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If you can't read the email, please click here to read it in your browser | Staging the Rights of Children: Today, Every Day |
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By Gonzalo Moreno, Member of the Executive Committee of ASSITEJ International This 20th of March we celebrate the World Day of Performing Arts for Children and Young People, an initiative launched by ASSITEJ International in 1999 and which continues to grow today thanks to the commitment of a vibrant global artistic community in more than 80 countries. For me, this day represents an opportunity to make visible the work we carry out collectively: the daily effort to transform the way we perceive what it means to be a child in this world, anywhere on the planet. I would like to defend the child's perspective as a counterpoint to a reality that, on a global scale, I perceive as increasingly dark and less humane. My life has always been linked to art. I have always felt that it is the language of what is to be human — that which names what we cannot yet explain, what we are even before we understand it. We are poetry, even if we have not yet learned to fully reconcile ourselves with our true essence. Performing arts, in particular, are a transformative force; a powerful tool capable of creating utopias and — I believe this firmly, even in the darkest moments — of changing the world. This year, the international message is “Staging the Rights of Children: Today, Every Day.” Within the Executive Committee, we have spoken about it extensively, always trying to ensure that our words reflect the global diversity of our network, because this path can only be travelled together, through dialogue and inclusion. This message places at the centre our fundamental purpose: the rights of children — rights we celebrate today, but which we defend every day of the year. I often ask myself, what would happen if children were able to make more decisions? I think about it frequently, and although there are many challenges, I am also convinced that if we could achieve it, the world would be a fairer, kinder, and brighter place. Therefore, today I want to make a call: let us highlight the power of the performing arts, let us give more voice to children and young people, and let us do it together. Because reality can be changed — but only if we work together, with empathy, attentive listening, and shared creativity. Read on our website in: Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish & Russian |
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| News from ASSITEJ International |
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 | | | | Open Call: Performances for ASSITEJ World Congress 2027 | | | AWC 2027: Brave Futures ASSITEJ Korea and ASSITEJ International are delighted and excited to announce the Call for Performances for the ASSITEJ World Congress and Performing Arts Festival 2027 in Suwon, Korea. 🌎🌍🌏 Suwon, Korea 🗓 22 July - 1 August 2027
Deadline: 1 May 2026 View open call
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 | | | | Staging the Rights of Children. Today. Everyday. | | | World Day of Theatre & Performance for Children & Young People ASSITEJ International invites members and the general community to participate in local and global activities that celebrate World Day of Theatre and Performance for Children and Young People and, together, make the case for children's entitlement to theatre and the arts. 🌎🌍🌏 Worldwide 🗓 20 March 2026
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| International Adolescence Network | | | | New Performing Arts Network for Adolescents! | | | ASSITEJ Cuba, ATINA, and the Ibero-American Network of Performing Arts for Children and Young People invite you to join a strategic initiative: the creation of a professional Performing Arts Network for Adolescents. This project seeks to raise awareness and strengthen artistic practices aimed at a fundamental stage of life that often falls between the proposals for children and those for young adults. We call on creators, groups, playwrights, mediators, and researchers who work for or with adolescent audiences to join this collective proposal. More info Complete this form to join the network |
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 | | | | Open Call: 3rd Maas International Theatre Festival | | | ASSITEJ Pakistan Maas Foundation is delighted to announce the open call for international applications for the most colourful and vibrant 3rd Maas International Theatre Festival 2026, which will be organised in mid-October 2026 in Lahore, Pakistan. 🌎🌍🌏 Lahore, Pakistan 🗓 Mid-October 2026 Deadline: 31 March 2026
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 | | | | Open Call: KUK Festival 2026 | | | ASSITEJ Czechia KUK Theatre Festival, dedicated to Theatre for Early Years, is excited to announce an open call for shows for its 11th edition! The festival will be held at the Vzlet Cultural Centre in Prague, Czech Republic, from September 27th to October 1st, 2026. 🌎🌍🌏 Prague, Czech Republic 🗓 27 September - 1 October 2026 Deadline: 27 March 2026
