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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 mobility — not a mark of quality. It is useful to separate creation, presentation, circulation…

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Translation & Multilingual Theatre

Bilingual Theatre Programmes: What Information to Include

A bilingual theatre programme should combine a complete production credit list with clear language information: the title in every language used, playwright and translator credits, an explicit…

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Collaboration & Practice

How to Build a Theatre Festival Submission Pack

A theatre festival submission pack is a curated set of files and information that answers a programmer's core questions: whether the show fits, whether it can be…

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