Programm

Thursday, April 6, 2017

10h–13h

ETL team meetings

ZKM

14h–17h

ETL team and Advisory board meeting

ZKM

15h–17h

ETC board meeting

ZKM

18h

Welcome! Get-together and guided tour through the theatre

• Peter Spuhler, General manager Staatstheater Karlsruhe
• Dubravka Vrgoč, ETC President
• Wolfram Jäger, First deputy mayor/Mayor for culture of Karlsruhe
• Data Tavadze, Fast Forward 2016 award winner

Badisches Staatstheater, Mittleres Foyer

Performances

19h–20h30

Romeo and Juliet–next generation, after William Shakespeare

Directed by Ulrike Stöck
English synopsis

Junges Staatstheater
taxi shuttle provided

20h–21h30

Attack on Freedom, after Julie Zeh & Ilija Trojanow
Directed by Patrick Wengenroth
World premiere, English surtitles

Badisches Staatstheater, Studio

As of 22h

Post-premiere party backstage

Badisches Staatstheater, Cantina

Friday, April 7, 2017

PLEASE BRING YOUR SMARTPHONE

9h30

Bus shuttle from Hotel Achat Plaza to ZKM

10h

Official opening

• Jan Linders, Vice-general manager/Head dramaturg Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
• Dubravka Vrgoč, ETC President
• Petra Olschowski, Secretary of State, Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts

ZKM

10h15

Introductory note

• Peter Weibel, ZKM Chairman and ETL Advisory board member

ZKM

10h30

Exploring digital innovation in theatre.

A field discovery tour

Animated by Dick van Dijk, Creative director Waag Society Institute for arts, science and technology

ZKM

11h

Keynote speech: Digital innovation in theatre

Marcus Romer, Associate artist at Theatre Royal Stratford East and Creative director of Artsbeacon Ltd.

ZKM

11h30

Coffee break

ZKM

11h45

Panel talk: Digital innovation in theatre–European provocations

• Marc Dondey, General and artistic director, Gaité Lyrique
• Siegfried Zielinski, Media art theoretician, Rector of HfG Karlsruhe
• Kay Voges, theatre artist, Drama director Schauspiel Dortmund (video message)
• Simon Mellor, Executive director Arts Concil England
• Christian Römer, Media and Culture Heinrich Böll Foundation
• Dieter Schneider, ARTE/ZDF
• Moderation: Jan Linders, Vice-general manager/Head dramaturg Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe

ZKM

13h

Artistic try-outs: Preview

With the artists of the afternoon showcase

ZKM

13h30

Networking lunch in ZKM restaurant

ZKM

14h30

Official launch of ETC project European Theatre Lab: Drama goes digital

• Barbara Gessler, Head of Unit Creative Europe, EU Commission DG EAC
• Marc Grandmontagne, Director German Theatre and Orchestra Association

Virtual platform launch

Creative Projects presentations by Théâtre de la Manufacture Nacy, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Kote Marjanishvili Drama State Theatre Tblisi, Théâtre de Liège, Romanian National Theatre Craiova, Det Norske Teatret Oslo, Croatian National Theatre Zagreb

Introduction strategic partnership ETC and Opera Europa

• Nicholas Payne, Director Opera Europa
• Heidi Wiley, ETC General Secretary

ZKM

16h

Coffee break

ZKM

16h15 

Digital development in theatre: what are the different approaches?

Artistic talks and try-outs–showcase of current digital theatre projects and work

• Anonymous P / You are out there (Christiane Kühl, Chris Kondek)
• CyberRäuber–The theatre of virtual reality (Björn Lengers)
• Doppelgänger (students of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, class of Prof. Heike Schuppelius)
• IMPACT (Jonathan Thonon, Théâtre de Liège)
• Lord of the Flies: survival mode (Birgit Lengers–Junges DT Berlin) 
• Maptory (Bernd Lintermann–ZKM Karlsruhe)
• Ministry of Counterculture, moc.media (Clare Robertson–Belarus Free Theatre)
• P3M5 (Karla Mäder–Schauspielhaus Graz and Goethe Institute Washington)
• PanoramaLab (ZKM)
• Theatre lab in the digital era (Michael Eickhoff, Theater Dortmund), Chris Ziegler–Arizona State University and ZKM Karlsruhe