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 | | | | Open Call: Remaining Tales Advisory Board | | | ASSITEJ Italy Are you a disabled, d-Deaf, neurodivergent, chronically ill, or marginalized European artist, activist, or professional looking to take on an international leadership role? We are looking for you to join our international advisory board for the project Reimagining Tales, a project supported by the Creative Europe Programme that challenges the exclusion of marginalized children and young people from performing arts and cultural narratives. Deadline: 28 March 2026
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 | | | | Open Call: BANJA LUKA 2026 | | | Children's Theatre of the Republic of Srpska We are pleased to invite you to submit your application for the 25th International Children’s Theatre Festival – BANJA LUKA 2026, which will take place from 14 to 20 October 2026 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 🌎🌍🌏 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina 🗓 14 - 20 October 2026 Deadline: 15 June 2026
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| News from Around the World |
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 | | | | Step Into the Spotlight or Discover What's Next | | | ForesTEEN Young creatives (14–27), culture shapers, performing arts lovers — this is your stage. Join the ForesTEEN Online Open Stage Festival and show us what you’ve got. An international digital space where Europe’s next generation shares what truly inspires them. Whether you want to perform or simply update your "cultural radar," this is the place to be. 🌎🌍🌏 ZOOM 🗓 24 March, 28 April, 26 May 2026
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 | | | | CreaSus (Sustainable business models for cultural and creative industries) | | | Sustainability Section CreaSus is a project promoted by Fundación Banco Santander and co-financed by Creative Europe that seeks to promote the sustainable transformation of the cultural and creative industries in Europe. The project is being developed by a consortium of academic, cultural, innovation, and business entities from Belgium, Spain, Greece, Ireland, and Italy. Since its launch in 2023, CreaSus has generated a system of indicators based on the European Sustainability Reporting Standards, from which a sustainability self-assessment tool for the cultural and creative sector was developed. Read more |
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 | | | | Bibu & Young Swedstage 2026 | | | ASSITEJ Sweden BIBU 2026, Sweden’s national performing arts biennial for children and young people, returns to Helsingborg in May. The programme presents outstanding Swedish and international productions alongside seminars and industry encounters, creating a vibrant meeting place for artistic exchange, inspiration, and future collaborations. Young Swedstage 2026 is Sweden’s international performing arts showcase for young audiences, presented during BIBU in Helsingborg. The showcase features selected Swedish productions that are tour-ready and suited for international stages, connecting companies with presenters and festivals from around the world. 🌎🌍🌏 Helsingborg, Sweden 🗓 27 - 30 May 2026 More info |
 | | | | Playtank: VRUM Meets Ultima Vez | | | VRUM Professional Movement Laboratory in Vienna. Playtank: VRUM meets Ultima Vez (25–29 April 2026, Vienna) is a five-day professional movement laboratory exploring intergenerational practice and the body as archive. Led by Zoë Demoustier (Ultima Vez), it invites experienced dancers and performers to engage in embodied research within VRUMSTIVAL 2026. 🌎🌍🌏 Vienna, Austria 🗓 25 - 29 April 2026
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 | | | | Publication of Writings on Performing Arts for Children & Young People | | | ASSITEJ Chile Te Veo ASSITEJ Chile will publish, on March 20, a selection of essays, research, and reflections on performing arts for children and young people. The texts will be part of an open digital repository aimed at strengthening critical reflection, memory, and the development of the sector in Chile. 🗓 20 March 2026 More info |
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 | | | | Workshops in Italy | | | ASSITEJ Italy Mime and Visual Comedy Workshop at the Torino International Mime Festival. From 6 to 12 April, Turin will be the world capital of mime with the first edition of a festival that is unique in Italy. Of particular note is the masterclass by Michel Courtemanche, a living legend of visual comedy, who is visiting Italy for the first time. 🌎🌍🌏 Turin, Italy 🗓 6 - 12 April 2026
