The conference WPIC 2012

The 2012conference, 15-21 august, will be hosted by Riksteatern in Stockholm, Sweden. Theme: The Democratic Stage.

The conference will be an opportunity to meet and to create genuine, lasting contacts between women playwrights and other theatre professionals. The conference’s aim is to have a supporting impact on collaboration and to build bridges between people from different parts of the world.

The venue Södra Teatern is beautifully situated in the centre of Stockholm with one big stage and an auditorium seating 400 and two smaller stages, its own restaurant and bar, an open air terrace, and several smaller rooms for talks.

The programme will contain readings, seminars, discussions and workshops as well as performances. During the same week, Stockholm will also be holding its annual Culture Festival.

We estimate that 400 delegates will attend the conference and we will put much effort into giving women from other lingual areas than English the opportunity of attending. We will apply for funds in order to support a number of participants from countries outside Europe by subsidising their travel, accommodation and local transport costs. The ambition is an equal spread of the support in order to make for fair representation.

An invitation to enter scripts to be presented at the conference has been sent through our channels and networks. Last day of application: 1 November 2011.

A reading committee with directors, dramaturges and critics, who have good knowledge both of the theatre, world-wide, and of different languages will do the selection. Approx. 100 scripts will be presented at the conference. We’re looking at ways of getting some 10 or 15 plays translated into English. The goal is to relay in advance, in digital form, all the scripts and details of the playwrights to the conference delegates.

The work in organising the conference has already started. Heading the 2010 agenda are: forming of the networks needed, and seeking means of financing the event.

Contact: Mireille Bergenström, project manager / Info mail wpic@riksteatern.se


Riksteatern – Swedish National Touring Theatre  www.riksteatern.se
Riksteatern is a professional theatre, owned by 42,000 members organized in more than 230 associations. We recognize the link between the local and the global and strive to be an arena where they both can meet. We want to create mental juxtapositions in many languages to get you thinking and feeling.
Riksteatern is a non-governmental organization. There is a local Riksteater association in almost every municipality. In the course of one year, 1.2 million people experience some form of dramatic art thanks to Riksteatern.

Södra Teatern   www.sodrateatern.com
Södra Teatern in Stockholm is Sweden’s foremost international venue for music, theatre & debate, and is a part of Riksteatern. Focus is set on staging international performances seldom given a chance in established mainstream settings. The programme also includes such diverse events as club-scene entertainment, readings and child philosophy offers.


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