Dear friends of ASSITEJ,

October is a month of the festivals. From Nicaragua to Turkey, from Poland to South Africa, TYA practitioners presents their work for children and young people in the events that follow one another from week to week. ASSITEJ International on its web site register the festivals in the Festival guide, make the announcements, but also, give the designation for the ASSITEJ International Festival. This October, festival “100, 1000, 1000000 Stories” in Bucharest, Romania, received the designation. Do not hesitate to read the criteria for the designation and request the name ASSITEJ International Festival or ASSITEJ International Project for your event. With the designation you will get additional  publicity and visibility worldwide. I also remind you that you have the possibility of advertising on ASSITEJ International web site. Do not miss that chance! Please contact: ASSITEJ International General Secretariat, sec.gen@assitej-international.org

Designations for your projects and festivals are ASSITEJ International products and are designed for better communication between organization and the members, as are all the other products of the association:

The ASSITEJ Book 2008/2009

with comprehensive Festival Guide is available for your library. Do not hesitate to contact your national center, or purchase your copy directly from ASSITEJ International web site!

Catalogue of Scripts

One of the tasks set by the 14th ASSITEJ General Assembly in Seoul, 2002, for the new Executive Committee was to establish ways of facilitating the exchange of scripts between our members. With so many dramatists writing so many fantastic scripts for our young audiences, this was a big task!" (Jeremy Turner) But the Catalogue of Scripts is here! Do use the plays national centers are offering for your repertoires, or submit the plays you would like to propose to others.

The Newsletter

is our main tool for communication. Therefore I invite you to send the information about your activity to your National center. We need to get them the last week in a month in order to publish them the first week of the next. You can also post the news directly on the web site using the password that every national center has.

Use and enjoy our products, and participate actively in the life of the association. The next big event in which whole world of theatre for children will participate is:

The 20th of March is the ASSITEJ International World Theatre Day. Every theater in 78 member countries celebrate that day of theatre art for children and young people, and on that day every national center organize special events or happenings to celebrate and promote arts for children. Messages, international and national are read and special performances are organized. It is a wonderful opportunity for promotion of our work and we don’t want to miss that opportunity in 2010 either.

I invite all members to start planning the celebration, and inform the secretariat about the planned activity at least one month before the celebration, for the March edition of the Newsletter. Do use the ASSITEJ logo, and designations in your printed material. If you need any assistance advice or support, do not hesitate to contact ASSITEJ Secretariat. From our side, you will be provided with international message and special material we shall design and produce for you for that day.

More information about the celebraion of the World Day you will find on ASSITEJ International web site

Young People and the Arts Australia (YPAA) – ASSITEJ AUSTRALIA INC. QLD Youth Arts Market
ASSITEJ INTERNATIONAL October 05, 2009

QLD’s youth arts companies and practitioners will gather under the one roof 19-22 October for the QLD Youth Arts Market to showcase their latest work, to share ideas through forums and workshops and to broaden networks cross industries and regions.

This unique event:
· showcases over 24 youth arts organisations and programs across QLD in presentations and performances
· Offers over 20 professional development workshops and learning opportunities by regarded industry leaders
· Presents a platform for two industry specific forums
· Provides organised networking opportunities

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The 12th ASSITEJ Croatia meeting and the 3rd EPIFEST

festival of the theatres from Central and Southeastern Europe will take place from October 11-16 in Čakovec, Croatia. Ten performances from Croatia and the performances from Austria, Italy and Montenegro make program of the festival.

In addition to the festival, conference on cooperation in Central and Southeastern Europe will take place. The network of the theaters and festivals in the region will be established, and the program for 2010 will be announced.

Theatre Epicentre, theatre center for young audiences offers you membership in this association. Visit the web site of Theatre Epicentre where you can find your membership form.

Bitef Polyphony celebrates the first decade of its existence. As in previous years, it explores and promotes innovative, participatory and engaged theatre which reveals diverse spaces of action, scopes a wide range of generations and involves different social categories. Bitef Polyphony puts into focus the theatre for, from and with young people inclined to introduce changes and go beyond the established practice.

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Assitej SA toured Irish theatre in education company, TEAM's production of "Devotion" to 10 schools in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

Assitej South Africa hosted an ACYTA (African Children and Youth Theatre Arena) meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 17 -19 September 2009.

In November, Assitej SA will be working on the Africa Summit on Arts Education in order to feed information and proposals through to the World Summit on Arts Education taking place in South Korea, in March 2010.

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Incontriteatrali Festival

The registration for the participation in the 6th edition of the festival Incontriteatrali is open! The festival is co-organized by astej – suisse (Swiss Association of Theatre for Children and Young People). It will be held in Cantone Ticino, Switzerland, from 15 to 18 April 2010.

Registration for Theatre Companies and Artists
Festival incontriteatrali Lugano, Chiasso (Switzerland) 15 -18 April 2010
Registration deadline: October 23, 2009

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TYA-UK News October 2009

TYA-UK is preparing workshop proposals for Congress 2011 by inviting our members to day seminars where the best ideas can be gathered and discussed.

Theatre and Education and Disability are the two themes we have chosen. We believe UK has useful experience in these areas to share with artists worldwide.

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