List of theatre festivals

Theatre festivals are amongst the earliest types of festival. Classical Greek theatre was associated with religious festivals dedicated to Dionysus, called the City Dionysia. The medieval mystery plays were presented at the major Christian feasts. Theatre as an everyday part of life is a comparatively recent phenomenon.

In recent years, theatre festivals have been established to promote various types of theatre, such as the works of William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. Many festivals, such as those in the fringe theatre movement, promote the work of beginning playwrights (called "new writing") and performers.

This is a list of theatre festivals around the world:

Theatre festivals

Name Est. City Region Country Type
24:7 Theatre Festival2004ManchesterEngland United KingdomAnnual (Around 24 July)
Mérida International Classical Theatre Festival[1]1933MéridaExtremaduraSpainAnnual (July-August)
Adelaide Festival of Arts1960[2]AdelaideSouth Australia Australia
Atlanta Black Theatre Festival 2012 Atlanta Georgia United States Annual/International (Oct.)
Avignon Festival1947Avignon FranceAnnual (July)
Belgrade International Theatre Festival1967Belgrade SerbiaAnnual
Contemporary American Theater Festival1991ShepherdstownWest Virginia United StatesAnnual (July)
Dublin Theatre Festival1957Dublin IrelandAnnual
Edinburgh International Festival1947EdinburghScotland United KingdomAnnual (August)
Fajr International Theater Festival1983 IranAnnual
FEDU2015Sarajevo Bosnia and HerzegovinaAnnual
Harare International Festival of the Arts1999Harare Zimbabwe
International Festival of Children's Theatres1994SuboticaVojvodina SerbiaInternational
International Theatre Festival of Kerala2008ThrissurKerala IndiaAnnual
IAPAR International Theatre Festival2016PuneMaharashtra IndiaAnnual
International Thespian FestivalLincolnNebraskaUnited StatesAnnual
Joakimfest2004City of Kragujevac Serbia
Juventafest2013Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
Last Frontier Theatre Conference1995ValdezAlaska United States
Malta Festival Poznan 1991 Poznań Greater Poland  Poland Annual (June)
MasterWorks Festival 1997 Cedarville Ohio  United States Annual
MESS International Theatre Festival 1960 Sarajevo  Bosnia and Herzegovina Annual
National Arts Festival1974GrahamstownEastern Cape South AfricaAnnual
NatyanjaliSouth India India
Pacific Playwrights Festival1998Costa MesaCalifornia United StatesAnnual three day festival
Salzburg Festival1920Salzburg AustriaAnnual (Jul-Aug)
Shaw Festival1962Niagara-on-the-LakeOntario CanadaAnnual (April–September)
Sibiu International Theatre Festival1993SibiuTransylvania RomaniaAnnual
Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre2009Tbilisi GeorgiaAnnual (September–October)
United Solo Theatre Festival2010New York CityNew York United StatesAnnual (Fall)
Williamstown Theatre Festival1954WilliamstownMassachusetts United StatesAnnual (Summer)
Zürcher Theater Spektakel1980Zürich  SwitzerlandAnnual
Guwahati Theatre Festival2016GuwahatiAssam IndiaAnnual
Theater Festival "MYTHS OF THE POLIS"2016Constanța RomaniaAnnual (June)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.turismoextremadura.com/viajar/turismo/en/explora/Festival-Internacional-de-Teatro-Clasico-de-Merida-00004/
  2. ↑ "1960 Adelaide". Retrieved December 10, 2014.

You should add Prishtina International Theater Festival - PITF in Kosovo https://aab-edu.net/?s=festivali http://www.teatriaab.com/pitf/

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