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International Theatre Exchange 2011

Thursday 6 Oct 2011 to Saturday 8 Oct 2011
9am - 5pm (Thurs) / 9.30am - 12.30pm (Fri)
Wood Quay Venue & Project Arts Centre


International Theatre Exchange 2011: Richard Wakely, Junk Ensemble, meeting with (left) Jo Duffy Artistic Director, Ten Days on the Island Festival Tasmania and (centre) Cathy Edwards, Director of Performance Programs, International Festival of Arts & Ideas, New Haven. Photo Credit: Yvonne Mahon ITI.

ITI's 2011 International Theatre Exchange was attended by 40 hand-picked international presenters and programmers and by a broad and diverse range of Irish theatre makers and production companies. This annual event is supported by The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and Culture Ireland.

October 2011 was the 18th edition of Irish Theatre Institute’s International Theatre Exchange. Over the past 18 years numerous exciting international touring opportunities have been created by ITI for Irish companies from both the Republic and Northern Ireland. In the past four years alone, shows have toured to Auckland, Wellington, Sydney, Cape Town, Johannesburg, London, Edinburgh, Tampere, Wiesbaden, Paris, Toronto, Washington, Portland and New York.

International Theatre Exchange is ITI’s flagship networking event and this year we looked at the subject of ‘Sustainability in the Theatre’. Over three days 40 presenters and producers from key venues and festivals across the world including Hong Kong, Tasmania, Sydney, South Africa, Czech Republic, Germany, Paris, New York, Washington, Toronto and the UK met with and saw the work of Irish theatre-makers. Many important issues were addressed in a programme of panel discussions and presentations (see Live Streaming and Discussions) and the event proved very successful for both the Irish participants and the international guests.

Registration for this event is now closed.

See the list of Attendees for the 2011 International Theatre Exchange.

ITI’s International Theatre Exchange is supported by The Arts Council and Culture Ireland.

 

Schedule

The following is a schedule of events for the 18th Annual International Theatre Exchange.

Thursday 6th Oct 2011
Wood Quay Venue & Project Arts Centre

9.15am: Registration & Coffee in Wood Quay Venue

10am: Welcome

Siobhán Bourke & Jane Daly, Co-Directors, Irish Theatre Institute

10.15am: Opening Address

John E. McGrath, Artistic Director, National Theatre Wales

Working with Audiences: Sustainability & Community at National Theatre Wales

11.00am: Coffee

11.15am: Panel Discussion

Chair: Eugene Downes, CEO, Culture Ireland

Part I: Sustaining Relationships – Nearby
Speakers: Pádraig Cusack, Associate Producer, The National Theatre, London and Linda Crooks & Mike Griffiths, The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

Part II: Sustaining Relationships – Further Afield
Speakers: Tisa Ho, Executive Director, Hong Kong Arts Festival and Tina Rasmussen, Director of Performing Arts & Artistic Director of World Stage, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

12.30pm: Move to Project Arts Centre – light lunch provided

1.00pm: ‘In Development’

The Maeve Brennan Project by Emma Donoghue, directed by Annabelle Comyn. Hatch Theatre/Landmark Productions/Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival.

2.15pm: Return to Wood Quay Venue

2.30pm: Meet the Presenters – Session I

3.50pm: Coffee

4.00pm: Meet the Presenters – Session II

5.20pm: Finish

Please note places on Thursday 6th in Wood Quay are limited and are aimed at Irish companies and producers with international touring credentials or with ambitions to tour a specific production abroad.

Friday 7th Oct 2011

Wood Quay Venue

9.30am: Registration & Coffee

10.00am: In Conversation #1 – Sustaining Spaces

Antoinette O’Neill in conversation with O’Donnell Tuomey Architects and Grainne Millar Head of Cultural Development,Temple Bar Cultural Trust.

11.00am: Coffee

11.15am: In Conversation # 2 – Sustaining a Career in the Theatre

Olivia O’Leary in conversation with Sinéad Cusack, Eleanor Methven and Marie Mullen

12.30pm: Closing Remarks

 

Conference Locations

Click on the link below to view a Google Map showing Irish Theatre Institute, Project Arts Centre & Wood Quay Venue.

Please note registration for the conference on Thursday the 6th & Friday the 7th is in Wood Quay Venue. 

Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8.

http://g.co/maps/mhnmk 

 

ITE 2011 Live Stream

A live stream from the International Theatre Exchange 2011 can be viewed on the link below.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/international-theatre-exchange-2011

 

ITE 2011 DISCUSSIONS

International Theatre Exchange is ITI’s flagship networking event and in 2011 we looked at the subject of ‘Sustainability in the Theatre’. Over three days 40 presenters and producers from key venues and festivals across the world including Hong Kong, Tasmania, Sydney, South Africa, Czech Republic, Germany, Paris, New York, Washington, Toronto and the UK met with and saw the work of Irish theatre-makers.

Many important issues were addressed in a programme of panel discussions and presentations and the event proved very successful for both the Irish participants and the international guests. Visit VIMEO at the links below to view the International Theatre Exchange presentations and panel discussions.

Working with Audiences: Sustainability & Community at National Theatre Wales

John E. McGrath, Artistic Director, National Theatre Wales

Panel Discussion Sustaining Relationships – Nearby & Further Afield

Speakers: Pádraig Cusack, Associate Producer, The National Theatre, London and Linda Crooks & Mike Griffiths, The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Tisa Ho, Executive Director, Hong Kong Arts Festival and Tina Rasmussen, Director of Performing Arts & Artistic Director of World Stage, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto. Chair: Eugene Downes, CEO, Culture Ireland

In Conversation #1 – Sustaining Spaces

Antoinette O’Neill in conversation with O’Donnell Tuomey Architects and Grainne Millar Head of Cultural Development,Temple Bar Cultural Trust.

In Conversation # 2 -Sustaining a Career in the Theatre

Olivia O’Leary in conversation with Sinéad Cusack, Eleanor Methven and Marie Mullen

 

Attendees

Below is the list of Irish and International delegates who attended International Theatre Exchange 2011. Please note that in some instances delegates the 2011 event have moved to new roles but we represent them in the role they were in at the time of the event.

  • Individuals

  • Martin J. Munroe
    Not-for-Profit Development Consultant