TINFOn vuosittain julkaisemassa Teatterikalenterissa on teatterialan keskeisen osoitteiston lisäksi tietoa apurahoista, koti- ja ulkomaisista festivaaleista sekä kansainvälisistä organisaatioista. Almanakkaosioon on merkitty mm. esittävän taiteen festivaalit, tapahtumat sekä näyttelijöiden valtakunnalliset vapaapäivät. Kalenteriin sisältyy myös tiivis tietopaketti Suomalaisesta teatterista tilastojen valossa.

Tampereen Teatterin uudeksi teatterinjohtajaksi 1.8.2010 alkaen on nimitetty Reino Bragge.

Tero Heinämäki Joensuun Kaupunginteatterin teatterinjohtajaksi

Pohjois-Karjalan Teatteriyhdistys Ry:n hallitus on päättänyt kutsua seinäjokelaisen ohjaajan, teatteritaiteen maisteri Tero Antero Heinämäen Joensuun Kaupunginteatterin johtajaksi.

Johtajan tehtävä vapautuu 31.7.2010, kun teatterin nykyisen johtajan Riku Innamaan kausi päättyy hänen omasta toiveestaan. Innamaan työtä jatkamaan tuleva 39-vuotias Heinämäki toimii parhaillaan Seinäjoen kaupunginteatterissa ohjaajana. Aiemmin hän on ollut kiinnitettynä ohjaajana Kouvolan teatterissa ja hän on vieraillut mm. Circus Maximuksessa, Hämeenlinnan Kaupungin Teatterissa ja Oulun kaupunginteatterissa.

"Joensuun kaupunginteatterin johtajan tehtävä herätti laajaa kiinnostusta teatteri- ja kulttuuriväen joukossa.", kertoo teatteria ylläpitävän teatteriyhdistyksen hallituksen puheenjohtaja Timo Elo.

"Hallitus edellytti valittavalta ohjaajalta kokemusta ammattiteatterista. Useiden tehtävästä kiinnostuneiden alan ammattilaisten joukosta Tero Heinämäki vakuutti kokonaisnäkemyksellään, innostuksellaan sekä valmiudellaan sitoutua tehtävään sen edellyttämällä tavalla".

Heinämäen kausi alkaa 1.8.2010 ja sopimus on 3 + 2 -vuotinen.

Lisätietoja:
Pohjois-Karjalan Teatteriyhdistys Ry:n puheenjohtaja Timo Elo, 050 511 8293
Tero Heinämäki 040 774 8431

http://teatteri.jns.fi

Opetusministeriö on nimennyt alueellisten taidetoimikuntien (13) jäsenet ensi vuoden alusta alkavalle kolmivuotiskaudelle. Lain mukaan opetusministeriö määrää alueellisen taidetoimikunnan jäsenet alueellisia taiteen ja kulttuurin järjestöjä ja laitoksia kuultuaan näiden ehdottamista henkilöistä. Puheenjohtajan ja varapuheenjohtajan toimikunta valitsee keskuudestaan.

Alueellisiin taidetoimikuntiin voidaan sama henkilö nimittää enintään kahdeksi peräkkäiseksi toimikaudeksi ja sen jälkeen aikaisintaan kolmen vuoden kuluttua uudelleen. Alueellisten taidetoimikuntien jäseniä nimitettäessä on otettu huomioon mm. taiteen eri alojen ja koulutuksen asiantuntemus, alueelliset, kielelliset ja tasa-arvoon liittyvät näkökohdat sekä toimikuntien työn jatkuvuus. 
 

Theatre for Development Experiences from an international theatre project in Asia “Children’s Voice”.
This book is published by Swedish ITI for our project Children’s Voice. The book is a collection of articles written by Swedish, Indian and Bangladeshi collaborators. They have gathered experiences from working with theatre in development for and with children. Editor Christina Nygren.
To download pdf visit:
www.teaterunionen.se/Pdf/Theatre%20for%20development.pdf

6 x Contemporary Swedish Plays
We present the anthology 6 x Contemporary Swedish Plays with the following authors and plays for children and adults: The Dolphin by Gunilla Linn Persson, The Alco Hole by Cristina Gottfridsson, The Day Day Died by Rasmus Lindberg, Invasion! by Jonas Hassen Khemiri, White Baby by Sofi a Fredén och Monsters by Niklas Rådström. Please contact Swedish ITI if you would like us to send you a copy of the book: info(at)teaterunionen.se

A Catalogue of Contemporary Swedish Drama

DramaDirectory was founded by Writers Guild of Sweden in 1997 in order to increase the availability of Swedish drama. The plays are placed on the Internet for theatres and others in the trade, as well as the general public to search and read. Plays pass from hand to hand, are Xeroxed and the copyright is neglected. This is also the case with translations, which are often corrupted and the original author is lost. In order to help playwrights in their delicate situation and to help theatres in their search for new material, The Swedish Playwrights Union has set up the virtual drama bank DramaDirectory.

