Welcome to Music Theatre NOW
Presented by the Music Theatre NOW Network
in cooperation with International Theatre Institute ITI worldwide
and O. Festival for Opera. Music. Theatre. with support of ITI The Netherlands
The Professionals Program of O. Festival for Opera. Music. Theatre in Rotterdam (formerly Operadagen) will hosting the international networking event once more. We are thrilled to welcome all of you to this wonderful Dutch event again this year!
Six first productions of new works, which were realised anywhere in the world since July 2018 were selected by a jury made up of internationally renowned theatre makers from five continents, who also suggested the artists for the residencies that are awarded in cooperation with the City of Munich.
All teams receiving an invitation to the MTNow Meeting at O. Festival Rotterdam in 2022, are eligible for hosting of their projects on the catalogue of TEATRIX MX streaming platform, based in México (royalties paid based on number of viewers).
For its edition in January 2022 the Prototype Festival New York is also inviting a production to its digital program, which has been chosen by their board of directors from the list of applications for the MTNow competition.
The selected projects are (in alphabetical order):
(Winners receiving an invitation to the MTNow Meeting at O. Festival Rotterdam in 2022 | eligibility for hosting of their projects on the catalogue of TEATRIX MX streaming platform, based in México (royalties paid based on number of viewers)
Az Ügy (The Issue): Dora Halas (Composer / Director, Hungary) / Fruzsina Nagy (Director / Costume, Hungary) / Adam Fekete (Text, Hungary)
Chornobyldorf: Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko (Composers / Directors / Text, Ukraine)
Dybbuks: Samara Hersch (Concept / Director, Australia / Netherlands) / Max Lyandvert (Composer / Sound, Australia)
8: Metamorphosis: Nicole Beutler (Director, Germany) / Gary Shepherd (Composer / Music, United Kingdom)
Samson: Brett Bailey (Text / Director, South Africa) / Shane Cooper (Composer / Musical Director, South Africa)
THRENOS (for the Throat): Karmina Šilec (Stage and Music Direction / Concept, Slovenia) / Jacob Cooper (Composer / Concept, USA) / Dora Malech (Text, USA)
(Digital Stream Performance | selected by festival’s team of directors)
in collaboration with Residency Program by the City of Munich (and Meta Theatre Munich)
Pendulum: Matthias Schack-Arnott (CoCreation / Composition / Sound, Australia) Lucy Guerin (Co-Creation / Choreography, Australia)
Harriet: Hilda Paredes (Composer, Mexico) / Lex Bohlmeijer (Text, Netherlands) / Jean Lacornerie (Director, France) / Claron McFadden (Concept / Soprano, Netherlands)
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