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you can answer YES to the following questions.

Would you like to travel to international theatre festivals in exotic destinations with your favourite play?
Would you like to attend a Stanislavsky Seminar in Moscow?
Are you interested in Drama in Education....perhaps an international congress on that subject?

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ECE

Drama League of Ireland(DLI)

Dundalk Maytime Festival

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Who We Are?

We are the representatives of the Drama League of Ireland, Dundalk International Maytime Festival.

Meet the Board

President: Mary Pears

Secretary: Brendan Watters

Treasurer: Paddy O'Dwyer


Stephen Burns, Gabrielle Croke, Marianne Gibney.

Administration: MARY PEARS



News Update for 2012

General Assembly of the CEC 2012

will take place in Neerhof, Westouter (Heuvelland) in Flanders/Belgium
from July, 4th (Wednesday) to July, 6th (Friday) 2012.
Organised in conjunction with a Theatre Festival “Spots op West”
Hosted by OPENDOEK
Date: July, 5–8.


=============================================================================== World President of AITA/IATA

Mrs Merja LAAKSOVIRTA

from Finland


 

Updated by M.Pears 01/02/12

What's On Offer Overseas

FESTIVALS GALORE!!


2012/2013




26 March – 1 April, Friedrichshafen, Germany: 28th Theatertage am See, theme: Heimat. www.theatertageamsee.de

1 – 5 May, Cleveland, Ohio, USA: 3rd International Childrens Festival www.playhousesquare.org/childrensfestival/

3 – 5 May, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: 28th International Childrens Festival www.pennpresents.org/tickets/childfest.php

10 – 14 May, Plunge, Lithuania: Little Melpomene 8th International Children & Youth Theatre Festival – Laboratory, organised
by group SAULA www.plungeskc.com/index.php/kolektyvai/356-plung-2012-aisiais-vl-taps-maosios-melpomens-miestu.html

16 - 20 May, Liverpool, Canada: 11th International Theatre Festival, performances, workshops, social events www.lift.ca

16 – 20 May, Kirchdorf an der Krems, Austria: FOCUS www.oebvtheater.at

20 - 26 May, Subotica, Serbia: 19th International Festival of Childrens Theatre, all types of theatre by & for children, with priority
for puppet theatre, with awards + 4th International Research College of Theatre Arts www.lutfestsubotica.net

21 – 29 May, Barrancabermeja, Colombia: 1st International Theatre Festival for Peace with youth & student groups and
professional groups from the region www.festival.etpbarranca.org

4 – 10 June, Ordu, Turkey: YES TO ART 8th International Children & Youth Theatre Festival, max. 15 persons per group;
organised by TOBAV: we be lieve in the philosophy of art as a life style tobavfestival@gmail.com

14 – 17 June, Rudolstadt, Germany: 5th Deutsches Kindertheater Fest, participation by German speaking groups of children
aged 6 – 12 years. Length of performance max. 60 minutes. ! www.bdat.info

16 – 24 June, Stuttgart, Germany: Schoene Aussicht 8th International & 14th Baden-Wuerttembergisches Theaterfestival
www.schoene-aussicht.org

22 – 30 June, Yorkshire, England: International Student Drama Festival, 100 performances, workshops, social events.
Created in concert with the 2012 Olympics to celebrate young people’s theatre from around the globe www.nsdf.org.uk

25 – 29 June, Minsk, Belarus: 9th World Congress of the International University Association (AITU-IUTA), performances,
workshops, panel discussions, cultural tours, social events www.theatre-fest.bsu.by/aitu/index_en.html

27 June – 1 July, Kazincbarcika, Hungary: 21st International Amateur Theatre Festival in the memory of Istvan Horvath,
performances, discussions led by professional theatre experts tothzs@mmikl.hu

28 June – 1 July, Kremsmuenster, Austria: Internationales Jugendtheaterfestival www.oebvtheater.at

29 June – 22 July, Kingston-on-Thames, England: Creative Youth International Arts Festival (IYAF),
18 performance days showing the work of persons 5 – 26 years www.aitaiata.org

22 July – 2 August, Angarsk, Russia: Sibirskaya Rampa International Festival of Amateur Theatre Companies www.stdrf.ru

23 July – 3 August, Tournon sur Rhone – Tain l’Hermitage: Shakespeare Festival for participants up to 30 years
www.theatredusycomore.fr

31 July – 5 August, Sonderborg, Denmark: VIIth NEATA Festival with groups from all NEATA countries
and one group from CIFTA and CEC each www.dats.dk

31 July – 5 August, Toyama, Japan: World Festival of Children’s Performing Arts. Theme: we build the future.
15 Japanese and 15 international groups; max. length of performance 40 minutes; workshops www.tiatf.or.jp

3 – 10 August, Marche – en – Famenne, Belgium: 9th ESTIVADES Festival organised by CIFTA (French speaking region
of AITA/IATA) Theme: Ailleurs (Somewhere else) performances, workshops, symposia, social events
www.maisondelaculture.marche.be or www.estivades.cifta.org/topic/index.html

28 August – 1 September, Girona, Spain: Festival Internacional de Teatro Amateur FITAG www.fitag.cat

17 – 20 October, Loerrach, Germany: 16th International Theatertreff www.nellie-nashorn.de

14 – 16 November, New Delhi, India and 18 – 19 November, Uttar Pradesh, India: 16th International Childrens Theatre Festival
www.nipaindia.com/event_delhi.html

27 November – 2 December, Fellbach, Germany: Bunte Buehne Fellbach 23rd International Festival www.bunte-buehne.de

November, Gatchina, Russia: Avant-Garde & Tradition Amateur Theatre Companies Festival www.stdrf.ru


2013
June, Zarechniy, Russia: Laughter, Tears & Love International Festival of Amateur Theatres www.stdrf.ru

August, Monaco: World Congress & Festival of AITA/IATA www.aitaiata.org

2015
La Plata, Argentina: World Congress & Festival of AITA/IATA

Joke Elbers on behalf of CEC. Feb 2012




HUNGARY







21st International Amateur Theatre Festival in KAZINCBARCIKA


The organizing committee invites groups to a max of 15 persons,
to participate in the 21st edition of the festival
Performance duration: 90 minutes max.
DATE: 27th June to 1st July 2012
Application deadline: 10th March 2012 to the Irish Centre








JAPAN



The World Festival of Children's Performing Arts 2012

Place: TOYAMA, Japan

Date: 31 July - 5 August 2012

Invited: 12 Persons per group to arrive on 30 July for duration of festival
Full board and accommodation is offered + internal travel from International airport(i.e.Tokyo) to Toyama

Performances should be for and/or by children

Performance duration: 40 minutes. Performance should be rich in visual elements

Application deadline to Irish Centre: 20 November 2011

APPLICATION FORMS AVAILABLE NOW



MONACO

Mondial du Theatre 2013


AITA/IATA World Theatre Festival & Congress

Date: 19 - 28 August 2013



E-mail: Irish Centre of IATA/AITA







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Please note that AITA/IATA does not control the content of the events posted via the AITA/IATA website
and, as such, cannot guarantee the accuracy of information or quality of the event.







 

Did you know?


IATA/AITA The International Amateur Theatre Association with NGO status - UNESCO
celebrates 60 glorious years in 2012.
The organisation was 'born' in Brussels on 20 January 1952.




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