The Conference & Meetings 2019 will take place from 31 March to 2 April 2019 in Hanau (DE).
Hanau, near Frankfurt, preserves the 18th century spa ensemble Wilhelmsbad, complete with a theatre, the "Comoedienhaus" (playhouse) of 1781.
SUNDAY, 31 March 2019
13:00 State Park Wilhelmsbad: Guided long tour of the spa park Wilhelmsbad and the historical carousel of 1780
14:00 State Park Wilhelmsbad: Guided short tour
15:30 Comoedienhaus Wilhelmsbad: PERSPECTIV General Assembly
18:30 „Café Central“: Dinner
MONDAY, 1 April 2019
Conference day at the conference centre “Kongresspark Hanau”:
„What do we do with historic theatres?“
09:00 Registration
09:30 Welcome addresses
09:45 Section 1: The Building
Nick Thompson (UK), architect
Demolish all historic theatres! We need modern performance spaces!
Peter Seibert, Bavarian Department of State-owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes, Munich (DE)
Preserve the original: restoring the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth
Welcome address by the Lord Mayor of Hanau, Mr Claus Kaminsky
Coffee break
Nicole Rautenberg, Comoedienhaus Wilhelmsbad, Hanau (DE)
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Ludwig, Hanau (DE)
Develop what we inherited: the example of the Comoedienhaus
Discussion
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Section 2: Ideas and Actions
Luke O’Shaughnessy (UK), Opera Europa
Reaching audiences outside the theatre through live-streaming performances:
the first years of “OperaVision“
Three best practice examples in 30 minutes
Silke Gablenz-Kolakovich, Private Theatre at Kochberg Palace (DE)
How we saved a historic theatre
Fredrik Forslund, Confidencen - Ulriksdal Palace Theatre (SE)
Lighting performances with candles
Kathleen Fay, Boston Early Music Festival (USA)
Our five success elements
Coffee break
15:30 Section 3: Museum and Performance
Peter Teilmann, Theatre Museum in the Court Theatre, Copenhagen (DK)
The historic theatre as museum ̶ the museum in a historic theatre
Markus Dietze, Municipal Theatre, Koblenz (DE)
Contemporary art inside a monument: experiences, problems, solutions
Sigrid T’Hooft, opera director, Gent (BE)
& Gilbert Blin, opera director, Leiden (NL)
The historic theatre as space for historically informed performances
Discussion
17:30 End of conference day
19:30 Conference Dinner at „Steakhaus Römerhof“, Philippsruhe Palace
TUESDAY, 2 April 2019
Workshops & Meetings at the conference centre “Kongresspark Hanau”
09:30 Parallel workshops
Group 1: Sustainable building management and conservation
Group 2: Historic backstage
Group 3: Audience development and tourism
Group 4: Theatre production
Coffee break
Presentation of workshop results
Discussion
12:30 Lunch
14:00 ERHT Route meetings
Coffee break
16:30 ERHT Route managers meeting
As of 25 March 2019. Hours are approximations. Changes reserved.
