Festivals

The international Fadjr festival is the most important theatrical annual event on late January and early February every year, which coincides with Islamic revolution’s victory. This festival has been the most all read facade of Iranian theatre throughout years and with special concern for human’s profound implication has always been open towards all subjects.

The 30th international Fadjr festival will be held in Tehran from January 25th to February 11th, 2012.

Director’s Notification
Once again theatre with the common language of faces, sounds, figures, lights, colors and dreams reunions us.
Scientific and research views, drastic tent to the native traits and also producing plays with contemporary social views, reflecting high social valor, emphasizing on the development and gradation of provincial theatre and discovering young and unknown talents, translation and exposition of new and effective methods along with un-centralization with the goal of partnership and subjective parts are among the most important points in the 30th international Fadjr festival.
We hope to get valuable experiences by the company of all artists, educated people and media.

International Division
With aim of joining international theatre artists and masters, theatre groups from all around the world, take part in a specific category, where the general public are given the opportunity to meet the festivities.
This leads to getting acquainted with higher standards set by an internationality renowned festival.
-Theatre groups who are interested in participation in this festival may send their documents, indicated below, by mail, e-mail or fax till the end of November 2011:

-Performance DVD (as your performance) -Tel / fax
-Performance pictures -E-mail
-Director’s picture and biography -Website
-Story summery -Add


International Theatre Contest
With the goal of making a background for cultural exchanges between Iranian and foreign theatre groups and also in order to provide a meritorious pattern for young artists, the secretariat of 30th international Fadjr festival will hold international theatre contest.

-Plays which will attend this part will be selected by selection committee among all the accepted plays in other parts of festival, which means they can attend in their specific part and international contest at the same time.

-The festival’ secretariat will announce the list of selected groups on January 2012.


International Theatre Market
Iranian theatre rises up from a society which has lots of thoughts and things to say and deserves a higher place in world’s performance art.

To reach that level the presence of international presenters and festival programmers from all around the world is a big step for introducing Iran’s diverse theatre and can create the opportunity of more international appearances for Iranian groups.

With highest hopes for Iranian dramatic art we are looking forward to having an established place in universal theatre family’s calendar.

Looking forward to hearing from you.


Yours Faithfully,

rahmat amini

La 23e édition des Rencontres Théâtrales de Lyon se tiendra du 6 au 10 février 2012.
Ce festival international de théâtre amateur est organisé par des élèves de l'ENTPE (Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat).
Il est ouvert aux troupes francophones du monde entier. Chaque soir, deux pièces sont jouées devant une salle comble, les ReuTeuLeu se poursuivent ensuite par des soirées dans le foyer-bar de l'école jusqu'au bout de la nuit. Cette semaine riche en émotion est une expérience souvent très appréciée par les troupes qui sont logées et nourris tout au long de leur séjour parmi nous.

The Presidency of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University and Faculty of Law in Fez, Morocco, co-organize between April 4th and April 7th, 2012 the 7th edition of the Fez Festival of University Theatre. This year, the festival resumes its international programming after devoting the previous edition to host the Festival of Arab University Theatre organized in Arab countries.
The organizing committee of the Fez Festival receives participation files of university theatre teams wishing to participate in the present edition. Hence, please forward the candidate files including the following:


* Application letter signed by the president of the participating university institution
* Entry form of the Festival
* Photos of the play
* Record of the play

The festival organizes an official competition between university plays along with holding meetings with artists and theatre workshops supervised by specialists. Further, the festival gathers in its theatre forum critics and artists to intellectually debate issues related to theatre, in collaboration with the Association of Theatre Critics in Morocco.
Entry forms can be downloaded from the web site of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University using the following link: http://www.usmba.ac.ma.fut7
The organizing committee is responsible for managing the arrival and departure of teams to and from the airport of Fès-Sais, ensuring accommodation and food for 7 members from each participating team. The participating teams, instead, guarantee the costs of their trips along with the expenses of its participants’ accommodation and food over 7 individuals.

