Working structure of INTERPLAY

Base groups: young playwrights are allocated to groups of 8 who work with 3 tutors. Over a two hour session every morning each writer’s play is discussed and general feedback is given by the group.

One to one discussions: each writer has a tutor delegate assigned to their play, but they are free to discuss with any other tutors. One-to-ones allow a playwrights to get detailed individual feedback and gain a different perspective to the one offered in the base groups.

Workshops: tutors are asked to provide practical workshops and lectures on different themes that might be interesting to the participants, such as copyright, staging etc.

Forums: chaired panel discussions in which several key speakers talk on a chosen topic.

INTERPLAY Europe 2002 - Pecs

The principles and the structure does not change: two participants and two tutors are expected to take part from all over Europe. Besides discussions in base groups, meeting the tutors in one-to-one sessions, the participants will have a chance to explore the natural beauty of the region and the rich multicultural life of the city.

Pecs lies in the southernmost corner of Pannonia - i. E. West from the Danube -, two hundred kilometers far from Budapest, close to the Croatian border. Surrounded by hills, its climate is almost Mediterranean. The region is famous for its historical Old Town, where you will find beautiful remains of Roman and Turkish conquest and the thousand year long Christian past. A University, a great number of high schools, museums, cultural events and several theatres - among them an ethnic Croatian Theatre and the Janus University Theatre which will serve as the basis of the festival - make it a lively, exciting centre of the region.