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A PLACE TO BEGIN / Collaboration & Practice

How to Write a Brief for an International Theatre Collaboration

A brief for an international theatre collaboration is a working document that aligns partners on artistic purpose, roles, language, process, schedule, budget, rights and documentation. Write it early, keep it modular, version it, and separate what is agreed from what is still…

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Collaboration & Practice

What Is a Theatre Exchange Programme?

A theatre exchange programme is an organised scheme that enables theatre practitioners, productions or knowledge to travel between countries or institutions for mutual learning, presentation or collaboration.…

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Histories & Case Studies

Intercultural Theatre: History, Approaches, and Critical Debates

Intercultural theatre is the practice and study of deliberate exchange between theatrical traditions, cultures, and performance systems. It spans avant-garde borrowing, collaborative creation, diaspora performance, Indigenous and…

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THE PRACTICAL TOOLKIT / 02

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

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Editorial stock photographs illustrate themes; they do not document the productions discussed on this site. Used under the Pexels licence.