Iran International Festival of University Theater is the most reliable and the biggest academic theater festival, also the oldest one in Iran. This festival is held by cultural affairs’ administrative of ministry of Cul- ture, Guidance and Administration.
IIFUT is a well-known festival in Iran and abroad. It’s indebted to the last 14 periods of festivals and also the support of students, professors and the authorities.
IIFUT attempt to lead students to be dynamic and progressive with using of its past records and precious experiences and also looking into the future to strengthen the scientific, cultural and artistic basis.
The other cases:
The rules and conditions
The requiring documents:
IIFUT will perform with the capacity of 100 per- formances and includes the following parts:
1. The competition of Scene plays between the Theater students
2. The competition of Scene plays between the students of other fields
3. The specific part for professors (Theater’s teachers)
4. Street performance (Traditional Theater)
5. The radio show
6. The play reading
7. The research competition (title: Contemporary Theater of Iran, 1978-2012)
8. The play writing 9. prize thesis
10. Posters 11. The International section
THE INTERNATIONAL SECTION
“The 15th Iran International Festival of University Theater”
• The secretariat of “IIFUT” will hold the international section with educational and research look and the goal of interacting viewpoints and different cultural and artistic experiences between students, professors and other countries.
• And also having cooperation with festivals and universities abroad (specially the famous festivals) that is the main goal of this part and is the priority of secretariat for select and invite the foreign groups.
• The international section of the festival holds in cooperate with cultural center of the embassies that participate in.
• The high quality performances which are not in contrast with Islamic rules will perform in Festival.
Explanation:
After announcing the results, the secretariat will notify the conditions and regularities of Islamic republic of Iran to the groups.
• The applicants of International part should be students, graduated persons, or the teachers of schools, colleges, or universities of abroad.
Explanation:
a. The students and teachers with Iranian nation- ality who are educated in abroad can participate in this part, in condition of production the perfor- mance in the country of origin.
b. The letter of introduction could be issue from their academic center or wherever they studied.
1. Scene plays
2. Street plays and outdoor performances (tradi- tional performance)
* The international part is not competitive.
* Each applicant could present 3 performances to review.
* The applicants should send the CD-DVD of their play in 3 copies, and post them to the secretariat of the Festival till 02/18/2012.
* The result of review will announce on 02/25/2012
* The location, time and the number of performing will assign by the secretariat of the Festival and also agreement with directors.
* The secretariat of the Festival will take the re- sponsibility of accommodation groups.
* The secretariat of the Festival will take the responsibility of applying for eligible groups’ visa. The priority to select and invite them depend on their embassies whether they undertake to trans- fer them.
* sending the application means awareness and acceptance of the all rules of Islamic Republic of Iran.
1. Fill the application form and mail it,
2. A personal picture of director,
3. The summary of the director’s artistic Resume,
4. The summary of the play or plot,
5. Letter of introduction (director) from the aca- demic center,
6. A copy of CD-DVD of the play
Explanation:
a. The applicants could get the application forms through the Festival’s website.
b. The application form and the other documents could be sent by post or through the E-mail.
1. The plays show the cultural and social condi- tions.
2. The experimental, creative and low-personage plays to show the most qualitative performance and also with the least facilities.
3. The outdoor plays and performances most qualitative and have low-personage.
4. The silent plays and the most famous one.
5. Plays produce with the students-teachers coop- eration.
6. Plays is participated and selected in interna- tional festivals.
7. Plays are known by one of the academic cent- ers abroad.
Explanation:
a. The groups are supported by the cultural center of their countries embassy select better than the other one.
b. The groups undertake the responsibility of transfer price themselves select better than the other one.
The secretariat of the 15th international festival of University Theatre welcomes any suggestion and cooperation in holding these parts:
a. Workshops:
Different workshops will hold before or during the festival by foreign and Iranian professors. Subject of the workshops and the form of them suggested by foreign professors is checked by the secretariat of the festival.
b. Producing performances by teachers and students together
Some plays will be produced and performed in the time of festival. Any suggestion can be useful.
c. Support of Iranian students, graduated stu- dents and professors abroad:
All Iranian acting applicants, including those living abroad are welcome to participate in the interna- tional section of festival. The applicants should produce a play with the persons in country of origin.

