# Interplay Europe

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**Interplay Europe** is a festival for young playwrights in Europe. It is organized by [Interplay](/source/Interplay_Entertainment); an international, not-for-profit arts organisation for the furtherance of young playwrights aged 18 to 26. It was founded in [Sydney](/source/Sydney) in 1985. Every two years Interplay organises the largest and most prestigious festival of its kind, [World Interplay](/source/World_Interplay), in [Australia](/source/Australia).

Every other year a European country hosts **Interplay Europe**. The first Interplay Europe was held in 1995 in [Mainz](/source/Mainz) organized by the playwrights [Antje Rávic Strubel](/source/Antje_R%C3%A1vic_Strubel) and Tobias Rausch and Interplay Europe e.V became official in 1998, which was also in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). Participants from all over Europe discuss their plays for two inspiring, practical and creative weeks in classes, workshops, forums and events with experienced international tutors. Through workshops and small-scale productions, they have the opportunity to improve their work. Interplay also supports international youth exchange and seeks to contribute to better understanding between nations.

**Interplay Festivals** are held in order to:

- celebrate the creative richness of young playwrights
- provide an international meeting place where their work can be discussed, workshopped and performed
- provide an international forum for the ideas of young playwrights
- offer the general public access to the works of young writers
- contribute to regional, national and international cultural development.

## Alumni

Many highly respected and international award-winning European playwrights started their career with Interplay. For example: [Ivana Sajko](/source/Ivana_Sajko) and [Tena Stivicic](/source/Tena_Stivicic) from Croatia, [Katharina Schlender](/source/Katharina_Schlender) and [Kristo Šagor](/source/Kristo_%C5%A0agor) from [Germany](/source/Germany), [Ali Taylor](/source/Ali_Taylor) and [Sarah Kane](/source/Sarah_Kane) from the United Kingdom, [Enver Husicic](/source/Enver_Husicic) and [Esther Gerritsen](/source/Esther_Gerritsen) from the Netherlands, [Vera Filo](/source/Vera_Filo) and [Anna Haraszti](/source/Anna_Haraszti) from Hungary, [Darja Stocker](/source/Darja_Stocker) and [Simon Froehling](/source/Simon_Froehling) from Switzerland and [Ignacio Pajón Leyra](/source/Ignacio_Paj%C3%B3n_Leyra) and [Antonio Rojano](/source/Antonio_Rojano) from Spain.

## Interplay festival 2006

**Date**: 18–25 June

**Town**: [Schaan](/source/Schaan)

**Country**: [Liechtenstein](/source/Liechtenstein)

**DELEGATIONS**

**Bulgaria**: [Ana Vaseva](/source/Ana_Vaseva)

**Croatia**: [Nora Krstulovic](/source/Nora_Krstulovic) (tutor), [Maja Sviben](/source/Maja_Sviben)

**England**: [Ola Animashawun](/source/Ola_Animashawun) (tutor), [Daniel Stathis Barker](/source/Daniel_Stathis_Barker), [Tinuke Asher Craig](/source/Tinuke_Asher_Craig), [Hannah Dee](/source/Hannah_Dee)

**Germany**: [Henning Fangauf](/source/Henning_Fangauf) (tutor), [Kristo Šagor](/source/Kristo_%C5%A0agor) (tutor), [Martin Kordic](/source/Martin_Kordic), [Frauke Scheffler](/source/Frauke_Scheffler), [Agnes Gerstenberg](/source/Agnes_Gerstenberg)

**Hungary**: [Judit Cziraki](/source/Judit_Cziraki) (tutor), [Marianna Koncz](/source/Marianna_Koncz)

**Latvia**: [Inta Bernova](/source/Inta_Bernova) (tutor), [Gunita Grosa](/source/Gunita_Grosa), [Eliza Sternberga](/source/Eliza_Sternberga), [Daina Tabuna](/source/Daina_Tabuna)

**Liechtenstein**: [Patrick Boltshauser](/source/Patrick_Boltshauser) (tutor), [Peter Beck](/source/Peter_Beck_(playwright)), [Caroline Herfert](/source/Caroline_Herfert)

**Netherlands**: [Jurrie Kwant](/source/Jurrie_Kwant) (tutor), [Hubert Roza](/source/Hubert_Roza) (tutor), [Enver Husicic](/source/Enver_Husicic), [Maaike Johanna Bergstra](/source/Maaike_Johanna_Bergstra), [Radna Diels](/source/Radna_Diels), [Florian Pieter van Kuijk](/source/Florian_Pieter_van_Kuijk)

