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Understand international, intercultural, and transnational theatre through concepts, terminology, cultural exchange, theatrical traditions, and research approaches.

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A PLACE TO BEGIN / International Theatre

How to Plan an International Theatre Collaboration: A Comprehensive Guide

An international theatre collaboration is a cross-border working relationship between artists, companies, venues, festivals, or producers to create, present, tour, or develop theatre together. Effective planning aligns artistic purpose with partners, budgets, contracts, rights, mobility, technical delivery, communication, and legacy.

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Collaboration & Practice

Theatre Residencies and Cultural Mobility: A Research Guide

Theatre residencies are hosted, time-limited opportunities for theatre artists and companies to research, create, rehearse, present, teach, or exchange work away from their home base. Cultural mobility…

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International Theatre

What Is International Theatre? A Guide to Performance Across Borders

International theatre is performance made, presented, studied, or supported across national borders. It includes touring, co-productions, translation, festivals, residencies, cultural diplomacy, digital collaboration, and diasporic performance, and…

18 min read
Collaboration & Practice

What Makes a Theatre Production International?

A theatre production is international when its making, presentation or circulation depends on more than one national context. Internationality is a description of relationships, funding, languages and…

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THE PRACTICAL TOOLKIT / 01

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Use these prompts to begin planning with your collaborators. Your progress is saved in this browser.

A starting point for discussion. Adapt it to your project and check local requirements with the relevant organisations.

THE PRACTICAL TOOLKIT / 02

A time to come together.

Choose a date and time in UTC to see when your collaborators would meet. Times account for daylight saving on your chosen date.

Shaded times fall outside 09:00–18:00 local time. Agree working hours and access needs with your team.

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