You are reading the newplays blog, a new online platform of the festival NEW PLAYS FROM EUROPE. This biennial takes place every two years at the Federal Theatre of Hesse in Wiesbaden and at the Federal Theatre Mainz, the forthcoming festival from 14 to 24 June 2012. Please find more information about this most important international festival for contemporary European drama on the official festival website.

The special feature of the biennial is the inclusion of the so-called patrons, playwrights from 41 European countries, which give professional advice about regional theatre developments to the artistic festival directors Tankred Dorst, Ursula Ehler, Manfred Beilharz and Maya Schöffel. Via the calendar on the right frame the patrons post interesting events around Europe related to their work.

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The festival is funded by means of the Federal Lands  Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate, the Kulturstiftung des Bundes, the City of Wiesbaden and supported by the media partner Wiesbadener Kurier as well as the cultural partners hr2-kultur and SWR2.

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