We’re here at the welcome desk at Hotel Excelsior in #Valletta for day one of the ETC International Theatre Conference, with ⁦Teatru Malta⁩! 2 days of discussions about the future of #theatre with European theatres. Stay tuned for updates!⁦Creative Europe⁩

Welcoming our first ETC members to our International Theatre Conference Teatru Malta! It's good to be back together again♥️ 📸 credit: Lindsey Bahia

„We strongly believe this encounter will provide the European theatre community with an opportunity to discuss boundary-pushing ideas“ Albert Marshall @ArtsCouncilMLT

Daniel Spinar Činohra ND says the pandemic allowed theatres to stop - „to have the Gift of time without the guilt“

"Most of us were brought up as Roman Cathaloics, we pray to Allah. We say Bonjour (Bonġu) but then say Goodnight. We say Jekk jogħġbok for please but thank with Grazzi. The knights here built the first European Union. We are a nation built on exchange." European Theatre Convention (ETC)

What bits of our theatre machine have made it through the pandemic? Can we now slow down and rebuild or reconstruct the machine that we once knew? Is there enough time? Food for thought European Theatre Convention (ETC) pic.x.com/xpfBVV9QV4

Bashar Murkus (Palestinian director Khashabi Ensemble); "The problem is when censorship turns inside to you. We want to be outside of this and to take responsibility for what we do, carefully choosing our projects. It's not just a political statement. It's an artistic statement."

The panel are addressing a question from our live stream audience; "In the UK we are finding audiences are less interested in digital theatre now theatres are open, they want the magic. Yet digital theatre has increased accessibility. How do we keep digital theatre exciting?"

Bashar Murkus: "As artists, we understood that organisations have had to act fast. Now, we want them to give us opportunities and take some risks with us. We have questioned the basic element of theatre; how we meet the audience? We need to be invited into these discussions."

How do we push back against some of what these 18 months has forced us to do - more co-productions, collaborations, common meeting spaces. So we are not talking amongst ourselves, so we're discussing with our European colleagues and our young people - it's all on the agenda.

Onto this afternoon’s conference sessions - right now we’re at Spazju Kreattiv for our Young Europe meeting, discussing our Young Europe IV project with our partners 👇

Mirielle Estelle Camilleri from Teatru Malta is now introducing our participatory drama talks Spazju Kreattiv

Pipelines is a collaboration with 5 writers from 5 different countries, including Simone Spiteri

📣 ETC NEWS! We have launched 'Trans-formations: Recharging European Theatres and Audiences in a Post-Covid World' - our new programme of activities for 2021–24. Read this thread for more info 👇

Attention!! We have a stand at the The Malta Book Festival 2021 where we'll be launching our re-vamped classics collection 😎 as well as launching BRAND NEW BOOKS for you to enjoy! The Festival will take place between the 3rd and the 7th of November at the MFCC in Ta' Qali 📚

Last week's European Theatre Convention (ETC) convention in Malta saw leading theatre makers and professionals across Europe deliver a very clear message to policy makers on the continent: "Act now to make sustainability and freedom of expression in theatre a reality." Photo by: Elisa VB

APPLICATIONS for Musical in the Dark are out now and we're looking for 4 voice artists for their latest in the dark installment! Download your audition calls today by visiting🔗teatrumalta.org.mt/calls/call-for…🔗 Deadline to apply is Monday 29th November 2021 Vikesh Godhwani

📚 #saturdaymorning read alert 📖 We caught up with Ruben Zahra after "Who is She?" starring Zoe Camilleri premiered during Dance Festival Malta last Thursday! Read more ⤵️ teatrumalta.org.mt/guest-post-the…