Building an International Stage – A Youth Theatre Ireland Symposium

Friday 10 & Saturday 11 November 2023

In November 2023, as the final event in the first BUZZ programme, artists and creative professionals working in youth theatre across Europe and beyond attended Youth Theatre Ireland’s International Symposium, which was held in partnership with the BUZZ Network.

Before the Symposium began, we invited new colleagues and previous BUZZ lab participants to join us for a day of discussion and reflection, to explore how the BUZZ Network should develop next. The insight of this varied group of professionals was invaluable to future planning for the project which will extend into 2025 and beyond.

This group was then joined by other BUZZ Network participants and youth theatre practitioners from across Ireland for Building an International Stage – A Youth Theatre Practice Symposium at University College Cork, Ireland.

“I think the event was great and a good platform to meet new people and professionals that develop a similar work as the one I do. It was also an opportunity to share different realities from different countries of the EU and also abroad.”

A programme for the Symposium weekend can be found below: