)
A series of short talks introducing different working methods, projects currently in progress and phenomena, moderated by Gustav Tegby and Hávar Sigurjónsson 13.00-14.00 (SR 2) The Critic’s Role in the New Media Landscape
moderated by Margareta Sörenson, with Ragnheidur Skuladottir, Ida Lou Larsen, Tomas Jansson 14.15-15.15 (SR 1) Nordic Values – What do we have in common?
A discussion moderated by Raija-Sinikka Rantala, chair person of NTU, with Aino Freyja Järvelä, Ann Mari Engel and others, followed by the NTU Assembly Meeting (open to all) 15.30–17.00 (DT) Reading of the Icelandic candidate play for the Drama Award (in English), directed by Hanna Ojala
Bjarni Jónsson: Mishap!
followed by a discussion with the writer led by Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir Festival performances including the Finnish candidate play for the Drama Award Fundamentalisturin, 15.30-18.00 Saturday 9.8. Understanding New Drama beyond the Writing Desk 9.30 Registration, coffee/tea 10.00-11.30 (SR 1) Taboos and Many Faces of Censorship in Theatre
with Hans Andreas Sølvarå, Egill Heidar Anton Pálsson, Jacob Hirdwall, Geir Sveaass 11.30-12.00 Award Ceremony 12.00-13.00 Nordic Theatre Union 70 Years Reception 13.00 – 14.30 (DT) Reading of the Swedish candidate play for the Drama Award by Sirius Teatern & Teater 90° (in Swedish)
Sara Stridsberg: Valerie Jean Solanas ska bli president i Amerika
followed by a discussion with the writer Festival performances Farewell Party
Sunday, 10.8.
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