We work across all forms of drama - from live art and physical/visual theatre to classic and text-based drama.
We work with our overseas network of arts managers and partners to plan, resource, deliver and evaluate high-impact arts projects involving professional artists and organisations from the UK. We aim to promote new images of the UK, to establish long-term partnerships abroad and to attract younger audiences.
IN PROGRESS:
CREATIVE CONVERSATIONS (IN THEATRE)
Wednesday, 20th March, Teatro Franco Parenti, Milan
h. 9:00pm (doors open at 8:30pm) - FREE ENTRY
Creative Conversations (in Theatre) is the first of a series of conversations which will take place throughout 2013. Entitled “The playwright in the spotlight” it will explore questions such as: what is the role of the writer in theatre today? Why write for the theatre rather than for television or film? What role does theatre play in contemporary society?
The acclaimed British writer Hanif Kureishi is guest of honour, and he will be in conversation with two young British playwrights: Arinze Kene and Evan Placey. Writer and translator Luca Scarlini and playwright Renato Gabrielli will be their Italian interlocutors with Maggie Rose, playwright and professor of the history of English Theatre at the University of Milan, acting as moderator. Creative Conversations (in Theatre) creates a synegy with two other theatre projects supported by the British Council: Intercultural Dialogues and Short Latitudes.
EVENT IN COLLABORATION WITH TEATRO FRANCO PARENTI
The conversation is in English with the rehearsed readings in Italian
SHORT LATITUDES
We are entering year 2 of the Short Latitudes project: Theatre Workshops with UK playwrights and Mise en Espace in Puglia, in partnership with Teatro Pubblico Pugliese. Two of the authors who recently participated to the project were Shireen Mula and Kwame Kwei Armah.
Our Project Short Latitudes has started in Lombardy with a network of local Theatres. For more info
INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUES
Now on our third year collaborating on the project Intercultural Dialogue with the Università degli Studi di Milano, this year sees the participation of Hanif Kureishi and Arne Pohlmeier. This project creates opportunity of reflection and debate on the theme of multiculturalism and intercultural dialogue. More details here
PAST EVENTS:
The XXV Intercity Festival of Sesto Fiorentino saw British actor and author Tim Crouch with his "I, Malvolio", where he re-imagines the Twelfth Night from the point of view of Shakespeare’s pent-up steward. On 18-19 November 2012
See Tim Crouch talking about "I, Malvolio"
Workshops led by Kwame Kwei-Armah part of the ‘Intercultural dialogues theatre project’ took place in April, in partnership with the Università degli Studi di Milano.
ONLINE RESOURCES:
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE WORK WE'RE DOING IN THEATRE
for more info:
email: arte@britishcouncil.it