ZKM

18h15

Bus shuttle from ZKM to Staatstheater Karlsruhe

Performances

20h–21h30

I Have No Regrets, by Jan-Christoph Gockel, Thomas Hall & Konstantin Küspert

Directed by Jan-Christoph Gockel

English surtitles

Badisches Staatstheater, Studio

20h–22h30

The Cripple from Inishmaan, by Martin McDonagh

Directed by Nicolai Sykosch

English surtitles

Badisches Staatstheater, Kleines Haus

20h–22h45

Adriana Lecouvreur, by Francesco Cilea
Conducted by Johannes Willig, directed by Katharina Thoma

Opera, English surtitles

Badisches Staatstheater, Großes Haus

As of 22h

Get together backstage

Badisches Staatstheater, Cantina

Saturday, April 8, 2017

9h30

Bus shuttle from Hotel Achat Plaza to ZKM

10h

Platform for professional networking
Theatre educators and pedagogues meeting
Moderation: Birgit Lengers, Head of Junges Deutsches Theater Berlin

ZKM

10h

ETC General Assembly (for ETC members only)

• Activity report
• ENGAGE–ETC 4 year strategy presentation
• Vote accounts 2016
• Vote new members (Gesher Theatre Tel Aviv, Staatsschauspiel Dresden)

ZKM

11h

ETC Extraordinary General Assembly (for ETC members only)
Move of ETC legal headquarters from Paris to Berlin

ZKM

12h

Coffee break

ZKM

12h30

Artistic ETC collaboration projects–2017 and beyond
Introducing: “NADIA” theatre education project, exploring the pedagogical online tool to connect audiences internationally, Martien Langmann & Paulien Geerlings, De Toneelmakerij

Calls for participation 

ZKM

13h15

Networking lunch in ZKM restaurant

ZKM

14h15

ZKM exhibitions, guided tours

ZKM

15h15

Parallel work labs on current and future ETC projects

• Work lab 1: Young Europe III
• Work lab 2: European House with theatre director Clemens Bechtel

ZKM

17h

Coffee break

ZKM

17h30 

Report from the work labs

ZKM

18h

End of conference day 2

18h15

Bus shuttle from ZKM to hotel Achat Plaza

Performances

19h30–21h30

La Sylphide, by August Bournonville

Choregraphed by Peter Schaufuss

Badisches Staatstheater, Großes Haus

19h30–21h30

Antigone, by Sophokles• Directed by Anna Bergmann• Premiere, Kleines Haus, English surtitles

Badisches Staatstheater, Kleines Haus

19h30–21h

How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone, after Saša Stanišić
Staged installation directed by Beata Anna Schmutz
Participatory theatre, English synopsis

Badisches Staatstheater, Studio

As of 21h30

Post-premiere party

Badisches Staatstheater, Mittleres Foyer

Sunday, April 9, 2017

9h–10h

ETC board meeting–debriefing at Hotel Achat Plaza

10h30–18h

Das Theater, by Bernhard Herbodt & Melanie Mohren
Directed by Bernhard Herbodt & Melanie Mohren
Site-specific performance at Michelbach an der Lücke, in German

Meeting point: box office hall of Staatstheater Karlsruhe. The 7,5 hours long journey starts and ends there. Bus ride, lunch, cake and coffee included.

Michelbach an der Lück

11h–13h

Fifth symphonic concert (Fauré, Dvorak, Schönberg)
Badische Staatskapelle, conducted by Lothar Koenigs

Badisches Staatstheater, Großes Haus

15h–17h

Tripping Stones Staatstheater, by Hans-Werner Kroesinger & Regina Dura
Directed by Hans-Werner Kroesinger
English surtitles

Selected for Berliner Theatertreffen 2016

Badisches Staatstheater, Studio