The Festival ?An Invitation to Production? is the only festival dedicated to production in Europe. The idea is very simple and captivating. Producers taking part to the festival will have the same text (length of time: 15 minutes). Every producer can freely perform the play. During the latest editions, carried out in Italy, there have been a lot of different performances. From this year international producers can take part to the Festival, too. The management has decided to make a selection for foreign producers in H., Germany (for German people) and in Trento, Genova, Forl?, Vasto, Cagliari, Naples and Trieste, Italy for producers coming from different foreign countries. The winners of these selections are admitted to the final phases of the Festival, that will take place in Trento at the end of November 2006. Producers coming from foreign countries and the Italian ones will face each other making a fine theatre event and creating an important point of contact between different artistic cultures.

Good luck to every producer, wishing to see you in Trento for the Final phase!

HOW TO TAKE PART
Every producer will have the same text (length of time 13/15 minutes maximum); the organization will give a copy to each competitor, who might choose other translations or editions also different from the suggested one. Every producer can freely put up the text, using his imagination, creativity and skill. A Jury will value the technical/theatre skills, the ability to create emotion, harmonize and manage actors and every other element. Every macro selection (Trento, Forl?, Genova, Naples, Vasto, Cagliari, Trieste and H.) will have 2 or 3 finalists. They will take part to the Final phase in Trento.

Producers coming from different foreign countries, except Germany, can take part to one of the different selections agreed with the central organization in Trento.

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The championship is held under the auspices of the German Academy of Fencing (ADFD) and is organised by the fencing division of the Olympic Sports Club Berlin (OSC Berlin). The patron of this event is the governing mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit.

Due to the increasing interest in stage fencing (also called scenic fencing or theatre fencing) in the inner country and abroad the International German Championship was inaugurated. It is modelled on the French Championship in stage fencing (escrime artistique).

In this championship different fencing scenes are presented as part of short theatre pieces or theatre scenes in front of a jury which evaluates the presented scenes.

Domestic and foreign organisations (e.g. society, club, group) which engage in Stage Fencing can take part in the Championship in the three different epochs:
1. Antiquity to the 15th century (Middle Ages)
2. 16th century to the present day
3. Timeless, Fantasy

The championship will be held in the theatre hall of the FEZ-Berlin. The FEZ is a leisure centre for everybody (especially for children and families) with various buildings, halls, stages and high tech equipment and provides ideal conditions for this event.

You'll find more information (e.g. program, rules, registration) under: www.szenisches-fechten.de.

The ADFC and the OSC Berlin are happy to welcome participants and members of the audience from Germany and abroad at the championship.

Jury Members:
Ran Arthur Braun (IS/IT) Stage director and Fight Choreographer, Art. Dir. of Scuola Brancaleoni
Philip d.Orl?ans (GB), fight director and teacher of the BASSC
G?rard D?lavaquerie (F), Ma?tre d.Armes and president of the commission for stage fencing (escrime artistique) of the french fencing federation
Walter Kling (D), fencing master and former president of the German Academy of Fencing
Rainer Adler (D), director of an actor school in Berlin, teacher for acting and stage fencing
Eduard Burza (D), actor and fight choreographer

Our company, IFB Bohemia, is organising a festival of English Theatre. The event is named CLASSinACTION and it is taking place 23rd-26th November 2006 in Prague. We wish to invite also your ensemble to this special event which, we hope, will be great, most enjoyable and rewarding weekend for all the participants joining us in the Bohemian capital.

You find the detailed information about CLASSinACTION on our website http://www.ifbbohemia.cz/class2006.html.