Digital Theatre
3rd Peer-to-Peer Meeting
Paris, 19th – 22nd February 2024
Théâtre Ouvert – 159 Av. Gambetta, 75020 Paris
During the second Fabulamundi New Voices’ partners and playwrights meeting, which took place in Paris, the community had the opportunity to explore topics such as digital theatre, authors’ rights, ethical issues and to set the basis for a FAB-manifesto. The event also hosted a peer-to-peer meeting, developing the work through insightful sessions led by Carla Meller and Harold Wolff of CAE – Culture Action Europe, Academy of Theatre and Digitality in Dortmund, Heidi Wiley and Annabell Blank of European Theatre Convention, followed by a discussion led by the New Voices’ playwright Helena Tornero; activities continued through conferences conducted by Sarah Tick, director, playwright and founder of FAAR – Fonds d’Aide pour les Arts Vivants Responsables, Véronique Marty, head of International Licensing Division at SACD – Societè des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques, and with shared practices sessions with Ingeborg von Zadow and Ewa Mikula, New Voices’ playwrights.
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DAY 1 – NEW VOICES in PARIS | Monday, 19th February 2024
9:30 – 10:15 Welcome to Théâtre Ouvert and mini-tour of the venue (159 Avenue Gambetta, 75020 Paris)
10:15 – 11:00 New Voices in Paris: welcome speech and program presentation
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00 State of the Art: New Voices Milestone, an in-depth look at the past months of activity at New Voices and the presentation of what is coming next
12:00 – 13:00 Introducing New Voices Mentoring and Evaluation Plan, with Cristina Da Milano, Lars Ebert and Marie Wittig – CAE Culture Action Europe
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 15:30 Peer-to-Peer Learning Session: Theatre and Digitality, with Carla Meller and Harald Wolff – Academy for Theatre and Digitality in Dortmund
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 Best practices and impulses on theatre and digitality. Partners and playwrights will be invited to contribute with insights and impulses.
20:00 Networking Dinner
DAY 2 – NEW VOICES in PARIS | Tuesday, 20th February 2024
9:45 – 10:00 Welcome to Théâtre Ouvert (159 Avenue Gambetta, 75020 Paris)
10:00 – 11:00 Table Talks: Sharing knowledge within the New Voices Network, with Heidi Wiley (European Theatre Convention), Carla Meller and Harald Wolff (Academy for Theatre and Digitality in Dortmund).
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 Keynote: Ethical theatre with Sarah Tick, director, playwright and founder of the FAAR – Fonds d’Aide pour les Arts Vivants Responsables
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 15:30 New Voices Working Groups: Partners’ Hub
A session only for the New Voices partners to discuss next steps of the project in terms of workshops and group mobilities, twinned mechanism, online formats (Cross the Map and Playground), partners meetings already scheduled and possible new ones, reporting and financial instalments
14:30 – 15:30 New Voices Working Groups: Playwrights’ Hub
Collecting and sharing writing exercises. Session only for the playwrights facilitated by Ingeborg von Zadow and Ewa Mikula
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 New Voices Working Groups: Partners’ Hub
A session only for the New Voices partners to discuss next steps of the project in terms of workshops and group mobilities, twinned mechanism, online formats (Cross the Map and Playground), partners meetings already scheduled and possible new ones, reporting and financial instalments
16:00 – 17:00 New Voices Working Groups: Playwrights’ Hub
Collecting and sharing writing exercises. Session only for the playwrights facilitated by Ingeborg von Zadow and Ewa Mikula
20:00 Dance show Cerberus/Goat at Theatre de la Ville, Sarah Bernhardt Great Hall (2, Place du Châtelet 75004 Paris, France)
DAY 3 – NEW VOICES in PARIS | Wednesday, 21th February 2024
9:45 – 10:00 Welcome to Théâtre Ouvert (159 Avenue Gambetta, 75020 Paris)
10:00 – 11:30 Keynote: Authors’ rights in France. Meeting with Véronique Marty, head of International Licensing Division at SACD – Societé des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 13:00 Table Talks: Sharing debate within the FAB Community, with the New Voices playwrights discussing about the author’s rights in the local contexts and the challenges in that area for the future. Session facilitated by Helena Tornero
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 15:30 Playwrights’ Hub: Start writing a FAB Manifesto, session facilitated by Magdalena Barile
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 Playwrights’ Hub: Writing a FAB Manifesto, session facilitated by Magdalena Barile
DAY 4 – NEW VOICES in PARIS | Thursday, 22th February 2024
9:45 – 10:00 Welcome to Théâtre Ouvert (159 Avenue Gambetta, 75020 Paris)
10:00 – 11:30 Playwrights’ Hub: Writing a FAB Manifesto
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 Playwrights’ Hub: Writing a FAB Manifesto
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 16:00 Wrap-up and goodbye!
