ITEAC Announces Full Program Schedule

The International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (ITEAC) is now only less than four weeks away and the daily timetable is revealed, showing where more than 30 sessions have been placed in the three-day schedule.

Since the first program announcement, and with Mark Rylance and Graham Vick as confirmed keynote speakers, and the news of the Bridge Theatre session and visit, the ITEAC editorial board has been working hard to confirm the speaker line-up.

Hot industry topic of the moment, lamps for stage lighting and the threat posed by new EU regulations, will be discussed in "Bursting the Bubble: LED, Regulation, and the Future of Lighting," when the question of how specifiers deal with a rapidly changing world in which environmental and regulatory factors are becoming ever more significant, will be investigated.

On the flip side, "Raising the Standard" will review the hard work of many individuals within the entertainment industry who have created and implement a raft of engineering standards over the last twenty years in both Europe and the USA.

Stage engineering systems can be complex and expensive, often ending up idle or underutilized. "Heavy Lifting: Stage Engineering, is it worth it?" will ponder on this idea by examining the technologies behind three very different stage engineering systems and how the venues get the most out of them.

In "The Move to Automation Product and the Connected Theatre" the views of the panel will be heard on custom theatre automation systems verses the move to standardize systems, which may see the engineering equivalent of open lighting and sound protocols, while "Is it Real? The Use of Digital Technologies to Enhance Performance" looks at the complex tools being used to create ground-breaking visual enhancements to the audience experience.

"How 'Circular' can the Theatre Industry be?" will explore industrial strategy to transition towards a circular and sustainable economy; how "Circular" the entertainment sector currently is and what system shifts are required to gradually decouple business activity from the consumption of finite resources in our particular industry.

A selection of very diverse projects will be considered in "New Theatres Showcase," balancing agreeably with "The Role of Theatre Architecture in Creating Meaning," which will evaluate how theatre architecture can affect the language and meaning of performance.

In conclusion, attendees shall hear from artistic directors about what they have learned from the buildings they run and how it impacts on the work they do in "The Artistic Directors' Perspective." Following on dancers and choreographers in "Bodies in Space" will review rehearsal spaces they have loved working in, spaces that have inspired them, and the practical features of a rehearsal room that support their wellbeing.

Since publication of the initial program information, some session titles have been renamed and session overviews changed. Latest speaker information is listed on the ITEAC 2018 website.

Session access tickets are now available for booking.

These tickets allow delegates access to the conference sessions only, on one, two, or three days, as purchased, plus refreshments at mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks only.

Full information on these tickets can be found on the ITEAC website.

A limited number of full delegate three, two, and one-day tickets will be returned to sale, at the earliest. Full Delegate tickets include access to social and refreshment areas and all other delegates.

Theatreplan which will be supporting ITEAC 2018 as an International Sponsor, provides a complete range of theatre planning and leading-edge technical design services for clients, from opera houses and concert halls, to performance spaces in schools, universities and lyric theatres, or for new places for performance. Amongst Theatreplan's current projects are: Citizens Theatre, Glasgow and Oldham Coliseum in the UK. In Europe: Dublin Institute of Technology at Grangegorman and Copenhagen Opera House. Worldwide: East Kowloon Cultural Centre and the University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong, and the 15,000 seat GEG Arena in Macau, China.

ITEAC is presented by ABTT , with founder sponsor TAIT Stage Technologies, global Sponsor Unusual Rigging, and International sponsors Charcoalblue and Theatreplan.