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THEATRE CAFE FESTIVAL 2008
Dates: 10 – 15 November 2008
International Symposium: 13 - 15 November 2008
Partners: Southwark Playhouse, Unicorn Theatre, The Junction, Cambridge, Pilot Theatre
Supported by: Arts Council England, Embassy of Sweden, Goethe-Institut,
Pro Helvetia, Embassy of the Royal Kingdom of the Netherlands,
The Stage
Curated by: Teresa Ariosto & John Retallack
Artistic Director: John Retallack
Associate Directors: Mia Theil Have, Max Webster
Assistant Director: Brenda Murphy
Designer: Liz Cooke
Lighting Design: Mark Dymock
The Theatre Café Festival 2008 featured 2 new productions, 5 new European plays presented in staged rehearsed readings in the unique Theatre Café setting, the International Symposium and the Young Angels Theatremakers Award (2008) featuring Swedish hit play Invasion!
Events took place at both the Unicorn Theatre and Southwark Playhouse.
Festival Programme:
Productions:
This Child by Joel Pommerat, translated by Nigel Gearing
in association with The Junction and Pilot Theatre
Norway.Today by Igor Bauersima, translated by Marlene Norst adapted and produced by Imploding Fictions (winners of the Young Angels Theatremakers Award 2007)
Readings:
5 new European plays for young people:
Sense by Anja Hilling (Germany)
Nightblind by Darja Stocker (Switzerland)
Sandholm by Anna Bro (Denmark)
Bulger by Klaas Tindemans (Belgium) and
Headcase by Esther Gerritsen (Holland)
Young Angels Theatremakers Award 2008:
Invasion! by Jonas Hassen Khemiri
A £20,000 award to develop and produce the UK premiere of this Swedish hit play in association with The Junction and Soho Theatre. Supported by the Embassy of Sweden.
Theatre Cafe Festival Young Ambassadors:
A group of 9 students from the BRIT School of Performing Arts attended all readings and performances prior to the International Symposium and passed on their feedback to Symposium navigator Chris Campbell.
They are currently putting together their Theatre Cafe Festival experiences on film and a short documentary will be available from early 2009.
Full Evaluation report and DVDs available from January 2009.
For more information on any of the plays, to receive copies of the scripts or to get a hard copy of the programme, please email vanessa@companyofangels.co.uk.
Theatre Cafe - Plays 1 including Invasion!, Respect and This Child now published by Oberon and available at all good bookshops or directly from www.oberonbooks.com (ISBN: 978-1-84002-893-5)
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