fbpx HowlRound TV Infrastructure Project in Central and Eastern Europe | HowlRound Theatre Commons

HowlRound TV Infrastructure Project in Central and Eastern Europe

HowlRound Theatre Commons' experiment in organizing a commons-based livestream infrastructure project in Central and Eastern Europe launched its pilot year 2019-2020 operating in Budapest, Cluj, and Bucharest. Later in the year, we added a few cities in Poland. The goals of this project are to enable regular live programming of talks and performances from that region, foster closer ties within the region and to the US, and to model a reduced ecological footprint as we continue to connect, share, and learn from each other.

The livestream producers that HowlRound has engaged and who are working with their local theatre communities to curate and produce livestream programming are:

The following organizations and companies have participated in our livestreamed events in the three cities of focus:

Bucharest

Budapest

Cluj

Browse below for the livestream events and their archives that have been produced from this project. Additionally, you'll find relevant essays on the region. 

The Latest

Mental Health, Well-Being, and International Cultural Mobility
Video
Mental Health, Well-Being, and International Cultural Mobility
On The Move Mobility Webinar
Tuesday 26 September 2023
European Union
Climate Crisis–Themed Performance and Conversation About 999 by Chance of the Hunter
Video
Climate Crisis–Themed Performance and Conversation About 999 by Chance of the Hunter
Wednesday 12 April 2023
Budapest, Hungary
ArtsLink Assembly 2022: Greener Grass? Cultivating Transborder Connections Between Ukrainian Cultural Communities
Video
ArtsLink Assembly 2022: Greener Grass? Cultivating Transborder Connections Between Ukrainian Cultural Communities
A Platform for Ukrainian Artists, Curators, and Cultural Leaders to Share Perspectives and Ideas for the Future of the Cultural Life of the Country.
Wednesday 30 November to Friday 2 December 2022
Warszawa, Poland and Kyiv, Ukraine
Photo from the play Change.
Postcards from Russia 1
Essay

Postcards from Russia 1

Saint Petersburg

23 May 2013

Christopher White in his quick trip to St. Petersburg- a “museum city”-found the mainstream theaters to be both devoted to Russian classics and visually immersive theatre.

Roma Theatre Retrospective Logo
Roma Theatre Retrospective 2021
Series

Roma Theatre Retrospective 2021

Celebrating Four Years of Contemporary, International Romani Theatre

Independent Theater Hungary in partnership with HowlRound Theatre Commons presented the Roma Theatre Retrospective 2021 which included forty livestreams of twenty shows and twenty interviews from Romani artists in ten countries who were featured during four editions of the Roma Heroes International Theater Festival, Budapest. Livestreamed on the commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network Tuesday 19 October to Friday 10 December 2021.

Laboratory for creation and experiment series logo.
Reactor's laboratory for creation and experiment
Series

Reactor's laboratory for creation and experiment

Produced and presented by Reactor in Cluj, Romania.

A series of five performances created through a laboratory-type process and a presentation of that process by the artists who created them. The project aims to support artistic research in the Romanian theatre, through documenting and archiving different processes of creation and distributing this information to professionals and students of performative arts, as well as to the public. The performances are produced by the independent theatre Reactor, based in Cluj, Romania.

actors on stage/
Contemporary Playwrighting in Romania
Series

Contemporary Playwrighting in Romania

Produced and presented by Reactor – a place for creative experiments

Eight performances written by eight contemporary Romanian playwrights.

poster for the Roma Theatre Retrospective 2020.
Roma Theatre Retrospective 2020
Series

Roma Theatre Retrospective 2020

Featuring Roma artists from the Roma Heroes Theater Festival, Hungary

The Roma theater has more than a century long past with active professional theatre groups in many European countries, but unfortunately, they are still hardly known.

an audience view of a concert
Developing our Audiences
Series

Developing our Audiences

IETM Rijeka

This series is curated by IETM (International network for contemporary performing arts)  as the organization gets ready to host the IETM Rijeka Plenary Meeting, which will take place 24-27 October 2019 in Croatia. This year's plenary will revolve around the theme Audiences.

Roma Theatre in Europe
Series

Roma Theatre in Europe

From cultural appropriation to (mis)representations, this series documents the history of Roma theatre in Europe.

An Other Budapest
Series

An Other Budapest

This series examines the state of community theatre in Hungary.

IETM Bucharest
Series

IETM Bucharest

This series discusses the status of artists in Romania.

Two people holding each other in acrobatic dance.
Independent Theatre in Hungary and the Czech Republic
Series

Independent Theatre in Hungary and the Czech Republic

Exploring the state of independent theatre in Hungary and the Czech Republic.

Polish Theatre
Series

Polish Theatre

An exploration of different kinds of theatre happening in Poland.

A Polish Theatre Cookbook
Series

A Polish Theatre Cookbook

Dara Weinberg reports from rehearsal rooms and interviews with directors in Poland on how US artists can modify or adapt Polish techniques for their own kitchens.

Romanian Theatre
Series

Romanian Theatre

This series presents perspectives on contemporary theatre in Romania.

Postcards from Romania
Series

Postcards from Romania

This four-part series documents the experiences of a young, Fulbright fellow, avidly exploring theatre and life in Bucharest, Romania.

Postcards from Russia 
Series

Postcards from Russia 

Christopher W. White reflects on his participation on the Beyond Capitals project, meant to encourage connections between Russian and US theatremakers.

"The Hummingbirds" Internationalist World Tour 
Series

"The Hummingbirds" Internationalist World Tour 

A series tracing the journey of Garret Groenveld's play The Hummingbirds.