Activities

Over four days, the prize-winners are the object of meetings, colloquia and demonstrations of work, including. open rehearsals, performances, lectures and videos. The Europe Theatre Prize has become since its very first edition an important rendezvous for theatre people coming from all over the world: artists, men of culture, critics, journalists from the leading newspapers of the world, University professors, theatre and Festival directors. The International Jury of the Europe Theatre Prize, which gathered in Turin, has given the award for the XI Edition ex-aequo to Robert Lepage and Peter Zadek. The IX Europe Prize for New Theatrical Realities has been awarded to Biljana Srbljanovic and Alvis Hermanis.
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 26 April
Royal Theatre 4:30 pm
XI Europe Theatre Prize Opening and Welcome,
followed by
Prizes: "who needs them?" International Association of Theatre Critics Colloquium
Chairman: Ian Herbert
Theatre of the Society for Macedonian Studies 9:00 pm
Long Life by Alvis Hermanis, Directed by: Alvis Hermanis
New Riga Theatre
Friday, 27 April
Royal Theatre 10:00 am
Conference and Meeting with Alvis Hermanis
Curator: Brigitte Furle
The Sound of Silence by Alvis Hermanis
Open rehearsals from the new production for the Berliner Festspiele
Royal Theatre 4:00 pm
Conference and Meeting with Biljana Srbljanovic
Curator: Ivan Medenica
Reading of extracts from Biljana Srbljanovic's works
Theatre of the Society for Macedonian Studies 9:00 pm
Locusts by Biljana Srbljanovic
directed by Dejan Mijac
Jugoslav Drama Theatre
Saturday, 28 April
Royal Theatre, 10:00 am
Symposium:
Robert Lepage : The visionary from Quebek City
Part 1 : Robert Lepage
Curator: Michel Vaïs, General Secretary AICT
Follows Robert Lepage's movie: La face cachée de la lune.
Royal Theatre, 3:30 pm
Short extracts from works in progress by Robert Lepage
With Robert Lepage, Rebecca Blankenship, John Cobb, Nuria Garcia, Hans Piesbergen.
Followed by Robert Lepage interviewed by Michel Vaïs
Lazaristes Monastery, 9:00 pm
Fathers by Alvis Hermanis
directed by: Alvis Hermanis
Schauspielhaus Zürich
Sunday, 29 April
Royal Theatre, 10.00 am
Symposium,
Robert Lepage : The visionary from Quebek City
Part2 & Part 3
Royal Theatre, 4:00 pm
Thomas Ostermeier interviewed by Ivan Medenica for his collaboration with Biljana Srbljanovic
followed by Manfred Beilhartz's speech, for Biljana Srbljanovic's work.
Theatre of the Society for Macedonian Studies, 7:30 pm
Award Ceremony
Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by: Peter Zadek
Berliner Ensemble