ETC will raise its voice for resistance and artistic freedom during its annual event for policymakers and theatre practitioners at the Festival d'Avignon in France, on Wednesday 09 July 2025 from 10:00 - 12:00.
The event will be followed by the ETC Networking Lunch Reception at 12:30 PM.
Secure your spot now for this high-profile meeting in the heart of the largest theatre festival in Europe!
Do artists have enough protection from political interference? Is it still possible to make work that shocks, thrills and enrages, in the context of decimated public funding and growing examples of political overreach?
This edition of the European Theatre Talks, titled ‘Democracy, Freedom and New Voices’, will focus on the global campaign for Artistic Freedom, RESISTANCE NOW TOGETHER. The speakers will reflect on empowering the wave of new voices, and the importance for artists of implementing policy tools such as the ‘Opole Recommendations’. The event will also launch the new Fabulamundi - New Voices casebooks on diversifying theatre, published by ETC.
Features interventions from Milo Rau, Artistic Director of Vienna Festival – Wiener Festwochen; Tiago Rodrigues, Artistic Director of the Festival d’Avignon; artists Luanda Casella and Mario Banushi, part of the Prospero New European Wave Platfrom; and the European Commission.
Stay tuned - we will soon announce our speakers!
Discover the European Theatre Talks in the Festival d'Avignon programme
