Theatre festivals are amongst the earliest types of festival. Classical Greek theatre was associated with religious festivals dedicated to Dionysus, called the City Dionysia. The medieval mystery plays were presented at the major Christian feasts. Theatre as an everyday part of life is a comparatively recent phenomenon.

In recent years, theatre festivals have been established to promote various types of theatre, such as the works of William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. Many festivals, such as those in the fringe theatre movement, promote the work of beginning playwrights (called "new writing") and performers.

This is a list of theatre festivals around the world:

Theatre festivals

Name Est. City Region Country Type
24:7 Theatre Festival2004ManchesterEngland United KingdomAnnual (Around 24 July)
Adelaide Festival of Arts1960[1]AdelaideSouth Australia Australia
Avignon Festival1947Avignon FranceAnnual (July)
Belgrade International Theatre Festival1967Belgrade SerbiaAnnual
Contemporary American Theater Festival1991ShepherdstownWest Virginia United StatesAnnual (July)
Dublin Theatre Festival1957Dublin IrelandAnnual
Edinburgh International Festival1947EdinburghScotland United KingdomAnnual (August)
Fajr International Theater Festival1983 IranAnnual
The International Kurdish Theater Festival1999SaqqezIran Iran, KurdistanAnnual
FEDU2015Sarajevo Bosnia and HerzegovinaAnnual
Harare International Festival of the Arts1999Harare Zimbabwe
Guwahati Theatre Festival2016GuwahatiAssam IndiaAnnual
International Festival of Children's Theatres1994SuboticaVojvodina SerbiaInternational
International Theatre Festival of Kerala2008ThrissurKerala IndiaAnnual
International Thespian FestivalLincolnNebraska United StatesAnnual
Intiman Theatre Festival1972SeattleWashington United StatesAnnual
Joakimfest2006City of Kragujevac Serbia
Juventafest2013Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
Last Frontier Theatre Conference1995ValdezAlaska United States
Malta Festival Poznan 1991 Poznań Greater Poland  Poland Annual (June)
MasterWorks Festival 1997 Cedarville Ohio  United States Annual
MESS International Theatre Festival 1960 Sarajevo  Bosnia and Herzegovina Annual
National Arts Festival1974GrahamstownEastern Cape South AfricaAnnual
NatyanjaliSouth India India
Pacific Playwrights Festival1998Costa MesaCalifornia United StatesAnnual three day festival
Salzburg Festival1920Salzburg AustriaAnnual (Jul-Aug)
Shaw Festival1962Niagara-on-the-LakeOntario CanadaAnnual (April–September)
Short+Sweet2002Sydney (flagship)Worldwide AustraliaAnnual
Stratford Festival1953StratfordOntario CanadaAnnual
Sibiu International Theatre Festival1993SibiuTransylvania RomaniaAnnual
Short Theatre Festival (part of Oradea International Theatre Festival)1976OradeaTransylvania RomaniaAnnual
Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre2009Tbilisi GeorgiaAnnual (September–October)
Toronto Fringe Festival1983TorontoOntario CanadaAnnual
United Solo Theatre Festival2010New York CityNew York United StatesAnnual (Fall)
Williamstown Theatre Festival1954WilliamstownMassachusetts United StatesAnnual (Summer)
Zürcher Theater Spektakel1980Zürich  SwitzerlandAnnual
Bilbao Festival of Theatre Schools (FETABI)2012BilbaoBasque autonomous community SpainAnnual

References

  1. "1960 Adelaide". Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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