British Council Vietnam

Festival Workshop
10-13 June2010

Behind the Scenes

at Festival Hue
British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
10-13 June 2010

Our Agenda
• Welcome
• Introductions
• Thank Yous
• Structure of the workshop
British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
10-13 June 2010

Nick Dodds
• Set up Festivals and Events International two years ago
• Chief Executive of Brighton Festival and Dome for eight years
• Administrative Director of Edinburgh International Festival for
ten years
• Past Chairman of BAFA the British Arts Festivals Association for
five years
• Past Chairman of IFEA Europe – International Festivals and
Events Association for three years
• General Manager of lighting and technical production business
• Theatre Manager
British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
10-13 June 2010

Ary Sutedja
• Indonesian Pianist and Festival Director
• Founded JakArt, an International Arts, Cultural and
Educational Festival held in Jakarta in 1999
• JakArt a four week festival in June 2001, 2002, 2003 and
Festival a la Carte in 2004 which toured to 15 Indonesian
Cities and 12 Cities in Greece as part of Olympiad, and the IF
Festival in 2008
• Multi-arts festival, 1000 events, 300 venues, 1000 volunteers
• Founding member of the Confederation of the Association of
Asian Performing Arts Festival (AAPAF)
British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
10-13 June 2010

Structure of the Workshops

• Informal ‘Behind the Scenes’
• Focusing on preparation and delivery of
Festival Hue
• Particularly programming and production
• Lessons for development of contemporary
arts festivals in Vietnam
• FLEXIBLE
British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
10-13 June 2010

Structure of the Workshops

• Mornings – visits to festival sites
• Afternoon
oExamples from other UK and Asian
festivals
oDiscussion and criticism
• Evening – visit to festival performances
British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
10-13 June 2010

Structure of the Workshops

• Thursday – Nick on Festival
Programming
• Friday – Nick on Festival Production
• Saturday – Ary on IF Festival Indonesia
and festival education projects
• Sunday – Ary on AAPAF and artists
British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
10-13 June 2010

Introductions
• Who has been to Festival Hue
before?
• 60 second profile - Who are you?
• What do you want from this
workshop?