{"id":8877,"date":"2025-06-27T13:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=8877"},"modified":"2025-06-27T13:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:24:20","slug":"liverpool-international-theatre-festival-opens-call-for-submissions-from-theatre-troupes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2025\/06\/27\/liverpool-international-theatre-festival-opens-call-for-submissions-from-theatre-troupes\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool International Theatre Festival opens call for submissions from theatre troupes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8878\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8878\" class=\"wp-image-8878 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/509078969_24172021492459135_2009417205742102400_n-e1751040910667-1024x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/509078969_24172021492459135_2009417205742102400_n-e1751040910667-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/509078969_24172021492459135_2009417205742102400_n-e1751040910667-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/509078969_24172021492459135_2009417205742102400_n-e1751040910667-1536x975.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/509078969_24172021492459135_2009417205742102400_n-e1751040910667.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Liverpool International Theatre Festival has issued a call for submissions for its 2026 event. (LaRocque Photography via Liverpool International Theatre Festival Facebook page)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Liverpool International Theatre Festival is now accepting applications from amateur theatre troupes around the world to participate in the 2026 festival from Oct. 14 to 18.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLITF is one of the Top 10 amateur theatre festivals in the world, and we\u2019re incredibly proud to invite<br \/>\ntroupes to bring their stories and artistry to our community,\u201d festival chairperson Jean Robinson said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach festival is a vibrant celebration of culture, creativity and connection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LITF features five days of performances which are usually one-act plays, along with workshops and many social events, which give audiences an opportunity to connect with the artists. Local residents are also given a chance to host the actors, writers and directors in their own homes, enhancing the cultural exchange component of the unique festival.<\/p>\n<p>Amateur theatre groups can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.litf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/LITF-2026-Application-and-Rules.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download the application form and guidelines<\/a> from the festival\u2019s<br \/>\nofficial website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.litf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/LITF-2026-Application-and-Rules.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.litf.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Liverpool International Theatre Festival is now accepting applications from amateur theatre troupes around the world to participate in the 2026 festival from Oct. 14 to 18. \u201cLITF is one of the Top 10 amateur theatre festivals in the world, and we\u2019re incredibly proud to invite troupes to bring their stories and artistry to our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[2572,1160,2298,1554,274,39,273,49,1161,3240],"class_list":["post-8877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-amateur-theatre","tag-arts","tag-culture","tag-jean-robinson","tag-litf","tag-liverpool","tag-liverpool-international-theatre-festival","tag-queens-county","tag-theatre","tag-theatre-troupes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8879,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8877\/revisions\/8879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}