WHAT'S ON

UTE Festival 2021

A digital edition to be streamed worldwide

UTE General Assembly

News from the first General Assembly of the year

Waiting for Godot at National Theatre São João

Waiting for Godot, directed by UTE President Gábor Tompa, to premiere on 7 March 2021 at National Theatre São João

European Theatre Forum 2020

11 - 13 November 2020
Read the Dresden Declaration of the European Theatre Forum

Festival of the Union des Théâtres de l'Europe

The 12-day event will take place between November 19 and 30 this year, where the productions of 15 of our member theatres and individual members will be presented.

Interferences International Theatre Festival

2020 Online Edition

Interferences International Theatre Festival starts today!

Playwriting workshop at Piccolo Teatro di Milano - Teatro d'Europa

The workshop will the held by Alejandro Tantanian and Ignacio Bartolone from 21st of April to 21st of July. The call is open until 22nd of March.

UTE 30 Years

Celebrate with us from 19 to 29th of November with online streams, an anniversary photo album and an online talk with renowned stage director Declan Donnellan

UTE General Assembly

20 October 2020
New UTE president and board

UTE General Assembly at JDP, Belgrade

News from Belgrade

UTE General Assembly at Theatre Laboratory Sfumato, Sofia

All members of Union des Theatres de l’Europe - UTE will meet on the weekend of the European elections at Theatre Laboratory Sfumato, Sofia

UTE President, Gábor Tompa, wins UNITER Award 2019

Gábor Tompa has been awarded Best Director at the 2019 UNITER Awards in Cluj-Napoca.

UTE-member Hungarian Theatre of Cluj premieres the Digital Natives production Concord Floral on May, 18th - an intergenerational approach to digitality

Youngsters and adults from Cluj explore theatrical dimension within Jordan Tannahill’s text under the directon of Ferenc Sinkó

2nd part Share Our Lives Festival - Volkstheatre Wien rounds up #digitalnatives19

Michael Kohlmaier, David Schalko and Martina Mara will debate topics as fake news and how they affect our communication manners at the panel discussion Lüge at Volkstheater Wien

Alexandru Darie - former UTE-president - passed away aged 60

We deeply mourn the loss of Alexandru Darie, Bulandra Theatre general manager and UTE-president from 2006-2011

Digitisation II

The second Digitisation Conference will take place in Reims during the Reims Scènes d'Europe Festival. The conference is a part of the Digital Natives cooperation project.

Digitisation IV. Digi/love

What will tomorrow's love look like? Explore possible answers in our last Digital Natives conference on 18 May 2019 at Schauspiel Köln.

Hungarian Theatre of Cluj will be the host of the next General Assembly

UTE will hold the last General Assembly of 2018 at the end of November

Silver Surfer

The Insta-Grans take the stage and start a dialog with the younger generation in this production of Junges Volkstheater

Statement regarding the ongoing situation at SZFE Budapest, Hungary

The first DIGITAL NATIVES conference - Digital Hermits - will take place during the Interferences International Theatre Festival

Join us and our partners in Cluj for an exciting talk about digital means and their influence on the younger generation's way of life

The play Concord Floral, part of the DIGITAL NATIVES project, premiered on 16 November at Schauspiel Köln

Live from Epidaurus

For the first time ever a live ancient Greek drama performance will be streamed globally from the ancient theatre of Epidaurus

Book Presentation at Stanislavsky Electrotheatre

Presentation of I Came, Saw, I Will Write. Lion Feuchtwanger in Moscow in 1937 (Wallstein Verlag, 2017), a book by Anne Hartmann.

Classperimental - International Theatre Program at the Vígszínház Budapest

Open Call for Applications until 10 September

Classperimental at Vígszínház

The second edition of Classperimental took place from 21st to 29th of September

Digi/topia

30 actors embark on a journey into the future and explore utopias and dystopias in our digital world

Digitisation III. Digitalität und Demokratie

The third Digital Natives conference takes place at Volkstheater Wien

Ilan Ronen's, UTE Member of Honour, latest productions were warmly received by public and critics alike

The two recent productions of Ilan Ronen - Oslo and Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf - received raving reviews

Jan Hein is the new Head dramaturge of Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen

Jan Hein was appointed by artistic director Olaf Kröck as Head Dramaturge of one of the oldest and most renowned European theatre festivals

UTE Decentralized Academy: Masterclass with Andrew Visnevski in Athens

Young directing students selected from across our member theatres will participate in November at a Masterclass held by renowned theater director Andrew Visnevski.

