Final report from the Kennedy Centre on international convening on disability arts and inclusivity. The convening held in Washington DC in 2012, included 10 UK practitioners who contributed ‘towards setting a new agenda around Disability Arts’. The TYA UK inclusivity team are leading workshop activity at the 2nd ASSITEJ International Meeting in Linz 2013 as…
Steve Ball and Vicky Ireland were guests at the first “International Exposure of Theatre for Children and Youth” in Jaffa City and Tel Aviv in March. For a country of only seven million people Israel has an impressive cultural offer for children and young people. More than 30 TYA companies perform throughout Israel and Israeli…
March 20th is World Day for Children’s Theatre, celebrated and promoted by professionals making work for young audiences all over the world. Click here to read this years World Day messages by ASSITEJ President ASSITEJ Yvette Hardie and Author Michael Morpurgo on the ASSITEJ website
The German children’s and young people’s theatre centre1 is pleased to announce a grant programme called “Young Europe” in the context of the 12th edition of „Augenblick mal!“ – THE German Festival of theatre for young audiences from April 23rd to 28th, 2013 in Berlin. The organisers wish to invite emerging artists from different European countries. “Young Europe”…
The Polish Centre of the International Association of Theatres for Children and Young People ASSITEJ and the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute in Warsaw are inviting proposals for performances and also topics for workshops, seminars and symposia to be conducted in the framework of the 18th ASSITEJ World Congress of Theatre for Children and Young Audiences,…
“Nachtgeknister“, literally translated as “Trouble in the Night”, has just won the German Children’s Theatre Prize 2012. Mike Kenny has had a number of his plays produced in Germany and been shortlisted there before. As Electric Darkness the play won a Writers’ Guild Award in 2008 despite never having been performed in the UK. It…
Half Moon Young People’s Theatre is delighted to announce that Arts Council England has pledged a capital grant of £660,479 towards urgent repair and renovation of the exterior of their building in Limehouse, East London. The grant is subject to the completion of stage two of the application process. The building’s locally listed, ornate Victorian…
After a highly successful “Take a Child to the Theatre Today” campaign in 2012, we hope you are all hatching plans for an even bigger day of celebration on March 20th 2013 International Day for Theatre for Children and Young People. Let us know what you are planning so we can work together to make the most…
At the ASSITEJ World Congress in Copenhagen and Malmö in May 2011, the General Assembly of ASSITEJ adopted a new constitution and established the possibility for an annual gathering of artists on a global level. In 2012 the very first ASSITEJ ‘International Meeting’ and artistic gathering of ASSITEJ took place in Okinawa City, JAPAN, from the…
What is the Drama and Theatre Manifesto? This Drama & Theatre Manifesto has been led by the National Campaign for the Arts in extensive consultation with those involved in drama and theatre for children and young people in England. The Manifesto recognizes a common sense of purpose and a shared belief in the contribution drama and…
