Fast Forward 2025

Participating ETC member theatres

Centre of Contemporary Art Dakh Theatre in Kiew, Ukraine
Artistic Director: Vladyslav Troitsky – dakh.com.ua/en/home-en/ 

Deutsches Theater Berlin, Germany
Artistic Director: Iris Laufenberg – www.deutschestheater.de/en/

National Theatre of Brittany in Rennes, France
Artistic Director: Arthur Nauzyciel – www.t-n-b.fr/en

National Theatre „Ivan Vazov“ in Sofia, Bulgaria
Artistic Director: Vasil Vasilev – www.nationaltheatre.bg/en

PAV in Rome, Italien
Artistic Directors: Claudia Di Giacomo, Roberta Scaglione – www.pav-it/eu

Örkény István Theatre in Budapest, Hungary
Artistic Directors: Máté Gáspár, Csaba Polgár – www.orkenyszinhaz.hu/en/theatre

São Luiz Teatro Municipal in Lisbon, Portugal
Artistic Director: Miguel Loureiro – www.teatrosaoluiz.pt/en/

Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica
Artistic Director: Marko Bratuš – www.sng-ng.si/en

Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Germany
Artistic Director: Joachim Klement – www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de

Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre, Georgia
Artistic Director: Ekaterine Mazmiashvili – www.tbilisiinternational.com/en

Teatru Malta in Paola, Malta
Artistic Director: Sean Buhagiar – teatrumalta.org.mt

Teatrul National Marin Sorescu Craiova, Romania
Artistic Director: Alexandru Boureanu – tncms.ro/

Participating Theatre Professionals

Lina Akif, actress and performer who works in theatre institutions as well as with independent producers, since 2024 member of the acting ensemble of Mladinsko Theatre in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Mladen Alexiev, theatre director, writer, co-founder of the first independent theatre association in Bulgaria and of the production company Silent Space; currently head of International Relations at the National Theatre „Ivan Vazov“ in Sofia

Daniela Löffner, freelance theatre and opera director working in the German speaking countries and resident director at the Staatschauspiel Dresden

Héctor Manchego, Venezuelan multidisciplinary artist, writer, photographer and videographer, project and communications manager, is based and works in London and internationally

Students & Graduates from the following theatre academies will participate in the Forum

Julie Borgel, Drama School of the National Theatre of Brittany www.t-n-b.fr/tnb-drama-school

Mariia Boiko, Kyiv National University of Film, Theatre and Television, Faculty of Theater,9 Theater Direction – knutkt.edu.ua/en/

Preston Jeremy Carbonaro, Teatru Malta – teatrumalta.org.mt

Balázs Dohy, University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest – szfe.hu/en & Academy of Performing Arts Baden-Württemberg – adk-bw.de/en/

Georgi Kljain, Shota Rustaveli State University of Theatre and Cinema of Georgia – tafu.edu.ge/en/

Tjörvi Lederer, Directing Department of the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin – hfs-berlin.de/en/

Denisa Neaţu, National University of Theatre and Film Arts „I.L. Caragiale“, Bucharest – unatc.ro/devunatc/

Maria Beatriz Teixeira Pinto, University of Lisbon, School of Arts and Humanities – ulisboa.pt/en & University Institute of Lisbon – iscte-iul.pt/