This is a chronology of Magdalena events and projects since the birth of the idea in 1983. Information about recent events can be found in the archive.

August 2009: Transit VI (Denmark)

April 2009: Magdalena Abruzzo (Italy)
Festival gathering in Pescara

April 2009: Recharge: The Gathering (New Zealand)
Work-in-progress platform

July 2008: Vértice Brasil, Florianópolis (Brazil)
Festival gathering

March 2008: Magdalena Aotearoa Gathering (New Zealand)
Work-in-progress platform

March 2008: Magdalena Gathering Brisbane (Australia)
Work-in-progress platform

January 2008: Magdalena Sin Fronteras, Santa Clara (Cuba)
International festival

April 2007: Magdalena Aotearoa National Gathering (New Zealand)
Work-in-progress platform

March 2007: Piezas Conectadas (Spain)
Festival gathering in Barcelona

January 2007: Transit V - Stories to be told
Festival meeting hosted by Odin Teatret, Holstebro, Denmark.

November 2006: Magdalena Antigona (Colombia and Peru)
Festival gathering in Colombia and Peru

July 2006: Magdalena (Singapore)
Festival gathering in Singapore

August 2005: Magdalena USA
Festival gathering in Providence, Rhode Island

July 2005: The Articulate Practitioner: Articulating Practice Event
Aberystwyth, Wales

January 2005: Magdalena Spain
Formation of Magdalena Spain with the intention to host a future festival in Spain

January 2005: Magdalena Sin Fronteras, Cuba
Festival gathering in Santa Clara, Cuba

June 2004: Magdalena Norway
Launch of Magdalena Norway in Prosgrunn, Norway

Jan 2004: Transit IV - Roots in Transit
Festival meeting hosted by Odin Teatret, Holstebro, Denmark.

Oct 2003: Magdalena Latina
Festival gathering in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

April 2003: Magdalena Australia: Women - Theatre - Travelling
Festival gathering in Brisbane, Australia.

Sept 2002: Magdalena Pacifica
Festival gathering in Cali and Bogota, Colombia

Jan 2001: Transit III - Women - Theatre - Generation
Festival meeting hosted by Odin Teatret, Holstebro, Denmark.

Oct 1999: The Br/leeding Ground
Four commissions and a conference examining an effective artistic response to a state of political crisis; Cardiff, Wales

Oct 1999: Magdalena 2nd Generacion
Festival gathering, Buenos Aires, Argentina

March 1999: Magdalena Aotearoa
International Festival of Women in Contemporary Theatre, Wellington and Paekakariki, Aotearoa/New Zealand

Oct 1998: Presence and the Actor
Month-long residential workshop, Llangrannog, Wales

July 1998: Raw Visions 3
Festival/conference, Cardiff, Wales

Feb 1998: Performing Words
Residential workshop, Rhayader, Wales

Nov 1997: Transit 2 - Women - Theatre - Politics
Festival meeting hosted by Odin Teatret, Holstebro, Denmark

Oct 1997: Bridges Back to the Roots
Theatre with margianalised social groups and cultural minorities; international colloquium organised and hosted by Unter Wasser Fliegen, Wuppertal, Germany

Sept 1997: Denise Stoklos (Brazil)
Performance tour promotion, Cardiff, Wales

July 1997: Raw Visions 2
Festival/conference, Swansea, Wales

April 1997: The Salon
Critical debate forum, meets every 6 weeks, Wales

March 1997: First Gathering of Welsh Women in Theatre
Forum for performance exchange, Rhayader, Wales

Nov 1996: Performing Words
Residential workshop, Rhayader, Wales

March 1996:The Open Page
Launch of annual journal, Cardiff, Wales

Dec 95-Jan 96: Women of Latin America
Third collaboration meeting, Argentina

Aug-Sept 1995: Wilson Pico (Equador)
Workshop, performance, tour promotion, UK

Aug 1995: The Mothers of Invention
Exploration of motherhood in relation to the creative process; workshops, symposium, Cardiff, Wales

Sept 1994: Magdalena '94
International Festival of Women in Contemporary Theatre, Cardiff, Wales

July 1993: Raw Visions
Festival/conference for young practitioners, Cardiff, Wales

Jan-Mar 1993: Women of Latin America
collaborative meetings, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay

Nov 1992: Transit - Directors and the Dynamic Patterns of Theatre Groups - What are Women Proposing?
Festival of women directors, hosted by Odin Teatret, Holstebro, Denmark

July 1992: Canu o Brofiad (Voices of Experience)
Research project and production with Welsh speaking practitioners, Aberystwyth, Wales

Oct 1991: V-Lines
Workshop festival on creating performance pieces, Cardiff, Wales

June 1991: Woman - the Comic Soul
Festival of performance and workshops, hosted by Foreningen Freja; annual themed festivals thereafter, Aarhus, Denmark

April 1991: Festival Voix de Femmes (Festival of Women's Voices)
hosted by Cirques Divers, biannual thereafter, Liege, Belgium

Jan 1991: Unter Wasser Fliegen (Flying Under Water)
Festival - new dramaturgy, hosted by Kordula Lobeck de Fabris; biannual thereafter, Wuppertal, Germany

Nov 1990-92 Midnight Level 6
Performance project directed by Jill Greenhalgh, international cast; Tours UK, Denmark, Germany

NOV 1990: Love and the Longing to Survive
Workshop series on building performance material, Cardiff, Wales

Oct 1990: Eye to Eye
Tour of a photographic exhibition, South Wales

July 1990: Songs Through Silence
Workshops, research and performance, hosted by Koreja
Aradeo, Italy

April 1990: International Advisory Group
First meeting - annual meetings thereafter, Various locations in Europe

March 1990: A Step Outside
Festival of Performance and Workshops, Bristol, England

Feb 1990: The Magdalena Grapevine
First newsletter published, three times annually thereafter until 1999

Sept 1989: Magdalena - International Festival of Voice
Cardiff, Wales

July 1989: A Room of One's Own
International festival for actors and directors, hosted by Grenland Friteater, Porsgrunn, Norway

June 1989: The Magdalena Experience
Publishing of book on the early history of the Magdalena Project, written by Susan Bassnett, Berg Press

April 1989: The Way of Magdalena
Meeting of Magdalena practitioners, Liege, Belgium

Feb 1989: Process - the Devising of Original Material
workshops, Cardiff, Wales

Nov 1988: Women of Latin America
First collaborative meeting; invitations to speak at meetings, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay

Oct 1988: Write On
Workshops in writing for image based theatre, Cardiff, Wales

July 1988: Mothers, Children and Theatre
Festival/conference, hosted by Silvia Ricciardelli/Koreja, Aradeo, Italy

Jan/June 1988: Nominatae Filiae
Performance project directed by Sofia Kalinska - international cast
88/89 Tours, Denmark, German, Poland, UK

Dec 1987: A Woman's Language in Theatre? 2
Conference, workshop, Cardiff, Wales

Oct 1987: Siren
Voice research project for invited practitioners, hosted by Odin Teatret, Holstebro, Denmark

Sept 1987: A Woman's Language in Theatre? 1
Conference/workshop, Cardiff, Wales

July 1987: International Research Project
for invited practitioners, hosted by Odin Teatret, Holstebro, Denmark

Aug 1986: Magdalena '86
First International Festival of Women in Contemporary Theatre , Cardiff/Wales

July 1985: Captive Waves
Pilot performance project , Cardiff, Wales

Sept 1983: Birth of the Idea
Trevignano/Italy

Throughout these years we have also presented performances and promoted tours by many individual international artists and groups.

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