Every three years a city somewhere in the world is infested with theatre for children and young people. A thousand theatre-makers and enthusiasts from 53 countries – the largest numbers ever – met, debated, watched shows, argued, did deals, planned and plotted in Malmo and Copenhagen. The two cities are linked by fast trains over the amazing Oresund Bridge but any journey between venues took at least an hour and a half. So the final verdict must be that Congress 2011, Building Bridges Crossing Borders, was too big for comfort and intimacy.
