Thursday, 10th April
Vassiliko Hall
3:00 pm
Theatre and Diversity
organised by the Greek Union of Drama and Music Critics in co-operation with the International Association of Theatre Critics and the National Theatre of Northern Greece
Chairman, Savas Patsalidis, critic, Professor of Theatre, University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
Keynote speaker, Richard Schechner, critic, director, Professor, University of New York (USA)
Contributors, in alphabetical order:
Carmelita Celi, critic (Italy); Yiorgos Pefanis, critic, Assistant Professor of Theatre, University of Athens (Greece); Leandros Polenakis, critic, Doctor of Philosophy, Pantion University (Greece); Marika Thomadaki, critic, Professor of Theatre, University of Athens (Greece); Dimitri Tsatsoulis critic, Associate Professor of Theatre, University of Patra (Greece).
Friday, 11th April
Vassiliko Hall
10:00 am
Conference and Meeting with Krzysztof Warlikowski
Curator, Georges Banu, Honorary President of IATC, Professor Sorbonne Nouvelle and essayist (France)
in collaboration with Piotr Gruszcszynski, Dramaturg (Poland)
Contributors, in alphabetical order:
Anderzej Chyra, actor (Poland); Miron Hackenbeck, Dramaturg (Germany); Renate Jett, actress (Switzerland); Maja Komorowska, actress (Poland); Christian Longchamp, Directeur Artistique La Monnaie (Belgium); Grzegorz Niziolek, critic (Poland); Jacek Poniedziałek, actor and translator (Poland); Małgorzata Szczęśniak, set-designer (Poland); Bruno Tackels, philosopher, essayist and critic (France)
3:30 pm
Symposium on Patrice Chéreau
Curator, Georges Banu
Contributors, in alphabetical order:
Anne-Françoise Benhamou, artistic councillor TNS (France); Dominique Blanc, actress (France); Luc Bondy, theatre and opera director, Artistic Director of Wiener Festwochen (Austria/Switzerland); Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, actress and film director (France/Italy); Philippe Calvario, actor and theatre director (France); Bertrand Couderc, light-designer (France); Marie Desplechin, writer (France); François Gedigier, editor (France); Clément Hervieu-Léger, actor (France); David Lan, Artistic Director Young Vic Theatre (Great Britain); Stéphane Metge, director (France); Thierry Thieû Niang, director (France); Vincent Perez, actor (France); François Regnault, Professor Paris X, playwright and essayist (France); Catherine Tasca, Senateur of Yvelines, former Culture Minister (France); Anne-Louise Trividic, scriptwriter (France)
Saturday, 12th April
Vassiliko Hall
11:30 am
Conference and Meeting with Rimini Protokoll
Curator, Florian Malzacher, Dramaturg, co-Programmer Steiricher Herbst Festival Graz (Austria)
Contributors, in alphabetical order:
Sven Age Birkeland, Director BIT Teatergarasjen Bergen (Norway); Hannah Hurtzig, Dramaturg/curator Mobile Academy (Germany); Peter Kirschen, performer (Germany); Thomas Kuczynski, performer (Germany); Hans-Thies Lehmann, University of Frankfurt (Germany); Frie Leysen, Artistic Director Meeting Points (Belgium); Ahmed Mehdi, performer (Switzerland); Heidi Mettler-Grab, performer (Switzerland)
3:30 pm
Presentation of the book
Giorgio Strehler ou la passion théâtrale/Giorgio Strehler or a passion for theatre
3:30 pm
Symposium on Patrice Chéreau
followed by Critics’ statements and discussion
Sunday, 13th April
Vassiliko Hall
10:00 am
Symposium on Patrice Chéreau
followed by an interview with Patrice Chéreau
12:30 pm
Conference and Meeting with Belarus Free Theatre
Curator, Michael Billington, drama critic for The Guardian
Contributors, in alphabetical order:
Christian Benedetti, director (France); Erik Ehn, California Institute of the Arts (USA); Boris Gerets, director and professor (Netherlands); Alexander Milinkevich, Head of the United Democratic Forces (Belarus); Robert Palmer, Director of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage – Council of Europe (Belgium); Gottfried Wagner, Head of the European Cultural Foundation (Netherlands)