Harbourfront Centre, in partnership with The Theatre Centre, is pleased to host the third annual Culture Congress, as part of World Stage/Free Fall ‘10.

This event strives to bring together local, national and international cultural players in creative ways that promote authentic conversation and cultural exchange around a given topic.

How do we come together?

This year The Culture Congress poses the question How do we come together? — artist to artist, artist to presenter and artist to audience. Through a series of informal talks, roundtable discussions, post-show parties and game-nights, Culture Congress intends to break down the walls that can  separate artist, presenter, audience – all of whom are necessary to any creative work.

We have invited five Artistic Programmers from Ireland to join in this discussion. They will be asked to share and compare their Irish experiences – as a culture similar to ours and yet so profoundly different in its world perspective. Discussion topics include mentorship, the Canadian presenting ecology and building community.

The Theatre Centre and Harbourfront Centre acknowledge the support of Theatre Junction in making our Irish Delegation possible.

MARCH 24 – OPENING:    Harbourfront Centre - 10:00pm

Culture Congress opens with a Late-Night Stampede Breakfast in conjunction with Theatre Junction’s On The Side Of The Road (Calgary). 

MARCH 25 – 27: AFTERNOON SERIES:

Present Your City

Informal discussions around the presenting ecologies of different cities.

Mentorship Talks

Senior artists discuss the meaning of mentorship with a variety of artists they have mentored in their long careers.

POST-SHOW EVENTS:  Why Not Have A Party? & Games Night!

MARCH 28 – CLOSING:  The Theatre Centre / Cream Tangerine Café – 12 noon

As it began, Culture Congress closes with breakfast. This time, the public is invited to meet the artists of Free Fall over an Artist Breakfast.

For updates on Culture Congress, please email culturecongress@theatrecentre.org. 

The Theatre Centre’s FREE FALL ’10

in partnership with Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage

March 18 - 28, 2010

 Tanya Mars Six Images in Search of An Artist: Remix l Bob Wiseman + Becky Johnson The Bob and Becky Cabaret  l  Why Not Theatre I’m So Close… l  DNA Theatre Wit in Love  l  Theatre Junction On the Side of the Road  l  The Chop Theatre in association with Rumble Productions KISMET one to one hundred l Bill James/ Atlas Moves Watching with Old Men Dancing: Wiser and Still Gorgeous  

FESTIVAL EXTRAS:

L’Orchestre d’Hommes-Orchestres performs Tom Waits at The Music Gallery (Queen & John St.)

One Reed Theatre Little Iliad at The Great Hall (Queen & Dovercourt)

theatrecentre.org l harbourfrontcentre.com