11:00 – 13:00
Large Room, City Hall

Green Arts Forum
Hear about the arts and culture sector’s climate action policies as well as Greening Venues and Greener Touring project findings and the relevance of their findings to theatres, arts centres and production companies.

12:30 – 14:00
Foyer/Vestibule, Theatre Royal

Registration at box office & lunch in Vestibule.
Note:
12:30 – 13:00 TYAI meeting in Theatre Royal bar
13:15 – 13:55 Marketing, comms, coffee mingle with Ticketsolve in Theatre Royal bar

Afternoon session (with a coffee break)
Curated by Ruth McGowan
Speakers include:

Adah Parris will give a keynote on the power of being a good ancestor and how embracing long-term thinking can drive innovation and creativity

Alan Lane will read from his impactful memoir The Club on the Edge of Town and share the lived experience that inspired the book – turning his theatre company into a food bank.

José Solis will discuss disrupting American theatre criticism through his project BIPOC Critics Lab

Shauna Harris will offer her perspective on intersectional representation within creative spaces

17:30
Vestibule

18:00 – 19:00
Various locations and Theatre   Royal stage                          

19:15 – 21.00

Dinner in Bishop’s Palace café & late evening venue

Departs:

9.30am 9.35am
and
9.45am

Out of the Ordinary/As an nGnách, INO’s VR Opera 

Hear from James Bingham about the  Irish National Opera world’s first virtual reality community opera, “Out of the Ordinary/As an nGnách,” in collaboration with communities throughout Ireland. The piece was composed by Finola Merivale with a bilingual libretto by Jody O’Neill, and directed by Jo Mangan. The opera tells the story of a community that must leave their barren homeland due to their actions, and their journey to find a new home, pursued by the vengeful force of nature – here’s more information about this project.

Robert Griffin of the Creative Futures Academy and lecturer in the Department of Technology and Psychology in IADT explores some of the technologies that make virtual reality community opera and other ground-breaking projects possible.

The opera is experienced on a VR headset and available for everyone to experience throughout the morning in Garter Lane’s Gallery space.

Various spaces, Garter Lane

Let’s talk about …

Production Forum in partnership with Ealaín na Gaeltachta
A forum to talk about theatre production as Gaeilge
Panel: Val Ballance, Arts Council; Alan Esslemont, TG4; and Muireann Kelly Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc.
Conversation as Gaeilge with live translation.
OR

Marketing Forum and data driven decision-making. Workshop with Heather Maitland, Katy Raines & Ticketsolve. Sharing expertise about using data, including the AIRO Mapping your Audience tool, to make data-driven marketing decisions and a preview of Theatre Forum’s Audience Insights box office reports and surveys tools.

OR
Tour to Spraoi Workshop

12.00-12.20
auditorium

Open Mic

Let’s talk about…
New production models
Jimmy Fay of Belfast’s Lyric Theatre kicks off a discussion about how artists, production companies, hubs, venues, networks and festivals are adapting their approaches and evolving production models.

Bunker Cabaret, by Hooligan Art Community
Director Peter Cant talks about the kaleidoscope of dance, drama and song that is BUNKER CABARET. Having started life in the bomb shelters of Kyiv and developed further in the Theatre Royal in late 2022, this unique theatre event combines music, poetry, dance and film is a powerful exploration of love versus totalitarianism, and the personal conflicts of making art in time of war.

13:30-14:30
courtyard

Lunch from Grow HQ, an award-winning café and organic garden in Waterford City, and a working model of a sustainable food system.