23 April 2020, 14:00 – 15:00 (Berlin CET Time)
For ETC Members only
While many theatres are currently facing the challenge of learning how to work and rehearse online, others are very used to this way of working. For the past ten years, Belarus Free Theatre has been creating dozens of shows and educated hundreds of students in their Fortinbras programme via Skype. An incredible achievement for the teams based between Belarus and the UK.
For this ETC Webinar, Belarus Free Theatre’s founding co-artistic director, Natalia Kaliada, will talk about the learnings, good-practice and challenges of this creative process. A Q&A session will follow her presentation.
This online event is available for ETC Members only. All staff and artists working for an ETC Member Theatre (see the list here) is welcome! You will be sent a link to the webinar after registration.
→ Registrations are now closed
About Belarus Free Theatre
Belarus Free Theatre is the only theatre company in Europe banned by its government on political grounds. Founded in Minsk in 2005, BFT emerged as a direct challenge to the absolute censorship of freedom of artistic expression in “Europe’s Last Dictatorship”.
The company was forced underground, faced with harassment and persecution for its role in challenging the status quo, demanding recognition for those hidden on the margins of an oppressive society. Since then the company has worked across borders to create, campaign and educate – building a movement for democratisation, human rights and artistic freedom.
In Minsk, where the company is outlawed, BFT’s permanent ensemble continues to perform over 100 times each year. Internationally, BFT tour, perform and campaign extensively for social justice and the protection of people stigmatised and ostracised by their societies. To-date BFT has created more than 25 productions and performed in over 40 countries. In 2015 alone it performed to live audiences of over 10,000 people internationally, and more than 500,000 viewed its work online.
Top picture: The BFT team working from home ©Belarus Free Theatre
This webinar is part of the ETC Professional Training Programme.
Another online hangout for ETC Members is also planned: join the ETC Coffee Break on 30 April!