Festival de théâtre international étudiant à HEC Paris. Dans un amphithéâtre de près de 500 places, les troupes jouent leurs pièces devant les élèves de HEC mais aussi des personnes extérieures, et surtout un jury de professionnels (comédiens, critiques, metteurs en scène...). Nous disposons d'un système de sur-titrage pour les étrangers. L'hébergement et les repas se font sur le campus de HEC Paris. Pour participer, un seul critère : être une troupe d'étudiants amateurs de théâtre. Les résultats de la sélection seront disponibles vers la mi-Décembre.

This fifth Anniversary of the International Theatre Festival "Faces without Masks" will offer to it theater audience an unusual theatrical experiences of all world meridians. The main focus that this festival gain is to promote the alternative, the innovative and experimental theater, created by young authors around the world. The aim is to present the best of theatrical aesthetics in the world. Additionally this year, we will organize a theater workshop held by professional theater workers, and for the best, the festival will award three prizes for which an international jury will decide.

DESCRIPCIÓN:
El Festival Internacional de Teatro Aficionado EMILIO APARICIO es un evento del Ministerio de Cultura de la República Dominicana, que asumiendo su compromiso con el estímulo, la difusión y el fomento de la actividad teatral nacional, tanto en la labor dramatúrgica como en la creación de nuevas agrupaciones teatrales en todo el territorio nacional, hace homenaje a Don Emilio Aparicio, considerado el Padre del moderno teatro dominicano.

OBJETIVOS:
El Festival Internacional de Teatro EMILIO APARICIO se propone los siguientes objetivos:
• Promover la creación de nuevos públicos.
• Contribuir con la creación del tejido teatral dominicano.
• Fomentar la creación y el desarrollo de nuevas agrupaciones de teatro en las provincias y
municipios del país, priorizando aquellos lugares en los que la actividad teatral está menos desarrollada.
• Incentivar la creación dramatúrgica nacional.
• Elevar el nivel de las agrupaciones teatrales a través de cursos y talleres de actualización teatral.
• Crear vínculos de interrelación entre las agrupaciones nacionales e internacionales, a fin de que
los jóvenes creadores tengan una visión más amplia sobre el quehacer teatral.
• Crear un espacio de reflexión sobre la función social del teatro aficionado en tiempos de
globalización.
• Reconocer la dedicación de los maestros del teatro dominicano y latinoamericano que
han contribuido con la formación de los creadores escénicos nacionales, entre otros.




CONVOCATORIA

El Ministerio de Cultura de la República Dominicana, a través del Centro Cultural Narciso González, convoca por este medio a las agrupaciones teatrales populares, nacionales e internacionales de teatro aficionado, a presentar sus propuestas de participación en el XII Festival Internacional de Teatro Aficionado Emilio Aparicio 2012, que se realizará del 1ero. al 31 de marzo de 2011, en conmemoración del Mes del Teatro, en la ciudad de Santo Domingo, Capital de la República Dominicana, teniendo como sede principal el Teatro Monina Solá, del Centro Cultural Narciso González.

Podrán participar agrupaciones teatrales populares aficionadas de instituciones públicas y privadas, de clubes sociales y culturales, escolares y grupos universitarios, con montajes de estreno y/o reestreno que no hayan participado en anteriores versiones del Festival Emilio Aparicio.

Las agrupaciones, productores y directores interesados pueden recoger el formulario de inscripción en horario de 9:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m., de lunes a viernes, en la Dirección General o en el Departamento de Mercadeo Cultural del Centro Cultural Narciso González, ubicado en la Calle Américo Lugo Esq. Marcos Adón, Villa Juana, Santo Domingo, D. N., o solicitarlo vía correo electrónico escribiendo a o al ; también puede solicitar información llamando a los teléfonos 809-686-0754 y 809-682-1517.

La recepción de propuestas de participación queda abierta desde la publicación de la presente convocatoria y cierra el día 03 de febrero del 2012, a las 5:00 PM. Las solicitudes de participación nacionales, así como las internacionales, pueden enviarse por correo postal a la siguiente dirección: Festival Internacional de Teatro Aficionado Emilio Aparicio, Centro Cultural Narciso González, Calle Américo Lugo esq. Marcos Adón, Villa Juana, Santo Domingo, D. N., República Dominicana, o enviarse por correo electrónico a los arriba indicados.


BASES:

1. Tienen derecho a participar todas las agrupaciones de teatro de aficionados nacionales
y de extranjeros con residencia en el país.

