41st International Theatre Festival
10 > 16 October 2011
The 41st International Theatre Festival, conceived as a festival-laboratory that was to develop and bring the earlier Workshop of Dramatic Arts to a close, ran in Venice from October 10 through 16, 2011.
Catalan director Àlex Rigola imagined the festival as an “agora of theatre”, inviting the leading personalities on the international scene – directors, choreographers, artists, architects and set designers, experts in video-writing and lighting creators – to make Venice and the Biennale not only a stage for the presentation of performances, but also and above all a place for meeting, learning, practical training and for debate on the dramatic arts at an international level, involving audiences and professionals from the world over for a deeper reflection on what it means to do theatre today.
Workshops, some of which produced a public result, lectures, meetings and round-table discussions – with an average of 5 appointments per day for a total of over 40 events – were included in the schedule of performances and became an essential part of the Festival.
The Program >>
Catalan director Àlex Rigola imagined the festival as an “agora of theatre”, inviting the leading personalities on the international scene – directors, choreographers, artists, architects and set designers, experts in video-writing and lighting creators – to make Venice and the Biennale not only a stage for the presentation of performances, but also and above all a place for meeting, learning, practical training and for debate on the dramatic arts at an international level, involving audiences and professionals from the world over for a deeper reflection on what it means to do theatre today.
Workshops, some of which produced a public result, lectures, meetings and round-table discussions – with an average of 5 appointments per day for a total of over 40 events – were included in the schedule of performances and became an essential part of the Festival.
The Program >>
