INTERNATIONAL DRAMATURGY CONFERENCE

Over the course of four intense days the Teatro Nacional São João (Porto, Portugal) and the UTE will present an International Conference on Dramaturgy and host the second UTE General Assembly of 2024, an event that will be held in Porto for the fourth time since 2003, the year in which the TNSJ joined the UTE. The International Conference (5th to 7th of December) will focus on dramaturgy as a concept in permanent expansion, which currently encompasses manifold ways and means for structuring a stage show. A diversified group of speakers – from theorists to creators, from theatre directors to dramaturgy centre coordinators – will analyse the collaborative nature of theatrical creation, gauge the limitations and potencies of dramaturgy in terms of intervention in present-day politics, examine globalisation’s impact in dramatic narratives. As hosts, we hope that this discussion will yield a wealth of ideas and ways of creating and questioning dramaturgy, thus further affirming UTE as a key reference in European stage arts. The UTE General Assembly (8th of December) will bring major changes in the network and offer new opportunities to discuss future projects.

The program is available here.