Festival Centre
Various artistsFestival Information Centre
Matīsa Street 8, Riga
Every day of the festival from 14.00 to 20.00
Phone +371 26 186 631
Email info@theatre.lv
Festival day off – 07.09.
This year, the festival programme offers a wide range of events, workshops, and discussions that attendees can visit free of charge. For the latest information on these events, including venues and times, please check the poster, homonovus.lv, or the Homo Novus social media accounts.
The courtyard behind the Festival Centre is a peaceful place to socialize with the festival team and guests. The creative factory “Veldze” has several cafes and dining options nearby.
Programme
Festival Centre events
04.09. Friday
21:00
Festival Opening Night
Playing the piano – Helēna Kozlova
05.09. Saturday
13:00
Talk: Define Love (in English)
With festival artists and guests from Prague Pride
08.09. Tuesday
14:00-17:00
Networking Afternoon (with registration)
Opportunity to meet local artists and independent theatre representatives, find out about upcoming projects, and enjoy a cup of tea together
20:00
Words Service reading performance (in English and Latvian)
Artist Sarah Vanhe gives a performative reading at the Boiler Room in “Veldze”
09.09. Wednesday
Accessibility Celebration Day
13:00-17:30
Accessibility Conference (in English, with registration)
13:00-20:00
Passing (15 min)
Short film by Jo Bannon
19:00
Festival Spa Party
A relaxed celebration with the Latvian Deaf community and DJ Richy Rich
10.09. Thursday
14:00
Talk: All of This Will End (in English)
Meet the artists of Garden on the Grave, Beyond Beyond and How Things End
11.09. Friday
14:00-16.00
Audiodescription workshop with Jo Bannon (in English)
18:00-19:00
Magic Carpets performance/ installation
Artist Līga Zepa and young people from the “Resiliences Avots” community centre share stories of adolescent experiences
21:00
Ģirts Dubults drag performance “Māsa, tagad es esmu putns” at nearby Ex Libris
A performative reading of Ģirts Dubults’s notes of compassion at the used bookstore and café “EX LIBRIS”
12.09. Saturday
13:00
Talk: What Is NGO? (in Latvian)
A meeting with representatives of the non-governmental sector who shape Latvia’s cultural landscape.
16:00
A Concert for Deferred Dreams (in Latvian)
The event is organised by artist Laima Jaunzema in collaboration with members of the Latvian Association of the Blind
17:00
“The Balmy Disaster Class” (in English)
Festival school presentation with the vacuum cleaner and participants
From 20:00
Festival Closing Night
A gathering with the festival’s artists and DJ Katrīna Milta