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ICAF NWE MKRS
our next nwe mkrs festival is taking place wednesday january 29th, 2025 We are also pleased to announce our next NWE MKRS Festival event taking place on the evening of Wednesday January 29th at Podium Islemunda, Rotterdam. NWE MKRS is an annual event that connects, inspires, celebrates and gives a stage to young community arts…
Read more >>ICAF Hub (Singapore): THE GATHERING
SAVE THE DATE! You heard it here first – ICAF Hub (Singapore): THE GATHERING is taking place from 12th-15th June 2025! Our invitation is clear and direct: Save the date and start making plans to join us in Singapore! Though our ICAF Hub (Singapore), Drama Box have been involved in many different ICAF editions since 2014, this…
Read more >>ICAF 2026
YOU ARE INVITED TO ICAF 2026 TAKING PLACE FROM WEDNESDAY 25-SUNDAY 29 mARCH, 2026 The International Community Arts Festival will be back and take place again in Rotterdam, in March 2026. Mark your calendars and start arranging your travel for Wednesday 25-Sunday 29 March, 2026! For this Edition of the Festival (our 10th Edition!) we…
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ICAF Hub (Singapore): THE GATHERING is happening from 12th-15th June 2025!
You heard it here first – ICAF Hub (Singapore): THE GATHERING is taking place from 12th-15th June 2025! Our invitation is clear and direct: Save the date and start making plans to join us in Singapore! Though our ICAF Hub (Singapore), Drama Box have been involved in many different ICAF editions since 2014, this will be the…
ICAF 2026 Open Call is now LIVE
A Note on Language: *English-language version is directly below*La versión en español se encuentra a continuación de la versión en inglés.*Voor de Nederlandse taal kunt u overschakelen naar de Nederlandse versie van het platform (EN) Our Open Call for ICAF 2026 is HERE! The International Community Arts Festival will take place again in Rotterdam, in…
ICAF 2026 OPEN CALL – Everything you need to know ahead of our upcoming announcement!
Our ICAF 2026 Open Call is coming very soon, next Wednesday 30 October in fact. So here is everything you need to know to prepare yourself for the announcement date. Our Open Call for ICAF 2026 Festival, taking place from Wednesday 25 March to Sunday 29 March, 2026, will be launched in a mere matter…
ICAF New Maker Abdallah Omar Mahamed wins Jacques de Leeuw Prize
Abdallah, ICAF new maker 2023/2024, has recently won the Jacques de Leeuw Prize, an annual award for young talents from the Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg. This unique prize is intended to give talented artists the opportunity to further develop themselves after their studies The jury stated: “Just do it, get to…
ICAF receives positive funding advice for the next four years!
With immense joy, excitement and pleasure we thank Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie for assessing ICAF’s application positively and deciding to continue supporting us, our vision and activities for the coming four years. What this means is all of the plans we’ve been cooking up including our next ICAF Festival taking place in March 2026, new makers…
Theatre in place of war: podcast episode with James Thomspon
For Culture of Possibility #40, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso interview James Thompson, Professor of Applied and Social Theatre at the University of Manchester, who facilitated a lecture series as part of ICAF 2023. James Thompson was the founder In Place of War, a project researching and developing arts programs in war zones and has…
BRZ’NKO ŠTROÏ International Zinnode for the Zinneke Parade 2024
Take a first look at the Zinneke Parade, taking place on the 1st of June. Zinneke Parade are inviting eight organisations from outside Brussels and Belgium for an international Zinnode. Together with participants from Paris, Edinburgh, Prague, Roztoky, Rotterdam, Tilburg, Leuven and La Louvière, they will form the collective BRZ’NKO ŠTROÏ. A motley crew of…
Open Call for Submissions: Using applied drama in nursing and healthcare education
Health Action Training, who formed part of the ICAF 2023 Festival Programme, are looking for contributors for their upcoming publication: Using applied drama in nursing and healthcare education: A handbook for educators. Could this be you? Please read the full information below and respond no later than Friday 3rd July, 13.00pm BST. “Editors and Authors: Richard…
ICAF 2023 After-movie
We are overjoyed to share with you our part-trailer, part-after movie, which, we believe, so perfectly encapsulates the energy, the atmosphere, and the beautiful, colourful, diverse practices that together made up ICAF 2023. After premiering during MINI ICAF last month, the after movie is now available to view on our ICAF Platform. The film is part…