More info APPARIZIONI. Ricerca nel teatro di figura.The workshop is a research-based process that aims to make "emerge," through an object, a garment, or a fragment of a puppet, an "other" beyond oneself. Through manipulation techniques and bodily exploration, participants will investigate and seek to understand this "other," embracing and integrating its presence. 🌎🌍🌏 Florence, Italy 🗓 17 - 19 April 2026
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 | | | | News from South Africa | | | ASSITEJ South Africa South African Plays Published. ASSITEJ South Africa has joined forces with Shuter & Shooter Publishers to publish school editions of plays for children that have been developed through our programmes and networks over the past years. Initial publications will include The Terrified Talabalushi by Megan Choritz, Nompilo by Lalu Mokuku and Omphile Molusi, The Silver Stream by Gisele Turner and Wendy Nell, and Bug-Pea Colours the Rainbow by Lereko Mfono. SA Theatre Touring for World Day. ASSITEJ SA is gearing up for the World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People, with a number of initiatives country-wide. These include tours of Pieces of Me by Bo Petersen, Grommels by Aneglique Filter and Robert Hindley, Skin We Are In by Omphile Molusi, How to Hold the World by Juliette Rose-Innes and Nompilo, by Lalu Mokuku and Omphile Molusi. More info |
 | | | | Start2Act: Safer Spaces and Participation in Cultural Education | | | ASSITEJ Germany A European Conference on Child Safeguarding Policies The conference focuses on the potential of cultural education to engage children and young people in preventing sexualised violence. Bringing together international professionals, child protection experts, cultural and youth organisations, and policymakers, the conference will explore how participatory approaches can effectively contribute to the protection and well-being of children, and how these approaches can be sustainably embedded in structures and policy. The event will be held in English. 🌎🌍🌏 Berlin, Germany 🗓 17 - 19 June 2026 Register here More info |
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 | | | | Delegate Packages for SCHÖNE AUSSICHT 2026 | | | SCHÖNE AUSSICHT In May 2026, the festival SCHÖNE AUSSICHT will take place at Junges Ensemble Stuttgart in Germany. Nine international and nine regional productions have been invited to form the artistic festival program. This year’s edition is framed by the question: “What do we share?”
The festival explores ideas of shared spaces and collective experiences, as well as the sharing of power and responsibility. For international delegates, we offer different festival packages to make your stay as comfortable as possible. All packages include tickets, meals, and accommodation. 🌎🌍🌏 Stuttgart, Germany 🗓 15 - 21 May 2026
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 | | | | Crown Troupe is 30! | | | ACYTA Crown Troupe Lands on Thirty! The Juju music maestro, King Sunny Ade, is known globally for many things that have secured his legacy in world music, but not many people know that he was instrumental in the beginning of The Crown Troupe of Africa. Over the years, Crown Troupe has metamorphosed into a breeding ground for talent and has produced artists and companies who are also creating great works and nurturing other young artists.
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 | | | | The PRIX ASSITEJ Switzerland 2026 has been awarded | | | ASSITEJ Switzerland This year's PRIX ASSITEJ Switzerland / Suisse / Svizzera / Svizra was awarded to the Theatre Am Stram Gram in Geneva. The professional association thus honours the artistic quality, the establishment and maintenance of international collaborations, and the continuous work in the field of youth participation carried out by this theatre under the current direction of Joan Mompart. The theatre is one of the most important institutions for children's and youth theatre in Europe. Read more |
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| Article/Podcast Section | | | | Knowledge - Experiences - Reflections |
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| By Kenia Rodríguez Núñez (ASSITEJ Cuba) | | | | The Impact of the 21st ASSITEJ World Congress & Performing Arts Festival for Children & Young People in Cuba | | | The celebration of the 21st ASSITEJ World Congress & Performing Arts Festival for Children & Young People in Havana, from 24 May to 1 June 2024, went far beyond the category of an international event. Under the slogan "Voices of a New World", it emerged as a complex cultural phenomenon, an intersection where artistic creation, pedagogical reflection, academic research, and community praxis converged. The event functioned as a historical catalyst, operating simultaneously on two deeply interconnected levels of impact: as an advanced model of socio-educational intervention for holistic child development, and as an agent of renewal, visibility, and strengthening of the ecosystem of theatre for children and young people in Cuba. Read more Leer artículo en español |
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