The main guest of our MINI-ICAF will be the renowned Community Arts expert François Matarasso. In the morning, he will present a keynote speech on the power of community art in the light of the recent uprisings in British cities. François Matarasso is a writer, researcher and consultant with 25 years’ experience in community-based arts…
On Friday 2 december 2011 we are hosting a MINI-ICAF in which we’ll look back on the fifth edition of International Community Arts Festival that took place late March/early April 2011. At the moment, the editors are putting the final touches on a video documentary of all the shows, events, and workshops that were filmed…
Curious to see the first ICAF record images. Go to our Video page for the first registrations.
BighART. The story of the Jamieson family’s journey from the shelter of an isolated life, out to the strange new non-indigenous world of opportunity and oppression. By combining performance with documentary footage Trevor Jamieson, intimately, simply, physically and musically takes us through a distilled journey of his extended family’s first contact with white people, missionaries,…
Merlijn Twaalfhoven An interactive concert with professional singers, an experienced amateur choir and audience participation. You’ll experience the natural beauty of music. It is a short, intensive, surprising concert that will immerse you in a miraculous sonoric world. Merlijn Twaalfhoven is an unusual composer and cultural entrepreneur. He creates large-scale projects in which he…
Glasgow Citizens Theatre ‘It all started when my addictions got me into trouble with the law, I had two choices: go to jail or do something about my recovery. This is the story of how I ended up in the theatre.’ At the heart of the Gorbals in Glasgow – where remnants of an era…
As a last-minute addition, ICAF 2011 in collaboration with the Netherlands Theatre Institute, have managed to bring Marwa Seoudi to Holland. Marwa Seoudi works with the well-known theatre company El Warsha, which has been performing engaged shows in Cairo and beyond for many years now and during the revolution in Tahrir square. At ICAF, she…
Afterparty – The Big ICAF CIRC/US ShowSun. 3 April at 14.30 PM I Zuidplein Theatre I Artists in Residence.Tickets availabe directly at Zuidplein Theatre, Zuidplein 60, phone +31-10-203 02 03 or via http://www.theaterzuidplein.nl/programma. CIRC/US is rooted in a poetic as well as entertaining vision of community arts based on storytelling. The circus theme and imagery are used to…
Theatre company Debajehmujig – Global Savages Fri. 1 april 2011 at 8.30 PM I Zuidplein Theatre I DebajehmujigTheatre Group.Tickets availabe directly at Zuidplein Theatre, Zuidplein 60, phone +31-10-203 02 03 or via http://www.theaterzuidplein.nl/programma. The storytelling performance Global Savages gives a great insight into the unique worldview of the Anishinaabeg people. Giiizhigo Kwe (Sky Woman)…