DramaDirectory collects Swedish drama in a library on the Internet. Everyone can access the library and search for titles, authors, subjects, synopses, number of parts, etc. Information about the plays and short descriptions are available to all. The full-length versions of the plays can be ordered as a print-on-demand paperback at a cost of SEK 126 per play. Most of the plays are only available in Swedish, but we are working at collecting translations in various languages. Theatres may apply for a password and read the plays online at no cost.

All the plays in DramaDirectory are protected according to copyright laws. To produce a play, please contact the playwright or his/her agent. For more information please visit: www.dramadirectory.com

Etsitään saksankielentaitoisia, 35-vuotiaita tai nuorempia teatterintekijöitä kansainväliseen teatterialan foorumiin. Osallistujat voivat hakea stipendiä, joka kattaa matkat, oleskelun, päivärahan ja teatteriliput. Dead-line hakemuksille on 15.1.2010. 

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Within the framework of the festival New Plays from Europe 2010
from 17th of June to 27th of June 2010

The FORUM OF YOUNG EUROPEAN PLAYWRIGHTS offers the opportunity to work in an English or German speaking workshop during the festival, to attend the invited productions, to exchange ideas and experiences and to participate in discussions with 20 young authors from all over Europe. In the past years the workshops were led by the playwrights Biljana Srbljanovic, Thomas Jonigk, Bernhard Studlar, Mark Ravenhill and Theresia Walser. For 2010 Mark Ravenhill confirmed his commitment again. Martin Heckmanns will lead the German speaking workshop. The results of the workshops will be presented to the public within the festival´s program.

The participating playwrights should have already written at least one play, which has been staged or been performed in a reading. They shouldn´t be over 35 years old. Travel costs, simple accommodation in double rooms, tickets for festival’s performances, per diems and fees will be granted to the participants. Applications, including an English or German translation of the complete text of one of their plays, a short CV and contact addresses should be send to:
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
NEW PLAYS FROM EUROPE / FORUM
Yvonne Büdenhölzer
Christian-Zais-Strasse 3
D - 65189 Wiesbaden

Additionally a digital version to: a.otto(at)staatstheater-wiesbaden.de
Deadline for applications is 28th of February 2010.
We will notify all applicants until the end of April 2010.

Kesäkuussa 2010 kuuluisan ranskalaisen näytelmäkirjailijan Jean Anoulh'n syntymästä on tullut kuluneeksi 100 vuotta. Juhlavuoden kunniaksi Ranskassa on perustettu komitea, joka suunnittelee juhlavuoden tapahtumia sekä kerää tietoja tänä vuonna esitettävistä Jean Anouilh'n näytelmistä. Jos teillä on tiedossanne Jean Anouilh'n näytelmä, pyydämme teitä lähettämään tiedot esityksestä TINFOon.

tinfo(at)teatteri.org, puh. (09) 2511 2120

In the name of the 12th International Festival of Independent and Amateur Theatres APOSTROF, Prague 2010, we would like to offer you a possibility to organize a festival workshop. We plan to open three or four workshops with different activities which will be fully in your competence.

Workshops take place every day of the festival from 10 am till 2 pm in Prague theatres Na Zábradlí and Disk.

Because of the international range of festival, we assumed, that the lector will # lead the workshop in English.

In case of your interest to become a lector of the 12th International Festival of Independent and Amateur Theatres APOSTROF, Prague 2010, please fill in following questionary and send it on address apostrof2010(at)seznam.cz. Application form is here: http://apostrof.webnode.cz/en/workshopy

Deadline of application is the 31st of January, 2010.

Elza Novakova
Workshop's coordinator APOSTROF, Prague 2009
www.apostrof.webnode.cz

FIMA (Festival International Montréal en Arts) is inviting multidisciplinary artists in performance and/or installation to submit a project for its performance art chapter, called Contemporary Experiences at THE FIMA.

FIMA is an arts festival that occupies the street every summer. It is taking place in the heart of downtown Montreal, on the famous St. Catherine Street, between St. Hubert and Papineau. For 11 days, over 200 artists and artisans meet the public on the street and in a big top called Gallery Space. Live arts are a great part of the festival, with numerous performance art interventions, live demonstrations and multimedia performances. Each year, the FIMA welcomes almost 100 000 visitors daily (from Thursday to Sunday).

YOUR PROJECT
We favour interactive material and interventions, actions, minimalist stagings, interactive installations, strange, awkward and even disturbing performances. We are open to poetic action and physical art. Multimedia projects are welcome. Keep in mind that this is taking place outdoors, in the street, in a "fair type" environment, at the heart of a local and touristic summer event.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
-Detailed description of the project (1,000 words maximum)
-The resume and/or bio of each participating artist, and a summary of the company's history, as the case may be.
-A technical estimate
-Artist fee(s)
-The full contact information of the project manager and technical director, as the case may be.
-Any relevant material (synopsis, extract, DVD, photos, etc.)