2. Todas las agrupaciones teatrales internacionales de teatro de aficionados.

3. No podrán participar las agrupaciones cuyo director o productor sea:

• Empleado del Centro Cultural Narciso González,
• Guarde alguna relación con algún miembro del Jurado,
• Se relacione con algún miembro de la Comisión de Selección o del Equipo de Producción del Festival.

PÁRRAFO I:
DE LOS PARTICIPANTES NACIONALES Y EXTRANJEROS:

Llamamos aficionadas a las agrupaciones conformadas por personas que dedican parte de su tiempo libre al teatro, pero que no devengan ingresos por su labor en el arte dramático, aunque sean dirigidas por directores profesionales o de reconocida trayectoria, tales como: agrupaciones teatrales de instituciones públicas y privadas, de clubes sociales y culturales, escolares, grupos universitarios, agrupaciones de iglesias y agrupaciones teatrales independientes cuyos miembros no tengan la actividad teatral por oficio remunerativo.



1.1. Las producciones deberán tener una duración máxima de 1 hora y treinta minutos (1 ½ hora), y un mínimo de cuarenta y cinco (45) minutos.

1.2. El tema, estilo y contenido de la obra son de la completa libertad de la agrupación proponente.

1.3. Las agrupaciones proponentes deben suministrar imágenes de la obra en DVD, fotos a 300 dpi de resolución, recortes de periódicos, sinopsis de la pieza, reseña histórica del grupo, reparto o composición del elenco, duración de la obra, requerimientos técnicos, edad del publico a que va dirigida, tiempo de montaje y desmontaje, etc., si la obra ya ha sido estrenada.

1.4. Las agrupaciones, tanto nacionales como internacionales, que propongan estrenos, deberán enviar un DVD de la pieza a cámara fija y sin efectos de edición. Las agrupaciones nacionales coordinarán con la Comisión de Selección para que se evalúe su propuesta escénica. Este es un requisito imprescindible para la participación.

1.5. Las agrupaciones podrán presentar sólo una propuesta para su participación.

1.6 Los actores, actrices, directores, productores, no podrán participar en más de una obra o producción. La violación a esta disposición descalifica su participación en el evento, debiendo el/los beneficiario/s devolver toda declaratoria y dinero recibido por su participación, alojamiento y viáticos, así como cualquiera de los premios o menciones, en caso de resultar ganador/es en cualquiera de los renglones de este concurso.

1.7 No podrán participar las producciones y/o montajes que hayan participado en anteriores versiones del Festival Emilio Aparicio. Esta disposición tiene como objetivo fomentar la creatividad y la diversidad escénica de las compañías y grupos participantes.

1.8 Conforme a los objetivos del Festival Internacional de Teatro Aficionado EMILIO APARICIO, las agrupaciones deberán presentar obras de autores nacionales o internacionales de reconocida trayectoria. En caso de creaciones colectivas o de noveles autores, conjuntamente con el formulario de inscripción debidamente rellenado, deberán anexar una copia del texto del espectáculo. De no cumplir con este requisito, la solicitud será dada como no recibida.

PÁRRAFO II:
DE LAS AGRUPACIONES INTERNACIONALES

2.1 Las agrupaciones internacionales deben acogerse a los acápites 3 de las BASES y 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 y 1.7 de esta convocatoria, contenidos en al PÁRRAFO I.

2.2 El Festival Internacional de Teatro Aficionado Emilio Aparicio sólo cubre alojamiento, alimentación y transportación local a los grupos internacionales. NO CUBRE BOLETOS AÉREOS.

2.3 Las agrupaciones internacionales, en ningún caso, deberán pasar de seis (6) personas, incluyendo el personal técnico.

2.4 El Ministerio de Cultura aportará un caché a cada grupo internacional de US$500.00 (quinientos dólares norteamericanos) o su equivalente en pesos dominicanos, por tres (3) funciones de su espectáculo en el evento, para las categorías (a), (b) y (c) (teatro infantil, teatro juvenil y teatro para adultos), a las agrupaciones conformadas de cuatro (4) a seis (6) personas, y US$300.00 (trescientos dólares norteamericanos) o su equivalente en pesos dominicanos, en esta misma categoría, para las agrupaciones conformadas por hasta tres (3) personas por igual número de funciones, además de alojamiento, transportación interna y alimentación durante su participación en el festival.