Europe Theatre Prize is coming back to St. Petersburg for its 17th Edition

The prestigious prize will take place between the 13-17 November, five days packed with plays and performances by renowned theatre creators from across Europe

Farewell to our Director Ruth Heynen by UTE President, Michal Dočekal

The NTNG organises the 2^nd Meeting of Young Artists on Ancient Drama in Thessaloniki

Open Call for Applications for the 2018 edition

News From Budapest: New President, Board, and Members

Statement regarding the ongoing situation at SZFE Budapest, Hungary

General Assembly in Budapest

Our next General Assembly takes place at the Víg in Budapest

Conference "Hypernormal Hybrids"

The lines between men and machines are becoming blurred. Complex constellations of social actors, "smart" gadgets, technical logs and decision processes based on algorithms are characterizing our day-to-day lives.

International Ancient Drama Workshop in Delphi

The Greek National Theatre’s Third International Ancient Drama Workshop will be take place in Delphi from 16 to 30 July 2018.

Reims Scènes d'Europe - International Theatre Festival

7 - 12 February 2018 at the Comédie de Reims

Commemorating Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d'Europa

The Piccolo ic celebrating Giorgio Strehler in two months of activities revolving around this important figure in European theatre.

Theatres are spaces of democracy

43 Austrian artistic directors, amongst which also UTE director Ruth Heynen, have signed an ad in the Austrian magazine PROFIL to promote an open, free and tolerant society.

The Merchant of Venice (Business in Venice) & How to speak about anti-semitism today?

Shakespeare's classic in today's world – a contemporary interpretation and a discussion on anti-semitism at the Comédie de Reims

ALL WITNESSES

An artistic assembly & closing event of Conflict Zones | Zones de Conflit

Cultures of a Postmigrant Society, Include!

Congress

The Bulandra Theatre has been named "Theatre of Europe"

The title “Theatre of Europe” is an act of recognition of a theatre institution of European level.

UTE members in the jury of the Premio Internazionale Il Teatro Nudo di Teresa Pomodoro

UTE Director Ruth Heynen, UTE Member of Honour Lev Dodin, and member representatives Stathis Livathinos & Ludovic Lagarde are on the jury.

"Alone in Berlin", directed by UTE member of honour Ilan Ronen, at the Maxim Gorki

The production based on Hans Fallada's novel, in cooperation with the Habima National Theatre of Israel, will be shown on 24 & 25 October 2017 at the Maxim Gorki in Berlin

Conference on Theatre Structures II

On 17 September 2017, the UTE will hold its second conference on European theatre structures at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade.

Think Tank Young Journalists On Performing Arts

On 16 September 2017, the Young Journalists On Performing Arts met at another think tank at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade to continue their fruitful work on the UTE online theatre magazine conflict-zones.reviews.

Residency: ISO Theatre & Harbour40

Between 22 and 31 August 2017, the ISO members and the Emerging Playwrights of our Harbour40 project worked together in Thessaloniki.

World Premiere: Stanislavsky Electrotheatre's “Octavia.Trepanation“

Our new member, the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre, had its world premiere of "Octavia. Trepanation" in Amsterdam at the Holland festival—and it was highly critically acclaimed.

City of Tomorrow

The concluding festival of the two-year project “Seeing the City from the Other Side” at the Schauspiel Köln.

BIG NEWS: Two new UTE members & Anna Badora elected new UTE Vice-President

The Stanislavsky Electrotheatre and the Schauspiel Köln have joined the UTE at our most recent General Assembly in Milan. Furthermore, Anna Badora was elected Vice-President of the UTE.

General Assembly in Milan

In the context of the 70th anniversary of the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, the UTE will hold its General Assembly between the 20 and 21 May 2017.

International Network of Ancient Drama in Greece: Call for Proposals

The Greek Ministry of Culture establishes, coordinates and supports an international network of ancient drama, with the participation of the National Theatre of Greece, the National Theatre of Norther Greece, the Lyceum of Epidaurus and the Attiko School in Eleusis.

Csaba Antal designs the set for 'Carmen' at the Vörösmarty Theatre

UTE DECENTRALIZED ACADEMY: Masterclass with Oskaras Koršunovas

Teatro di Roma | Rome, Italy
In collaboration with the Lithuanian Embassy

Reims Scène d'Europe 2017

International Theatre Festival in Reims, France

YPALs at Reims Scènes d'Europe 2017

The Young Performing Art Lovers met at the Reims Scènes d'Europe festival, where they also participated in a special spectating and writing workshop.

