List of theatre festivals

Theatre festivals are amongst the earliest types of festival. Classical Greek theatre was associated with religious festivals dedicated to Dionysus, called the City Dionysia. The medieval mystery plays were presented at the major Christian feasts. Theatre as an everyday part of life is a comparatively recent phenomenon.

In recent years, theatre festivals have been established to promote various types of theatre, such as the works of William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. Many festivals, such as those in the fringe theatre movement, promote the work of beginning playwrights (called "new writing") and performers.

This is a list of theatre festivals around the world:

Theatre festivals

Name Est. City Region Country Type Notes
24:7 Theatre Festival2004ManchesterEngland United KingdomAnnual (Around 24 July)Official Website
Adelaide Festival of Arts1960[1]AdelaideSouth Australia AustraliaOfficial Website
Al Qasr International Festival of Theatre2014Ksar el-KebirTangier MoroccoAnnual (March) Official Website
International Festival of Making Theatre2005AthensAttica GreeceAnnual (July) Official Website
Atlanta Black Theatre Festival2012AtlantaGeorgia United StatesOfficial Website
Avignon Festival1947Avignon FranceAnnual (July)Avignon Official Website
Belgrade International Theatre Festival1967Belgrade Serbia Annual BITEF, Official Website
Broadway Bound Theatre Festival 2016 New York City New York  United States Annual (Summer) Where Playwrights Take Center Stage.

BBTF is the only curated theatre festival dedicated to transforming playwrights into producers.

Official website

Cfest (Charkhofalak Festival) 2017 Tehran Tehran  Iran Annual (Summer) Official Website
Chekhov International Theatre Festival 1992 Moscow Russian Federation Biennial (May-July) http://www.chekhovfest.ru/en/
Cincinnati Fringe Festival 2004 Cincinnati Ohio United States Annual, Tuesday after Memorial Day for 13 days. www.cincyfringe.com
Contemporary American Theater Festival1991ShepherdstownWest Virginia United StatesAnnual (July)Official Website
Dream Up Festival2010New York City United StatesAnnualOfficial Website
Dublin Theatre Festival1957Dublin IrelandAnnualweb site
Edinburgh International Festival1947EdinburghScotland United KingdomAnnual (August)Official web site
Fajr International Theater Festival1983 IranAnnualOfficial Website
Festival de Teatro de Curitiba1992CuritibaParaná Brazilpt:Festival de Teatro de Curitiba
Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro de Bogota1988Bogotá ColombiaBiennial (March or April)Official website
Festival Internacional de Londrina1968LondrinaParaná Brazilpt:Festival Internacional de Londrina
Festival Nacional de Teatro1985São PauloSão Paulo Brazilpt:Festival Nacional de Teatro
FRIDGE Fest2017New York City United StatesAnnualOfficial Website
Gabriola Theatre Festival2008Gabriola IslandBritish Columbia CanadaAnnualOfficial Website
Globo Teatro Festival International Theatre Festival2014Reggio CalabriaCalabria ItalyAnnualOfficial Website
Harare International Festival of the Arts1999Harare ZimbabweHifa Official Website
IAPAR International Theatre Festival2016PuneMaharashtra IndiaAnnual (In November)IAPAR International Theatre Festival features performances from across the globe, master classes, formal and informal interactions between artists from India and abroad. The focus of the festival revolves around the ‘Actor’ taking center stage. Official website
International Festival of Children's Theatres1994SuboticaVojvodina SerbiaInternationalOfficial Website
International Theatre Festival of Kerala 2008ThrissurKerala IndiaAnnualWebsite
International Thespian FestivalLincolnNebraskaUnited StatesAnnualhttps://www.schooltheatre.org/thespianfestival2017/home
Joakimfest2004City of Kragujevac SerbiaOfficial Website
Last Frontier Theatre Conference 1995 ValdezAlaska United StatesOfficial Website
Leonid Yengibaryan International Mime Festival2008TsakhkadzorKotayk ArmeniaAnnual (22-26 July)Official Website
Malta Festival Poznan 1991 Poznań Greater Poland  Poland Annual (June) Official Website
MasterWorks Festival 1997 Cedarville Ohio  United States Annual Multi-disciplinary Christian classical arts festival Official Website
MINI MIDI MAXI2005BergenHordaland NorwayAnnual (November)International theatre festival for children and young people Official website
National Arts Festival1974GrahamstownEastern Cape South AfricaAnnualMulti-disciplinary festival with Main and Fringe programmes Official website
Floripa Teatro – Festival de Teatro Isnard Azevedo1993FlorianopolisSanta Catarina Brazilpt:Floripa Teatro – Festival de Teatro Isnard Azevedo
Festival Nacional de Teatro de Angra2004Angra dos ReisRio de Janeiro Brazilpt:Festa Internacional de Teatro de Angra
Festival de Teatro Independente de Santa Maria2008Santa MariaRio Grande do Sul Brazilpt:Festival de Teatro Independente de Santa Maria
NatyanjaliSouth India IndiaClassical Indian musical theatre festival in the Hindu temples
Pacific Playwrights Festival1998Costa MesaCalifornia United States Annual three day festivalat South Coast RepertoryOfficial Website
Page to Stage Festival2014LiverpoolEngland United KingdomOfficial web site
Revolutions International Theatre Festival2001AlbuquerqueNew Mexico United StatesAnnual (Jan-Feb) Official Website
Salzburg Festival1920Salzburg  AustriaAnnual (Jul-Aug) Official Website
Santarcangelo dei Teatri - Festival Internazionale del Teatro in Piazza1971Santarcangelo di Romagna  ItalyAnnual (Jul) Official Website
Shaw Festival1962Niagara-on-the-LakeOntario CanadaAnnual (April–September)Official Website
Sibiu International Theatre Festival1993SibiuTransylvania RomaniaAnnualOfficial website
Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre2009Tbilisi GeorgiaAnnual (September–October)Official website
The Act NOW! International Performance Writing FestivalVancouverBritish Columbia Canadaby The NOW! Organization
Under the Sal Tree Theatre Festival2008GoalparaNorth-East India IndiaAnnual (Around December)Going back to the roots of theatre by connecting with nature. This festival happens amidst the Sal Tree jungles of Lower Assam.[2][3]
United Solo Theatre Festival2010New York CityNew York United StatesAnnual (Fall)The world's largest solo theatre festival, Official website
Williamstown Theatre Festival1954WilliamstownMassachusetts United StatesAnnual (Summer)Official website
Zürcher Theater Spektakel1980Zürich  SwitzerlandAnnualOfficial website

References

  1. ↑ "1960 Adelaide". Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/natural-theatre-under-the-sal-trees/article121871.ece
  3. ↑ http://www.indiaifa.org/pdf/newsletter/edition21/index.html
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