• Intro
    • Company History
    • Mission and Artistic Policy
    • People
    • Vacancies
    • PAST PRODUCTIONS
    • Hannah and Hannah
    • Club Asylum
    • Crime and Punishment in Dalston
    • Fathers and Eggs & The Wild Girl
    • Young Europe
    • Sweetpeter
    • Theatre Cafe
    • Virgins
    • RISK
    • Theatre Cafe Europe
    • Truckstop
    • Theatre Cafe Sweden
    • CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
    • Theatre Cafe Festival 2008
    • This Child
    • PAST PROJECTS
    • Asylum Seeker Narratives
    • Gap Theatre Project
    • Project R
    • Swedish Readings
    • Young Angels Theatremakers
    • Young Angels - new writing for children
    • Young Angels - Directors, Designers and Writers
    • Young Directors Programme
    • CURRENT PROJECTS
    • Young Angels Theatremakers 2008
    • Gap Kennet
    • Gap Teacher Training
    • Press Hannah & Hanna
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    • Press Virgins
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    • Press RISK
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    • Map and Directions

THEATRE CAFÉ EUROPE

UK premieres of some fo the most exciting work for young people in Europe today. Two weeks of performances, readings, workshops and events

From 9th – 21st October, Company of Angels transformed the Clore Studio at the Unicorn Theatre into a unique, intimate, candle-lit performance space to present eleven new plays for young people from across Europe.

Artistic Directors: John Retallack / Ben Harrison
Associate Directors: Anthony Banks / Max Key
Designer: Liz Cooke
Lighting design: Mark Dymock
Print Design: Carey Marks

Cast: Steven Beard, William El-Gardi, Rachel Edwards, Wendy Nottingham, Toyin Omari-Kinch, Christopher Staines, Gehane Strehler, James Daniel Wilson


Company Stage Manager: Jennifer Lewin
Assistant Company Stage Manager: Zenia Bond
International Symposium Co-ordinator: Mark Brickman
International Youth Encounter Co-ordinator: Sophie Lifschutz


Programme:
Bats by Jaime Rocha (Portugal)
Blowing by Jeroen van den Berg (Holland)
Colors by Peca Stefan (Romania)
Do you like Porn? by Klas Abrahamsson (Sweden)
Helver's Night by Ingmar Villqist (Poland)
In Memoriam by Hanneke Paauwe (Belgium)
Invasion! by Jonas Hassen Khemiri (Sweden)
Respect by Lutz Huebner (Germany)
So young, so blonde, so totally confused by Gerda Dendooven (Belgium)
The Real Elvis by Urmas Vadi (Estonia)
This Child by joel Pommerat (France)


International Symposium                                            
12th - 13th October
In co-production with the Unicorn Theatre.
The Theatre Cafe Europe International Symposium brought together writers, directors, translators, producers and programmers to watch and discuss some of the most exciting work for young people currently being performed in Europe.


International Youth Encounter                                      
17th - 21st October
Over the course of four days, youth groups from Estonia, Holland, France and the UK met for a series of workshops and performances.

For a full evaluation report, please click here.

For more information on the plays featured in all four events, authors' interviews, script excerpts and video footage of the readings, please visit 
www.theatrecafe.eu


Supported by:
The Culture 2000 Programme of the European Union
Arts Council England
The Foyle Foundation
Goethe-Institut London
The Romanian Cultural Institute
The Embassy of Sweden
The Flemish Literature Fund
The Embassy of the Royal Kingdom of the Netherlands
The Estonian Embassy

An ASSITEJ International Project in association with Writernet and the National Theatre.