1. Nick Dodds
Managing Director

2. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010

3. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010
• Music – from opera to rock
• Drama – in the theatre and on the streets
• Dance – contemporary to classical
• Literature – books and debate
• Comedy and Cabaret – on the Fringe
• Visual art – in the artists’ Open Houses

4. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010

5. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010

6. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010

7. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010

8. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010

9. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010

10. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010

11. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010

12. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010
Brighton – Festival City

13. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010
Brighton – Festival City

14. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010
Brighton – Festival City

15. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010
Brighton – Festival City

16. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010
Brighton – Festival City

17. British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010

18. Brighton Festival 2008
British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010
Brighton & Hove City Council £0.55m 24%
Arts Council England £0.45m 20%
Total Public funding £1.0m 44%
Sponsorship £0.45m 20%
Ticket Sales £0.8m 36%
Total Income £2.25m
Cost of Presentations £1.53m 68%
Marketing, fundraising, admin £0.72m 32%
Total Expenditure £2.25m
Duration 3 weeks
Attendances 350,000
Economic Impact (2004) £20m
Age 43 years

19. Brighton Festival 2008
British Council Vietnam
Festival Workshop
17-20 March 2010
• Could there be a contemporary arts festival in
Vietnam?
• Discuss!
• What is Contemporary Art?
• Why bother? What’s wrong with traditional
arts?
• Can they be combined – traditional and
contemporary?