2.5 Se establece un aporte de US$300.00 (trescientos dólares norteamericanos) o su equivalente en pesos dominicanos por tres (3) funciones de su espectáculo en el evento, para la categoría (d) (monólogos y unipersonales), además de alojamiento, transportación interna y alimentación durante su participación en el festival.


PÁRRAFO III:
DE LAS CATEGORIAS DE PARTICIPACIÓN:
a) Teatro para adultos
b) Teatro infantil
c) Teatro Juvenil
d) Monólogos y unipersonales


PÁRRAFO IV:
DE LOS PREMIOS A OTORGAR:
3.1. Se otorgarán tres (3) premios por categoría, consistentes en: 1er. PREMIO RD$75,000.00, 2do. PREMIO RD$50,000.00 y 3er. PREMIO RD$25,000.00, para las categorías (a), (b) y (c) (Teatro Infantil, Teatro Juvenil y Teatro para Adultos); y 1er. PREMIO RD$25,000.00, 2do. PREMIO RD$15,000.00 y 3er. PREMIO RD$10,000.00, para la categoría (d) (monólogos y unipersonales).

3.2. Se otorgarán tres (3) Menciones de Honor por categoría, las cuales recibirán RD$10,000.00 cada una en las categorías (a), (b) y (c); y tres Menciones de Honor de RD$5,000.00 para la categoría (d) (Monólogos y unipersonales).

3.3. Habrá un Jurado integrado por especialistas en la materia y su decisión será inapelable.

3.4. La participación en éste evento implica la aceptación de las cláusulas de esta Convocatoria y sus Bases.

PÁRRAFO V:

Se instituye un Premio para las agrupaciones internacionales de RD$75,000.00 (setenta y cinco mil pesos dominicanos) o su equivalente en dólares norteamericanos en cada una de las tres primeras categorías (a), (b) y (c); de igual manera se establece un Premio de RD$25,000.00 (veinticinco mil pesos dominicanos) o su equivalente en dólares norteamericanos para la categoría (d) (monólogos y unipersonales.

DE LAS AGRUPACIONES NACIONALES:
Los grupos nacionales recibirán RD$15,000.00 (quince mil pesos con 00/100), por dos (2) funciones de su espectáculo, en las categorías (a), (b) y (c); y de RD$5,000.00 (cinco mil pesos con 00/100) por dos (2) funciones de su espectáculo, en la categoría (d) (Monólogos y unipersonales), a título de aporte a la creación. A las agrupaciones del interior del país además se les cubrirá alojamiento, alimentación y la transportación desde y hacia su comunidad.

Todos los premios y las menciones recibirán Certificado de Premiación.

*LAS SOLICITUDES INCOMPLETAS SERÁN DADAS COMO NO RECIBIDAS.

The next month of March, between the days 12 and 17, the XVIII edition of our International Festival of University Theatre will take place. Along these years we had the opportunity to recieve very different works that came from different places of the world: Morocco, Norway, Germany, Mexico, Lithuania, Italy, Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, Belgium and Scotland, as well as from almost all Spanish universities that hold theatrical production and from schools of dramatic art.

Le Festival de Cour à Jardin aura lieu au début du printemps, du 28 mars au 5 avril 2012. Réservez dès à présent une place dans votre agenda...

Cet intense moment consacré à la création théâtrale universitaire est un instant privilégié pour faire de belles découvertes ! De Cour à Jardin met à l'honneur le théâtre universitaire dans tout ce qu'il a de plus précieux : la recherche, l'expérimentation de nouvelles formes scénographiques et d'interprétation, etc...

The University Theatre of Franche Comté was founded in October 1986, and during the following two years it performed its own plays in France and abroad. But rather than simply responding each time to particular invitations, we decided in 1990 to inaugurate our own International Student Theatre Festival, and since then we have welcomed here scores of student groups from France and elsewhere.

The Festival is an exciting event each year for all those who participate and also for a wider public in and around Besançon.

During the week of the international meeting, there are plays and we organise some events ( conferences- demonstrations, workshop...).

Dear friends and colleagues,



For the 19th time international theatre festival Unidram 2012 will take place in Potsdam/ Germany, Oktober 30th – November 3th.



