The Amateur Theatre Association of Finland arranges every year a domestic festival for the best amateur theatre performances held during the year and it is called Seinäjoen Harrastajateatterikesä. The festival is situated in the western part of the country in the city of Seinäjoki which is famous for its city centre, designed by architect Alvar [...]

On 14 October 2011 a delegation from AITA/IATA visited La Plata, Argentina to explore the possibility of the city hosting the World Festival and Congress in 2015. The delegation was led by President Merja Laaksovirta: she was accompanied by English Speaking Secretary Anne Gilmour, Regional representatives Kathleen Maldonado, from NARA and Steiner Arnesen and Svein [...]

The International Amateur Theatre Festival of AITA/IATA asbl Tromsø DIALOG 2011 Together for theatre – together for peace! in Tromsø Norway July 14 -24,  2011. The theater festival Tromsø Dialog 2011 is proud that HRH the Crown Princess has accepted the responsibility of being the festival patroness. Please, read the Press Announcement The Organising Committee of [...]

The AITA/IATA World Festival of Children´s Theatre consists of four parts, according to the guidelines, and one of these parts is the Director´s Forum. The Director´s Forum for this festival was led by Professor Dr. Christel Hoffmann from the Institute for Theatre Pedagogy of the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück (based in Lingen), and Helle [...]

An Initiative by I-act and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Creative Forum for Independent Theatre Groups (Europe- Mediterranean) is a platform for contemporary theatre. At the same time, it is a practical phenomenon of the “anti-festival” concept, where formality is superseded by creativity. The Forum is also a meeting point for the independent theatre groups that [...]