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CPH STAGE's International Days is the festival's window to the international arena - presenting a professional industry programme with international and Danish guests, a showcase with Danish performances and 6-8 pitches by Danish companies and artists.
We invite Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese theatre companies to apply for the Pitch session and register their performances for showcase during CPH STAGE's International Days 26th-28th May 2025. The festival has different ways in which you can attend CPH STAGE’s International Days, get subsidy and promote your work.
- THE SHOWCASE is open and we invite all companies with an interest in international touring and collaborations around their work to register their performances. All registered performances will be part of the official showcase programme for the festival’s international guests attending The International Days during CPH STAGE 2025. Read more below.
- THE PITCHES are found through an open call and selected by an international jury. The jury changes every year in order to create a diversity in the perspectives on performing arts in Denmark. Read more below.
- TRANSPORT SUBSIDY is the festival's opportunity to support performances that are produced in Denmark and the theatre/company must reside outside the Capital Region or on Bornholm. The performances are selected based on an open call. Read further down the page.
The deadline for the festival's open calls and registration for the showcase is 17th November 2024.
The festival wants to make it easier for people to register for the festival and apply for our open calls, therefore you can, for example, in connection with registering for the showcase, apply for a pitch, the curated line and a transport contribution. To read more about the curated line click here.
The registration for the Fringe festival programme opens on 3rd December 2024. Read more here.
OPEN CALL AND REGISTRATION
OPEN REGISTRATION FOR SHOWCASE 2025
All registered performances will be part of the official showcase programme for the festival’s international guests attending The International Days during CPH STAGE 2025.
CPH STAGE will invite a few selected international professionals to highlight performances from the official showcase programme based on genres, themes etc. This will be a service which will guide our international guests through the programme. To become part of the showcase the company/artist must have a strategy for their international work.
ECONOMY
The festival does not financially support the registered performances. By registering for the showcase, you will receive 2 tickets for The International Days, which, among others, include an introduction to an international network, workshops, performances and meals.
The festival will purchase the number of tickets that the international guests have booked. The company will decide themselves how many tickets they want to allocate to the festival’s international guests; between 20-60 tickets. The festival will release unbooked tickets 1 week prior to the start of The International Days.
Please be aware that all shows and companies performing during CPH STAGE will have to follow the current official agreements. Dansk Teater makes a special agreement with The Danish Actor's Association regarding CPH STAGE. Read the agreement from 2024 here.
As CPH STAGE receives support from the Ministry of Culture and The Copenhagen Municipality it is a condition for our support that our collaborators meet the demands from Copenhagen Municipality about labor clauses, that is expectations to salary and working conditions like working hours, residence- and work permits. See more about this (in Danish) HERE.
TIMEFRAME
17th November 2024: Open registration closes
15th January 2025: Launch of the international programme
18th March 2025: Launch of highlights
Spring 2025: Participation in workshop
22nd – 31st May 2025: CPH STAGE
26th-28th May 2025: International Days
APPLICATION
The registered performances must be produced by a Danish company with a Danish CVR-number.
The company must be open to negotiating performance times with the International Project Manager in order for the festival to create the best possible programme. The 2 allocated tickets for the company’s participation at The International Days are for the producer and the artistic director of the company. It includes an introduction to an international network, workshops, performances and meals.
The form must be filled in in English.
You register via the platform Eventotron, where you must create a profile. You do this with an e-mail and a password. You can then apply under the 'Festivals & Seasons' menu, where you will find Open Registration for Showcase during CPH STAGE International Days 2025. You can look for it in the search field.
-> Apply HERE
For questions about the registration, contact The International Project Manager at international@cphstage.com
OPEN CALL PITCH
The pitches are selected by an international jury based on one annual open call. The jury changes every year in order to create a diversity in the perspectives on performing arts in Denmark.
The pitches will be recorded by a videographer and shared with the company to use in their international work. If you are already participating with a performance at the festival, we encourage you to apply with a new idea/show.
TIMEFRAME
17th November 2024: Open call closes
15th January 2025: The selected companies will get information about being selected – and will be asked to confirm their participation before 20. January.
20th March 2025 at 13.00 - 15.30: Participation in mandatory preparation pitch-workshop
9th April 2025 at 9.30 - 17.00: Participation in 30 minutes slots to video-recording of pitch
6th May 2025: Release of pitching videos on website - shared with our international newsletter list and guests attending CPH STAGE International Days 2025
Spring 2025: Participation in workshop
22nd – 31st May 2025: CPH STAGE
26th-28th May 2025: International Days
APPLICATION
The applicant must have a Danish CVR-number.
CPH STAGE will cover travel expenses by public transport for up to 2 persons, if the company resides outside greater Copenhagen or on Bornholm.
The 2 allocated tickets for the company’s participation at The International Days are for the producer and the artistic director of the company. It includes an introduction to an international network, workshops, performances and meals.
The form must be filled in in English.
You apply via the platform Eventotron, where you must create a profile. You do this with an e-mail and a password. You can then apply under the 'Festivals & Seasons' menu, where you will find Open Call for Pitch at CPH STAGE International Days 2025. You can look for it in the search field.
Apply HERE
For questions about the Open Call, contact The International Project Manager at international@cphstage.com
APPLY FOR TRANSPORT SUBSIDY
A limited number of performances presented at CPH STAGE in 2025 may be selected to receive a transport subsidy (transport, travel and accommodation). The performance must be produced in Denmark and the theatre/company must reside outside the Capital Region or on Bornholm.
You can apply for a transport subsidy through Open Call – kurateret forestillingslinje 2025 & 2026, Open Registration for Showcase during CPH STAGE International Days 2025, or apply directly for a transport subsidy via Transportbidrag 2025.
The festival's budget template must be used and can be downloaded here.
APPLICATION
The deadline for this application is 17th November 2024 and must be done via the link below. You will receive an answer to your application in mid-December 2024.
The next application round is in autumn 2025, aimed at the festival in 2026.
You apply via the platform Eventotron, where you must create a profile. You do this with an e-mail and a password. You can then apply under the 'Festivals & Seasons' menu, where you will find Transportbidrag 2025. You can look for it in the search field.
APPLY HERE
For questions about Transportbidrag 2025, contact festival producer Sarah Sarina Rommedahl at sarah@cphstage.com
ATTEND AS A GUEST AT THE INTERNATIONAL DAYS
The festival's international host programme invites international guests to Denmark. In addition to the showcase programme, the festival also arranges debates, talks, parties and informal meetings.
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