We are catching up with some of last year's international panelists to find out how the "state of the performing arts" has shifted this past year, what lessons they learned and what they think the future holds for the performing arts.

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Click here to watch last year's panel.

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This event will be streamed on this page and on Physical Theater Festival"s Facebook page.

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PANELISTS

 

YUENHUN LEI, Theater Producer, Hong Kong

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Yuenhun is an Independent Producer from Hong Kong. She works with arts organizations and various artists of multidisciplinary arts both locally and internationally.

She has previously worked with The Hong Kong Arts Festival as Deputy Producer and Project Manager, producing over fifteen theatre, dance and chamber opera productions. Later-on, she developed as an Independent Producer, with a focus on organising tours and cultural exchange opportunities. She is currently the Producer of a Hong Kong artist Ata Wong Chun Tat and his company Théâtre de la Feuille. She has managed eight touring productions which performed on different global stages upon invitations for over 200 times, including US, France, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China.

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RUCERA SEETHAL, Artistic Sirector of the multi-disciplinary National Arts Festival, Makhanda, South Africa.

 

Starting this role in January 2020, as baptism of fire the festival has just completed its 46 th iteration as an online festival. Previously programme manager at the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia Johannesburg, responsible for the performing arts portfolio across Switzerland and the
Southern African region, and for co-adjudicating its Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation regional grant programme. She was art director and production manager at Chimurenga, the award-winning arts, culture and politics magazine, between 2004 to 2011.

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MIGUEL OYARZUN, actor, director, playwright and Artistic Director of FIT- Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro, Spain

 

Miguel is co-founder and co-director of BE FESTIVAL (Birmingham European Festival) with Isla Aguilar. Recently they directed the Centro Conde Duque in Madrid, a 58.000m2 venue where they programmed and produced performing arts, visual arts and music. In 2020, Miguel and Isla have been appointed artistic directors of the 35th edition of FIT (Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro) in Cádiz. Miguel is a director, playwright and actor, and leads workshops internationally. His career as an actor includes numerous theatre, film and TV titles in Spain and England. Miguel is artistic director of the Madrid based theatre company Mirage Teatro, founded in 2009. In recent years, the company has developed mid-scale and large scale community projects. He graduated in Acting at the RESAD, Madrid. In 2006 he moved to London to finish his training at the London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA). Later he graduated in "Performing Arts Leadership".

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