In support of the Polski Theatre in Wroclaw

29 November 2016

Roundtable in Vienna: Democracy in a migration society

After the UTE roundtable on the refugee movement held in Vienna right after the height of the “Willkommenskultur”, the UTE will convene a follow-up roundtable discussing how democracy and a migration society go together

UTE member of honour Georges Banu at the Odéon in Paris

UTE member of honour Georges Banu discusses the omnipresent motif of the door together with the director of the Odéon in Paris, Stéphane Braunschweig

Tomáš Sedláček at the roundtable "Economics, Art and Europe" in Porto

Read the full transcript of his speech at the Teatro Nacional São João in Porto, Portugal

In support of "Cumhuriyet"

4 November 2016

We deeply mourn the loss of our esteemed Member of Honour, the great Polish filmmaker and man of the theatre Andrzej Wajda

Throughout his career he mingled theatre with cinema; his frescos with epic notions in romantic atmospheres broke with the spirit of social realist propaganda. By defying censure, he remained one of the leading artists and moral instances of his nation, not only before the communist era, but also after.

Freedom of artistic expression

September 2016

Interferences

From 24 November – 4 December, Interferences in Cluj will host 25 productions from 16 countries around the world.

UTE Decentralized Academy: Masterclass in Rostov-on-Don

A masterclass for young stage directors and set designers who will work on Shakespeare's plays on war.

Address to the UTE members by Secretary of State for Culture, Miguel Honrado, Portugal

Speech held in the context of the General Assembly in Porto

General Assembly in Porto

UTE members gathered in Porto between 17 – 20 November 2016 to attend their General Assembly and the rich cultural frame programme at the Teatro Nacional São João.

Prague Crossroads

Crossroads focused on Eastern Europe in its selection of guests; countries with a similar past to the Czech Republic's, but whose current political situation gives rise to apprehension and a need to express solidarity.

TRANSLATE

A symposium dealing with the future of international theatre by debating different forms of translation and the potential of artistically overcoming language borders, thus leading to theatre as a universal language.

ERDOGAN BANS FOREIGN PLAYS

Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo on being on the list of censored authors with Shakespeare: “It’s like winning another Nobel Prize”

Small Season Festival 2016

At the Sfumato Laboratory Theatre Sofia, Bulgaria
24 June – 3 July 2016

Masterclass with Lydia Koniordou

11 – 22 June 2016
Lydia Koniordou
European Cultural Centre of Delphi

Masterclass with Ludovic Lagarde in Reims

From 2 – 6 June 2016, the UTE Decentralized Academy offered a masterclass for 6 young European actors at the Comédie de Reims directed by artistic director and UTE Secretary Ludovic Lagarde.

Conference on Theatre Structures in Milan

On 20 May 2016 the Union des Théâtres de l’Europe offered a conference on theatre structures in Europe and the Mediterranean at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa in Milan, Italy.

Turn and Face the Strange

President of the Union des Théâtres de l'Europe, Michal Dočekal, has gathered some of the members of the UTE board of directors, young journalists and playwrights in an open discussion entitled „Turn and Face the Strange“

Europe Theatre Prize in Craiova

This year, the Europe Theatre Prize (ETP) has celebrated its XV edition (23 to 26 April) in Craiova, Romania.

Best performance award for the Sfumato Theatre with „The Dream of Gogol“

Margarita Mladenova and Ivan Dobčev were awarded for the best performance at the International Festival of Small Stages in Rijeka.

Georges Banu receives honorary doctorate

Georges Banu, professor, theatre critic, essayist and honorary secretary of the UTE, has received honorary doctorate from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

'Café Europa' in Bochum

'Café Europa' is a form of discussion that looks into neo-racism, forms of political theatre as well as the utopia of an open society through brief talks that serve as a kick-off for discussion. The audience is invited to actively participate in the discussion.

Roundtable: Security Issues

From amendments to the vacation of squares to the ordered clearing of tall trees in allotment gardens: ever since the Paris attacks a feeling of vulnerability has been dominating a rattled society that had just been dealing with the construction of a border fence.

European Youth debates at the European Commission – New Narrative for Europe

The European Commission invited Young Europeans to share their wishes, thoughts and doubts about a common vision of the European Union on 9 February 2016 in Brussels.

Reims Scènes d'Europe 2016

Every year the festival provides the opportunity to share the performances of the leading figures of the European scene, to discover the most singular artists of their country or the proposals of younger companies.

YPAL Meeting in Reims

During the first weekend of this year’s edition of the festival Reims Scènes d'Europe in France a group of 42 young international theatre enthusiasts met to see shows, attend workshops and discussions, to meet and exchange with the artists present at the festival.