Videos 26 MAY 2025

ETC Webinar: Ethical Communications - Should European Theatres Transition Away From X and Meta?

The dependence on big tech's social media platforms is no longer sustainable. With moderation and fact-checking getting banned and big tech's power increasingly intertwined with political power, it is time to move to better alternatives. In this special ETC webinar for communications and digital professionals, Marleen Stikker and Danny Lämmerhirt from the Amsterdam-based tech foundation Waag Futurelab, lead the discussion on how ETC Members can actively engage in alternative social media platforms that safeguard public values. Includes insights from Waag's #MakeSocialsSocialAgain campaign. READ

Videos Member Only

ETC Webinar: Fundamentals of Web Accessibility

Have you ever thought...Is your website truly accessible to all your audiences? How can a blind person find their way to your theatre's programme? Are your trailer videos subtitled for people living with hearing disabilities? Are the colours used on your website clear enough for colourblind people? This webinar helps you evaluate the accessibility of your website. READ

Videos Member Only 27/03/2024

ETC Webinar: Im/Material Theatre Spaces

Theatre has always been a pioneer for the development and application of new technologies, it is a place for artistic and technical innovation, experimentation and research. How can immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality unfold their potential in front of, behind and on stage - as a creative design tool, as a construction aid for virtual building rehearsals, as a teaching and learning space, or as an extended stage for the arts? In this webinar, expert Franziska Ritter showcases different approaches and possibilities based on the research project “Im/material Theatre Spaces” by digital.DTHG, the digital competence centre of the Deutsche Theatertechnische Gesellschaft. READ

Videos Member Only 23/04/2020

Online Webinar: How to work and rehearse online

For this ETC Webinar, Belarus Free Theatre’s founding artistic director, Natalia Kaliada, talked about the learnings, good-practice and challenges of working and rehearsing online. READ

Casebooks 2018

Digital Theatre – A Casebook

‘Digital Theatre - A Casebook’ was the first ETC casebook produced in 2018. It presents findings and reflections for the creative community based on the two-year project European Theatre Lab: Drama Goes Digital, an artistic and international cross-sectoral collaboration between major European public theatres and scientific institutions.  READ

Policy Papers 2024

Digital Theatre Policy Recommendations 2024

Suggestions and recommendations for publicly funded theatres, policy makers and funders at the local, national and European level to enable the creation of digital theatre. READ

Videos Member Only 05/03/2025

ETC Professional Development Webinar:

As part of our Professional Development scheme, aimed at organising training and events to share best practices on the latest trends in theatre, we present the webinar 'Introduction to Digital Theatre,' in collaboration with the Academy for Theatre and Digitality in Dortmund. In the first webinar of ETC’s Digital Theatre Programme, the renowned Academy for Theatre and Digitality introduces you to a variety of digital technologies approaching the cultural field. How do you navigate the digital? The digital age has brought an array of innovations and challenges, from video mapping and extended reality to digital live experiences, robotics, and artificial intelligence. This session explores how these cutting-edge technologies can be integrated into theatre practice. Speakers Carla Meller, International Cooperation - Academy for Theatre and Digitality in Dortmund Marcus Lobbes, Director - Academy for Theatre and Digitality in Dortmund READ

Videos 2021

Renaissance – The Trailer

22 Theatres. 18 European Countries. 250 Artists. Renaissance, a project coordinated by the European Theatre Convention, sees 22 theatres from 18 European countries each write and produce a five-minute short film that responds to the dramatic prompt of ‘Renaissance’.   READ

Policy Papers 17 JULY 2023

The Opole Recommendations

'The Opole Recommendations' is a significant policy document resulting from the in-depth exchanges during the European Theatre Forum (ETF) 2023, the high-level event by the European Commission that took place from 11-13 May at JK Opole Theatre in Poland. READ

Policy Papers 2022

Good practices born during the pandemic and to be sustained - Speech Heidi Wiley

Heidi Wiley, Executive Director of the European Theatre Convention, gave an inspiration speech at the 8th Culture & RTBF Meeting: Co-Construction in the age of digitalization, at Théâtre de Namur on the 12th of October 2022. She shared the good digital practices that have emerged during the pandemic within the European performing arts sector and reflected on those that should be continued.   READ

Research 2022

Performing Arts Recordings and Broadcasts: A practical manual on author’s and related rights

The study, developed as part of the Prospero - Extended Theatre project, identifies the key legal challenges that emerge when broadcasting performances online in Europe – and explains how producers and broadcasters can overcome them. READ

Research 2022

A Practical Manual on Author's and Related Rights (Version FR)

French title: Captations du spectacle vivant: manuel pratique des droits d‘auteur et droits voisins This study, commissioned by Prospero - Extended Theatre, is a practical tool for the entire sector in Europe to better understand the new legal issues involved in the broadcasting of live performances on the internet - and above all, to identify the concrete steps to overcome them. Prospero - Extended Theatre was a project co-funded by the European Union's Europe Creative programme. READ

Research 2023

Digital Theatre – Digital Strategies and Business Models in European Theatre

The study, developed in partnership with the Akademie für Theater und Digitalitat in Dortmund/Germany, and digital theatre researcher Katie Hawthorne, analyses artistic production, digital dissemination, strategies and digital business models in ETC Member Theatres. READ

Tools 2018

White Paper Digital Theatre Casebook:

Suggestions and recommendations on digital theatre for publicly funded theatres, policymakers and funders at the local, national and European level READ