Young Theatre Days international festival
June 8-11, 2022 Klaipeda, Lithuania.
We are inviting professional actors, theatre directors and scenographers to participate and fill in the application form.
The 10th international festival Young Theatre Days aims to bring together actors, directors, stage designers, dramaturgist and critics in the non-traditional theatre space, giving them an opportunity to create together and establish contacts for further cooperation.
The essence of the Festival are creative workshops, where young professionals from different creative fields, in a limited time frame, will prepare and present their performances to the audience.
TERMS OF SELECTING THE PARTICIPANTS
The workshop is open to professional actors, directors, playwrights and scenographers of all ages;
The presentation of the works created in the workshop will take place on 11 June.
In the selection process, preference will be given to participants who are able to participate in all days of the festival;
Registration is open from 15 March to 15 April. When applying, please give a brief description of your professional activity and your motivation for participating in the project;
Selected participants will be contacted by 1 May;
For more information on the selection of participants and the programme of the event in the near future, please visit the festival page and the JTD Facebook account.
THE FORMAT OF THE WORKSHOP
5 teams will be drawn at random from the selected participants of the festival, consisting of a director, a playwright, a scenographer and 7 actors;
The teams will work with the same inspiration given by the festival organisers and will present their performance on 11 June at the Old Market Square in Klaipėda;
This year’s specialty will be the June 11th event in the Old Market, where the audience will be amused not only by performances by the JTD participants, but also to concerts, meetings with the creators, performances and circus;
Festival participants will be provided with 3 meals a day and free participation in all festival events. Festival guests are offered accommodation at the Bohema Hotel at special rates*;
Participation in the theatre professionals’ workshop „Young theater days ” – 39 eur.
Participants from abroad can apply for up to 250 euros compensation for their travel expenses to Lithuania.
*For overnight stays booked through the festival organisers, accommodation per person in a double room sharing with another participant is EUR 24/night. 40 euros/night for a single room.