INTERVIEWS
Interview with latviesi.com
What did the Birmingham Little Theatre do at the Sydney Latvian Theatre's "Balcony"?
Latviesi.com invited Daci Čaklo, director of the Birmingham Little Theatre, and Ilona Brūveris, chairwoman of the board of the Sydney Latvian Theatre, director and actress, for an interview.
You can listen to and watch the show here .
Interview with LR2 "Latvians in the World"
Theatre manager and director Liara Ozola tells "Latvians in the World" about the grandiose plans of the Bergen Latvian Theatre "LATiBergen": in the autumn, Bergen will welcome all Latvian theatre participants and supporters of Latvian theatre at the Diaspora Theatre Gathering "PLATS solis 2023", but already on January 20, "LATiBergen"'s production "Eyes Full of Fog" will be available to watch on a significant date for Latvia - January 20, Barricades Remembrance Day.
You can listen to and watch the show here .
Interview with latviesi.com
Latvian amateur theaters in Bergen and Dublin will delight their audiences with performances at the end of January.
Two Latvian amateur theaters will delight audiences with premieres in their homes at the end of January – the Latvian Amateur Theater "Sliedes" in Dublin and LATiBergen in the Norwegian city of Bergen.
As Baiba Gaigra, director of the Latvian theatre in Ireland “Sliedes”, says in a conversation, the gathering of Latvian amateur theatres was a good springboard for ideas and growth.
You can listen to and watch the show here.
Interview with latviesi.com
About the rehearsals, news, and future of Latvian amateur theater in Denmark and Australia.
Latviesi.com meets with two representatives of Latvian theaters. The interview includes Aija Pedersen, administrative manager of the Latvian-Danish Association amateur theater "Pūpols", and Ieva Ozoliņa, actress of the Australian Latvian Theater (ALT) and currently a member of the PLATS (World Association of Latvian Amateur Theaters) Audit Commission, who has also been a member of the ALT board, producer, and chairwoman.
You can listen to and watch the show here.
Interview LR1
"Global Latvian. 21st Century"
About the rehearsals, news, and future of Latvian amateur theater in Denmark and Australia.
In mid-January, PLATS members met at a general meeting to look back on the achievements of the first years of operation. Information was shared by PLATS representatives and theater critic and journalist from Latvia, Atis Rozentāls.
You can listen to and watch the show here.
Story LTV1 Daily News
Diaspora amateur theaters gather in Birmingham
The diaspora amateur theater festival "Between 5 Islands" has just taken place in the second largest city in Great Britain - Birmingham. 10 amateur theater representatives from 5 countries participated in it. The festival not only performed theater, but also organized other artistic and sports activities. Our correspondent from Great Britain - Ilze Kalve reports.
The program can be listened to and watched here.
Interview LR1 Global Latvian. 21st century"
Latvian amateur theater diaspora theater gathering "PLATS SOLIS"
How productions are created and what is the repertoire chosen by theaters, what is the goal and call of the “PLATSsolis” gathering - in the program Global Latvian 21st Century. Representatives of PLATS participate in the program.
The program can be listened to and watched here.
Interview with LR2 "Latvians in the World"
At the end of August, Latvian children from different countries - Sweden, Norway, Italy, Azerbaijan, Great Britain and Latvia - met at a theatre camp in Great Britain, at the Daugavas Vanagi property "Straumēni", where they improved their skills in performing freely in front of both the audience and the cameras, imagining themselves in the roles of TV correspondents, through theatre plays, speeches, movements, improvisations, readings, narrations, dialogues and other exercises.
You can listen to and watch the show here.
Interview with LR2 "Latvians in the World"
PLATS, which unites almost all diaspora amateur theaters from 3 continents, celebrated its anniversary in January 2022. "Latvians in the World" was visited by the new director of PLATS, Sandra Bondarevska.
You can listen to and watch the show here .
Interview LR1
On July 5, 2021, three representatives of the PLATS board participated in the Latvian Radio 1 program "Global Latvian. 21st Century".
The program was attended by PLATS Board Chair Māra Lewis, who heads the San Francisco New Theatre, Board Representative Laura Ritenberga-Kindler, Head of the German Latvian Amateur Theatre-Studio "Ezīši", and Board Representative Gita Robalde, Head of the Bradford Theatre Troupe "Saulespuķe".
All 3 directors told us how their theaters came to be, what their connection is with theaters, and what it means to work with fellow countrymen in creating joint theater performances.
You can listen to and watch the show here .