All applications must be sent by February 5th, 2010, at the following address:
SPDAC / FIMA
Marie-Chantal Scholl
576 St.Catherine Street East, Suite 211
Montreal (Quebec) H2L 2E1

It is also possible to send your application by email: mchantal(at)festivaldesarts.org

All applicants (with a completed submission) will receive an answer starting February 20th, 2010. Selection will be done according to the mandate and artistic orientation of the Contemporary Experiences. Priority will be given to simple and original propositions.

Web site at FIMA

7a*11d International Performance Art Festival
October 21 – 31, 2010

www.7a-11d.ca

INTERNATIONAL CALL

Direct to Documentation: d2d
D2D = Direct to Documentation: a program of performance documentation or performance for camera.

Can't come to the Festival? We still want to see your work! Send us a tape, CD or DVD [five minutes or less] of your performance documentation or performance for camera. Selected works will be curated into a screening program. Artist fees will be paid to those selected for screening.

Deadline: Proposals must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2010.

Art aspects art society presents courses in 2010 aimed at artists, teachers and cultural workers. Grants from the Grundtvig and Comenius mobility programmes available for participants who teach in schools, university, adult education etc. as well as self-employed artists and consultants.

EU-sponsored Workshops are presented on the Canarian Island of Lanzarote and you are invited to take part in the following adult educational projects. All courses are sponsered by the EU programmes Grundvig and Comenius mobility, allowing participants to receive funding for the courses.

The courses focus on issues and subjects located at the point where art, art education and European society as a whole meet in the context of European Culture.

The participants will engage in an intercultural exchange of ideas to help improve their daily teaching practices, and hopefully establish valuable ties with colleagues from other European countries.

1st deadline: Jan 15

For further information about our courses or how to apply please visit the website: Art Aspects

Susan Batson worked as actress, stage manager, casting director, producer and personal coach of Juliette Binoche, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and others. Susan Batson had her first big success in the musical ‘Hair’ at the end of the sixties, followed by many Broadway Shows, films, television and theatre, where she acted with partners like Paul Newman and Sophia Loren. Susan Batson is author of the acting book  Truth: Personas, Needs, and Flaws in the Art of Building Actors and Creating Characters (Kidman wrote the foreword). Susan Batson uses the "Method" as a flexible tool which she applies specifically to the students and their needs. She concentrates on the specific problems of the actor’s expression, on connecting intimacy and universality to artistic expression. This precise way of working expands the range of the individual possibilities. The emphasis will be on the work on scenes and monologues and on "audition training", with scripts changing from day to day. The analytical part of the actor’s work consist of the emotional work starts: "You are responsible to create a functioning, speaking, thinking and feeling person. Imagine the real life of the person. Design a biography of your character. Make a list of what you like and dislike about the character. Find out what you appreciate and understand concerning your character. And then decide how you
are going to express your view and communicate it to the audience".

4 days, daily 10am - 4pm (Group 1) and 6pm - 12pm (Group 2)
Fee: 680 EUR for active participants / fee: 340 EUR for listeners
For actors from theatre, film and TV an for all theatre and film makers.

Keith Johnstone teaches how to improvise in public, as entertainment. He invented "Theatresports", "Gorilla Theatre" and "Micetro". "I mean, an improviser should be more than just a comedian. He should be able to impersonate all dreams and nightmares which are locked in the minds of the audience." From 1956 to 1966, Keith Johnstone was Associate Director at the Royal Court Theatre, London. Under Johnstone´s direction the famous RCT author´s studio was created. Writers like John Arden, Wole Soyinka, Arnold Wesker and Edward Bond were amongst its members. In 1971 he moved to Canada to teach at Calgary University. There he founded the "Loose Moose Theatre" and became its artistic director. He is the author of ‘IMPRO’ (Methuen), one of the best-selling books on improvisation, and ‘Impro For Storytellers’ (Faber and Faber). "Johnstone confirms conflict as the central factor of existence and of drama, a law of nature indispensable in private and public drama. His questions connect anew existence and performance." George Tabori

4 days, daily 10am - 4pm
Fee 480 EUR for active participants / fee 240 EUR for listeners
For actors, directors, theatre pedagogues and for everybody interested in theatre games.
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Application form
Interkunst e.V., Postfach 62 03 62, D-10793 Berlin, Germany
www.interkunst.de
interkunst(at)t-online.de

24 April until 1 of May 2010

Teatro Punto presents an 8 day international Spring workshop in the TP theatre residence in Spain. The residence is located in the heart of the Natural Park Montseny, between Girona (30 minutes) and Barcelona (50 minutes).
 
The workshop consists of:
• Movement analysis
• Physical transformation/metamorphoses
• From tragedy to comedy
• Musicality and timing
• Mask and archetypal characters
• Improvisation and scene composition
• Study of interaction between actor and audience
• History of the Commedia dell´Arte until modern times
• Movement and text
  
The price of the workshop is 750,- euro (excl. tax). This includes accommodation, breakfast, lunch, dinner, workshop and workshop material. For more information or questions you can send an email to info(at)teatropunto.net

Teatterin tiedotuskeskus tiedottaa ja tilastoi
ja tukee teatterin verkottumista ja vaihtoa.