30th World Congress and General Assembly IATC-AICT
May 20 – 26, 2024 

The World Congress and General Assembly organized by the International Association of Theater Critics AICT / IATC is hosted in the Czech Republic by PerformCzech / Arts and Theatre Institute in cooperation with the National Theatre Brno, Theatre World Brno Festival and the Czech AICT Centre with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture Czech Republic, the National Recovery Plan and Generation After. 

Program

Monday, May 20

– Arrival day of the IATC-AICT Executive Committee

Tuesday, May 21

– Arrival day of the IATC-AICT Honorary Members, Editorial Board Members and Delegates

– Individual choice of theatre performance(s) within the Theatre World Brno Festival: 19:00 Woman, Shut UP! (Jedl Company)

Wednesday, May 22

– 10:00 – 16:00 World Theatrical Conference “Truth” in the Kafkaesque World of Theater – Tragic or Comic?
Venue: National Theatre Brno – Reduta Theatre

Individual choice of theatre performance(s) within the Theatre World Brno Festival:

– 10:00 What a Challangel! (Drak Theatre)
– 16:30 What a Challangel! (Drak Theatre)
– 17:00 The Pied Piper of Hameln (Radost Theatre)
– 18:00 The Devil and Kate (Opera | National Theatre Brno)
– 19:00 Hamlet or the Dispute Between Soul and Body (Brno City Theatre)
– 19:30 The Marx Family Saga (The Goose on the string Theatre)
– 19:30 Waiting for Godot (Drama | National Theatre Brno)
– 19:30 Oedipus Complete (Tygr v tísni & TWB)
– 21:00 Labyrinth (Divadelní Smečka&Co.)

Thursday, May 23

– 10:00 – 15:00 2024 IATC-AICT World Congress and General Assembly

– 15:00-16:00 Thalia Prize Ceremony
Venue: National Theatre Brno – Reduta Theatre

Individual choice of theatre performance(s) within the Theatre World Brno Festival:

– 10:00 #Burn #IAmHere #Herostratos (The Naive Theatre Liberec)
– 17:00 #Burn #IAmHere #Herostratos (The Naive Theatre Liberec) 
– 18:00 A Streetcar Named Desire (DEKKADENDERS)    
– 19:00 The Chorus (JAMU) 
– 19:00 Hamlet (Drama, National Theatre Brno)
– 19:00 Bolero (Ballet, National Theatre Brno)
– 19:00 The Grandma: Is There Nothing More of the Good Old Lady? (Polárka Theatre)
– 19:30 Oedipus Complete ( Tygr v tísni & TWB)

Friday, May 24

– Meeting of the newly elected Executive Committee Members
– Meeting of the Editorial Board of Critical Stages, time and venue will be specified soon.

Individual choice of theatre performance(s) within the Theatre World Brno Festival

– 17:00 Mother (Drama, National Theatre Brno)
– 17:30 Hadivadlo: It’s only the End of the World (Hadivadlo)
– 18:30 The Droeshout Portrait: How Shakespeare Is Born? (Les Antliaclastes)
– 20:30 42+PEOPLE: Where (420PEOPLE)
– 21:00 Labyrinth (Divadelní Smečka&Co.)

Saturday, May 25       

– Sightseeing program

– Individual choice of theatre performance(s) within the Theatre World Brno    Festival:

– 16:00 Jeeps (Letí Theatre)
– 17:00 Rusalka (Opera, National Theatre Brno)
– 18:00 Love, Defiance and Death (Slovácké Theatre)
– 20:00 Cries and Whispers (Horácké Theatre Jihlava)
– 20:30 Why things go wrong (420People)

Sunday, May 26

– Departure day

Important Links and Contacts:

Program Coordination: Barbora Formánková, PerformCzech / Arts and Theatre Institute and Czech AICT Centre
E barbora.formankova@idu.cz 
M+420 721 844 525

Theatre performances:

Information regarding the theatre program on each day can be found here.
Registration form for the theatre performance can be found here.

Please fill out the form by April 7th at the latest!

Accommodation:

Hotel International Brno
check in: 14:00
check out: 12:00
Accommodation for ExCom Members, Honorary Officers and most of Editorial Board Members

Hotel Continental Brno 
check in: 14:00
check out: 12:00
Accommodation for Congress Delegates

Both hotels are within walking distance from the theater venues.

Accommodation, meals, tickets for shows and accompanying program will be provided for the registered members of IATC-AICT.

Accommodation contact: Regina Brabencová Havránková
E: brabencova@ndbrno.cz