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23-26 April 2026

Hosted by Göteborgs Stadsteater
Backa Teater - Gothenburg, Sweden

Digital theatre research
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Digital Theatre Open Call:
ETC Research & Development
SPRINT

APPLICATIONS DEADLINE:

30 APRIL 2025
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Apply for funding to support a digital project development between two ETC Member Theatres with the consultancy of the Academy for Theatre and Digitality in Dortmund.

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ETC Professional Development
On-Site Workshop at the
Academy for Theatre and
Digitality

WORKSHOP:

14-16 JUNE 2025
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Ever wanted to step into a creative playground for digital theatre?
This is your chance!

Sustainable theatre programme
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ETC's Sustainable Theatre
Programme

DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

DEADLINE: 15 FEBRUARY 2026
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We're thrilled to launch the open call for the second round of ETC Research & Development Sprints of our Digital Theatre Programme! You can now apply for funding to support digital project development between two ETC Member Theatres with the consultancy of the Academy for Theatre and Digitality in Dortmund (Germany).

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DECEMBER 2025

Navigating Power Dynamics: Gendered Leadership in Theatre A Psychodynamic Perspective

This article by Dragan Simičević, psychologist, organisational consultant, and international ambassador for psychoanalysis and culture, presents a state of play as part of the most recent edition of the International Women Theatre Leaders Programme. MORE

DECEMBER 2025

Navigating Power Dynamics: Gendered Leadership in Theatre A Psychodynamic Perspective

This article by Dragan Simičević, psychologist, organisational consultant, and international ambassador for psychoanalysis and culture, presents a state of play as part of the most recent edition of the International Women Theatre Leaders Programme. MORE

Free Access Publication

NOVEMBER 2025

European Commission
Launches New Culture
Compass with an EU Prize for
Performing Arts

European Theatre Convention's latest publication brings together 14 influential theatre organisations, artists and researchers from STAGES.

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Free Access Publication

NOVEMBER 2025

Fabulamundi New Voices:
Inclusive Practices in European
Theatre

The Fabulamundi New Voices twin casebook series, published by the European Theatre Convention, documents a cross-European effort to empower emerging voices and diversify theatre-making, offering methodological insight and institutional strategies for inclusive, forward-thinking dramaturgy.

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