Northern Ireland Theatre Association (NITA) and Theatre Forum present
All-Ireland Performing Arts Conference Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick
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5–6 June 2014
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Join us in Limerick for the 2014 All-Ireland Performing Arts Conference. Whether you’re an individual artist or managing a venue, a performing arts freelancer or working in a funded arts organisation, this year’s conference is about your concerns and our community. It’s time for hard truths, some imaginative thinking but most of all, about creating a platform, where despite and because of our varied interests and experiences, we can come together. The hard questions we’ve been asking and the challenges we’re facing will be answered with some realistic, achievable and visionary possibilities. Bright minds, stories to inspire, delight, provoke and rally you will come from far flung cities and our own back yards. Be ready to interrogate, ignite and bring these possibilities to life. Whether you’re a maker or a shaker, your voice and answers are needed to shape the way ahead.
We’ll be asking questions about The Artist as Entrepreneur, Resource Sharing, Young Philanthropists, The Producer Problem, The Playwright-Director Crossover, Venues Commissioning Performance, If you build it, will they come?, Raving, Playing, Thinking and Changing.
Speakers include
Bryony Kimmings Arts Pool Enda Walsh Mikel Murfi Gina Moxley Dan Colley Annette Nugent Charles Dorfman Ger McNaughton Emma Gladstone Matt Fenton THEATREclub Louise Donlon and more. #APAC14
About the Programme The APAC14 programme, curated by Róise Goan, is designed to bring together and inspire the now disparate and increasingly independent community of theatre and dance professionals North and South. It will provide an engaging agenda, relevant to producers, artists, arts managers, designers, technicians, post-graduate students on all vocational courses and arts management programmes. The topics acknowledge the reality that most people making and managing theatre and dance at early, mid and advanced career levels are facing hard questions. There will be stimulating break-out sessions with opportunities to participate, though the majority of conference time will be spent together. Speakers and delegates will explore bold ideas on where to next as well as deeply practical suggestions in response to the problems and challenges faced by all.
So save the dates. Book your tickets. And join us for APAC14.
Time Registration starts from 12.00 on Thursday 5 June and the conference will close on Friday 6 June at 15.45 to facilitate delegates travelling to and from Limerick. The Lime Tree Theatre is the main conference venue. Ticket prices Early Bird (until 16 May) €80 / £66 Standard Member Ticket (from 17 May) €110 / £90 Non-members All tickets €175 / £144 Your conference ticket covers access to all conference sessions, your lunch on both days, as well as dinner and the evening programme too. Sterling prices are approximate. The exchange rate at the time of PayPal purchase will apply. Early Bird conference tickets Early Bird tickets at €80/ £66 are available to Theatre Forum and NITA members booking conference tickets before 16 May. Buy tickets online using PayPal on www.theatreforum.ie You must be a member to get this Early Bird rate. Membership information is available on both websites. Early Bird accommodation rates Details of a range of Limerick accommodation options to suit all pockets and offering preferential rates to APAC14 delegates are on our websites. Early Bird rates are available in Limerick’s 4* Strand and Clarion hotels as well as the very affordable and the convenient off-campus Courtbrack Accommodation too. Book by 16 May by contacting the relevant reservation department directly to get early bird rates. Getting to Limerick Limerick has good rail, bus and road connections. You’ll find more transport information on our websites.
Contact us with your conference questions
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Northern Ireland Theatre Association (NITA) c/o The MAC, 10 Exchange Street West, Belfast, BT1 2NJ | info@nitatheatre.org
Theatre Forum Office 3, 43/44 Temple Bar, Dublin 2 +353 1 677 8779 | info@theatreforum.ie
www.nitatheatre.org | t: @NITAtheatre
www.theatreforum.ie | t: @theatreforumie
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