**Norway**: [Kim Atle Hansen](/source/Kim_Atle_Hansen)

**Scotland**: [Alan Wilkins (playwright)](/source/Alan_Wilkins_(playwright)) (tutor), [Rachel Lynn Brody](/source/Rachel_Lynn_Brody), [Lewis Hetherington](/source/Lewis_Hetherington)

**Slovakia**: [Vanda Feriacova](/source/Vanda_Feriacova) (tutor), [Diana Kacarova](/source/Diana_Kacarova), [Pavol Kohut](/source/Pavol_Kohut)

**Slovenia**: [Dragica Potocnjak](/source/Dragica_Potocnjak) (tutor), [Sasa Rakef](/source/Sasa_Rakef)

**Spain**: [Antonio Rojano](/source/Antonio_Rojano), [Ignacio Pajón Leyra](/source/Ignacio_Paj%C3%B3n_Leyra)

**Switzerland**: [Miriam Ehlers](/source/Miriam_Ehlers) (tutor), [Anna Papst](/source/Anna_Papst), [Laura de Weck](/source/Laura_de_Weck)

**Turkey**: [Hasan Erkek](/source/Hasan_Erkek) (tutor), [Fatma Kandemir](/source/Fatma_Kandemir)

## Interplay festival 2008

**Date**: 5 July-13 July

**Town**: [Utrecht](/source/Utrecht)

**Country**: [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)

**DELEGATIONS**

**Australia**:[Lachlan Philpot](/source/Lachlan_Philpot) (tutor), [Adam Mitchell](/source/Adam_Mitchell_(theatre_director)) (tutor), [Anna Barnes](/source/Anna_Barnes)

**Croatia**: [Ivor Martinić](/source/Ivor_Martini%C4%87)

**Denmark**: [Janicke Branth](/source/Janicke_Branth) (tutor), [Kristin Auestad Danielsen](/source/Kristin_Auestad_Danielsen), [Julie Maj Jacobsen](/source/Julie_Maj_Jacobsen), [Caroline Cecilie Malling Joergensen](/source/Caroline_Cecilie_Malling_Joergensen), [Katrine Hald Troensegaard](/source/Katrine_Hald_Troensegaard), [Brian Wind-Hansen](/source/Brian_Wind-Hansen), [Thomas Markmann](/source/Thomas_Markmann)

**England**: [Phil G. Davies](/source/Phil_G._Davies), [Rosa Connor](/source/Rosa_Connor), [Issy McCann](/source/Issy_McCann)

**France**: [Adeline Picault](/source/Adeline_Picault), [Alban Ketelbuters](/source/Alban_Ketelbuters)

**Germany**: [Henning Fangauf](/source/Henning_Fangauf) (tutor), [Kristo Sagor](/source/Kristo_Sagor) (tutor), [Azar Mortazavi-Manesh](/source/Azar_Mortazavi-Manesh), [Roman Senkl](/source/Roman_Senkl)

**Greece**: [Chara Bakonikola](/source/Chara_Bakonikola) (tutor), [Paraskevi Pouli](/source/Paraskevi_Pouli), [Marina Danezi](/source/Marina_Danezi)

**Hungary**: [Upor Laszlo](/source/Upor_Laszlo) (tutor), [Márton Kiss](/source/M%C3%A1rton_Kiss)

**Iceland**: [Thordis Elva Thorvaldsdottir](/source/Thordis_Elva_Thorvaldsdottir) (tutor), [Tyrfingur Tyrfingsson](/source/Tyrfingur_Tyrfingsson)

**Latvia**: [Lauris Gundars](/source/Lauris_Gundars) (tutor), [Elvijs Cakans](/source/Elvijs_Cakans), [Inga Liepa](/source/Inga_Liepa)

**Netherlands**: [Jurrie Kwant](/source/Jurrie_Kwant) (tutor), [Don Duyns](/source/Don_Duyns) (tutor), [Gijsje Kooter](/source/Gijsje_Kooter) (tutor), [Jannemieke Caspers](/source/Jannemieke_Caspers), [Michiel Lieuwma](/source/Michiel_Lieuwma), [Malou De Roy van Zuydewijn](/source/Malou_De_Roy_van_Zuydewijn), [Babiche Ronday](/source/Babiche_Ronday), [Jelmer Soes](/source/Jelmer_Soes), [Anna Maria Versloot](/source/Anna_Maria_Versloot), [Milou Brockhus](/source/Milou_Brockhus), [Esther Duysker](/source/Esther_Duysker), [Timen Jan Veenstra](/source/Timen_Jan_Veenstra)

**Poland**: [Aneta Wróbel-Wojtyszko](/source/Aneta_Wr%C3%B3bel-Wojtyszko) (tutor), [Ewa Wikiel](/source/Ewa_Wikiel), [Sylwia Wojas](/source/Sylwia_Wojas)