Once again we will be inviting 12 theatre companies to Potsdam. And once again Unidram will provide a forum for independent theatre, a site of encounter for diverse theatrical forms. Not only will there be a focus on theatre which is modern and innovative in content or in form, but also on intercultural dialogue. Indeed, it is not just about the respective productions but about an intensive exchange, about fostering personal and long term relationships between artists and cultures. Applications containing detailed information (application form on http://www.unidram.de) as well as a DVD may be submitted to



UNIDRAM
T-Werk e.V.

Postfach 900109

14437 Potsdam



http://www.unidram.de

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Unidram/112766335467377

During a whole week of creative interaction, Theater Makers from different parts of the world will have the opportunity to share and get acquainted with new working methods and ideas, regarding the following three sectors: Acting, Movement and Voice.


The festival’s program is the following:



Sunday June 24th
Arrival day


Monday June 25th – Friday June 29th


11.00-14.00 Workshops


14.00-15.00 Lunch break


15.00-18.00 Workshops


18.00-18.30 coffee break


18.30 -19.30 Discussion & Presentation


Saturday June 30th
Excursion to Epidaurus


Sunday July 1st Departure day


In.F.o.Ma.T.’s preparation plan will be completed in two phases:



• The first phase - completed by March 31st 2012 - regards the INVITATION for TEACHERS. Teachers are considered all acting, movement and voice teachers. Their response will finalize the festival’s syllabus which will be announced no later than April 30th 2012.

• The second phase - which will be completed by June 20th 2012 - regards the INVITATION for PARTICIPANTS. Participants are considered all those interested in attending the festival’s workshops.



English will be the official language of the festival.





INVITATION for TEACHERS



Theater of Changes invites acting, movement and voice teachers to take part in the 8th International Festival of Making Theater (In.F.o.Ma.T.) which will be held in Athens, Greece, June 24th - July 1st 2012, at the Theater of Changes, 19a, Tritis Septemvriou str, 104 32, Athens, Greece.



The selected teachers will have the opportunity to present their work three times to a different group of participants each time, over a three-hour workshop. Furthermore, teachers - in their turn - will be able to witness and keep themselves updated with other teachers' methods and working techniques.



The selection will be completed in three phases:


a) All teachers should express their interest by sending an
email to with all the necessary information (short CV, workshop
description, max 50 words).

b) Agreeing with the terms and conditions that will be emailed
back, teachers should send the official Application Form no later than March 31st 2012.

c) Having sent the official Application Form, the selected
teachers will receive the final confirmation of their participation at
the Festival.

This foreword of the 12th edition of the International Non Professional Theatre Festival of Girona is meant to express the unique melange of shared emotions, magical afternoons and evenings of theatre, strengthened friendships that we watched blossom and grow and mesmerizing human experiences; all the same, it speaks about the effort and illusion of the worldwide unforgettable theatre proposals, of the fruitful theatre exchanges throughout the year, of premiere nights full of anxiety, and of valuable co productions created in our city with the help of all the FITAG team and the institutions that sponsor it, of which some are still performed.



Now, more than ever, all of us who support and manage this prestigious international theatre event, would like to focus our attention on those who have not yet been convinced by our project, passing on to them the FITAG spirit. An international non professional theatre festival is a window on the world for all those who cannot count on the support of a professional industry to publicize and support them outside their local environment. It rewards the invisible efforts, that are rarely acknowledged and it represents a much more important publicity tool for our city than many would consider.



On the occasion of the 12th edition of FITAG, we will put aside the economic crisis, the money and the social cuts. Time is out of joint, as Hamlet says, and out of solidarity with the times we are living, FITAG also takes a step back regarding its content. Nevertheless, it conveys the same ideas and values that make it more than a theatre festival: it is a standard, a showcase, an agora, a tool, a party, a prize, a city - a different way of understanding amateur theatre dynamics in our region.



Under the guise of internationality, we organize an annual meeting to watch the best harvest of the Girona amateur theatre. Once again, I suggest you approach FITAG free of any prejudices and willing to share let yourself spellbound. If after these five intense summer days you have touched happiness with your fingertips, it will all have been worthwhile. Long live theatre and long live FITAG.