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Call for application for the 8th Antalya International Theater Festival
6 February 2017
“Theater is awakening the very fields where it was born on.”
On behalf
of Turkish State Theaters, Antalya State Theater would like to announce the 7th
International Antalya Theater Festival, which will be held between 17-27 May
2017 in Antalya, Turkey.
As the first international theatre oriented
event of the region, the purpose of the festival is to take a step forward
towards establishing future cooperation between Turkish State Theaters-The
National Theatre of Turkey and foreign groups from different countries.
The
Festival also aims at building contacts for joint projects by providing an
exchange of directors, actors/actresses and technical staff to improve the
multicultural understanding and bilateral cooperation.
Beside
their main theatre performances, groups can also propose workshops and outdoor
performances like street theatre, street events, dance show events and or
concerts etc.
The
festival has hosted 32 foreign companies from various countries, 19 State
Theatre troupes; there have been staged 60 different plays with 129
presentations including workshops have reached totally 79,676 spectators till
2010. The festival aims to expand its scope with groups from different
countries by inviting at least two companies from never attended countries.
Find the application form here.