**Russia**: [Benjamin Slivkin](/source/Benjamin_Slivkin) (tutor), [Yulia Yakovleva](/source/Yulia_Yakovleva), [Dmitry Egorov](/source/Dmitry_Egorov_(playwright))

**Scotland**: [Alan Wilkins](/source/Alan_Wilkins_(playwright)) (tutor), [Joanne Toner](/source/Joanne_Toner), [Jonathan Whiteside](/source/Jonathan_Whiteside)

**Spain**: [Ignacio Pajón Leyra](/source/Ignacio_Paj%C3%B3n_Leyra)

**Sweden**: [Dag Thelander](/source/Dag_Thelander)

**Switzerland**: [Simon Froehling](/source/Simon_Froehling) (tutor), [Noo Steffen](/source/Noo_Steffen)

**Turkey**: [Hasan Erkek](/source/Hasan_Erkek) (tutor), [Cigdem Yildirem](/source/Cigdem_Yildirem), [Huseyin Gucumen](/source/Huseyin_Gucumen)

## Interplay festival 2012

**Date**: 2 July-7 July

**Town**: [Madrid](/source/Madrid)

**Country**: [Spain](/source/Spain)

**DELEGATIONS**

**Austria**: [Holger Schober](/source/Holger_Schober) (tutor), [Kevin Oseanu](/source/Kevin_Oseanu),

**Bulgaria**: [Stefan Prohorov](/source/Stefan_Prohorov)

**Germany**: [Henning Fangauf](/source/Henning_Fangauf) (tutor), [Fine Riebner](/source/Fine_Riebner), [Claudia Brueggemann](/source/Claudia_Brueggemann)

**Greece**: [Nikolas Marmaras](/source/Nikolas_Marmaras)

**Hungary**: [David Adam](/source/David_Adam_(playwright))

**Latvia**: [Rasa Bugavituçe](/source/Rasa_Bugavitu%C3%A7e), [Edgars Nicklason](/source/Edgars_Nicklason)

**Netherlands**: [Maud Lazaroms](/source/Maud_Lazaroms) (tutor), [Rineke Roosenboom](/source/Rineke_Roosenboom), [Eva Gouda](/source/Eva_Gouda), [Helena Hoogenkamp](/source/Helena_Hoogenkamp)

**Poland**: [Adam Biernacki](/source/Adam_Biernacki) (tutor), [Paulina Danecka](/source/Paulina_Danecka), [Joanna Tyszka](/source/Joanna_Tyszka)

**Spain**: [Ignacio Pajón Leyra](/source/Ignacio_Paj%C3%B3n_Leyra) (tutor), [José Cruz](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Cruz) (tutor), [Jorge Padín](/source/Jorge_Pad%C3%ADn) (tutor), [Diana I. Luque](/source/Diana_I._Luque) (tutor), [Manuel Benito](/source/Manuel_Benito), [José Aurelio Martín](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Aurelio_Mart%C3%ADn), [Nieves Rodríguez](/source/Nieves_Rodr%C3%ADguez),

**Sweden**: [Anna Berg](/source/Anna_Berg) (tutor), [Johanna Svalbake](/source/Johanna_Svalbake), [Gunnar Ericcson](/source/Gunnar_Ericcson)

**Turkey**: [Hasan Erkek](/source/Hasan_Erkek) (tutor), [Cagil Tekten](/source/Cagil_Tekten), [Ali Birkan Teke](/source/Ali_Birkan_Teke)

## Host towns

Year Town Country Artistic Director 1995 Mainz Germany Antje Rávic Strubel, Tobias Rausch 1998 Berlin Germany Henning Fangauf 2000 Warsaw Poland / 2002 Pecs Hungary / Judit Cziráki 2004 Athens Greece Nikos Kamtsis 2006 Schaan Liechtenstein Henning Fangauf 2008 Utrecht Netherlands Hubert Roza 2010 İzmir Turkey Hasan Erkek 2012 Madrid Spain Ignacio Pajón Leyra, José Cruz 2014 Bregenz Austria Henning Fangauf 2016 Ljungskile Sweden Niklas Malmcrona 2018 Liepāja Latvia Lauris Gundars

## External links and References

- [World Interplay website](http://www.worldinterplay.org)
- [Interplay Europe website](http://www.interplay-europe.de)
- [Interplay Europe 2008](http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl/index.php?page=courses&code=C13)
- [Interplay Europe 2014](https://www.assitej.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Inerplay_Europe_2014_Web.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211019120843/https://www.assitej.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Inerplay_Europe_2014_Web.pdf) 2021-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
- [Interplay Europe 2016](https://www.assitej-international.org/en/2016/02/interplay-europe-festival-of-young-playwrights-2016/)

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