About ista… “ista: My 2nd home.” Our mission

ISTA believes that the future of our world depends on confident, internationally minded, collaborative and culturally literate young people who are empowered to engage with and change the world responsibly. We believe that this is achieved through the ISTA experience.

Educators play a key role in the fulfillment of our mission. We therefore offer educators worldwide the opportunity to come together to develop themselves, their pedagogy and their skills, equipping and empowering them to bring about this change through theatre.

ISTA brings together young people, artists and teachers from different countries in different settings to experience, create and learn about theatre. We passionately value diversity and collaboration, celebration and play, friendship and collegiality.

Dinos Aristidou, David Lightbody, Mike Pasternak and Ian Pike.

Doug Bishop, Ted Miltenberger (deceased).
Global patrons

Schools/organisations

ACS Hillingdon International School, United Kingdom - www.acs-schools.com/acs-hillingdon

American School of The Hague, The Netherlands - www.ash.nl

Anglo-American School of Moscow, Russia - www.aas.ru

Atlanta International School, United States of America - www.aischool.org

Copenhagen International School, Denmark - www.cis-edu.dk

Inter Community School Zurich, Switzerland - www.icsz.ch

International School of Brussels, Belgium - www.isb.be

International School of Dusseldorf, Germany - www.isdedu.de

International School of Luxembourg - www.islux.lu

Marymount International School London, United Kingdom - www.marymountlondon.com

St John’s International School, Belgium - www.stjohns.be

St Julian’s School, Portugal - www.stjulians.com

Taipei American School, Taiwan - www.tas.edu.tw

Vienna International School, Austria - www.vis.ac.at

Western International School of Shanghai, People’s Republic of China - www.wiss.cn

Debbie Kidd, United Kingdom

Tom Kline, People’s Republic of China
ISTA partners

Digital Theatre Plus, United Kingdom - www.digitaltheatreplus.com

Performing Arts Academy Shanghai, People’s Republic of China - www.ista-shanghai.com

University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia - www.unisa.edu.au