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
– 09:30 – 12:30 IATC-AICT ExCom Members meeting
– 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
Venue: National Theatre Brno – Reduta Theatre, foyer of the Mozart Hall, Zelný trh 313, Brno
– 13:30 – 15:00 IATC-AICT ExCom Members meeting
– 19:00 – 20:00 Dinner
Venue: Canteen of the Janáček Theatre, Roosveltova 31, Brno

Individual choice of theatre performance(s) within the Theatre World Brno Festival:
– 16:30 Woman, Shut UP! (Jedl Company)

Wednesday, May 22

– 9:00 – 16:00 Registration
– 10:00 – 12:30 World Theatrical Conference “Truth” in the Kafkaesque World of Theater – Tragic or Comic?, Part I
Zuzana Augustová (CZ), Jean-Pierre Han (FR), Peng Tao (CHN), Bernice Chan & Huewein Shi (HK), Martin Boszorád (SK), Hana Strejčková (CZ)
– 12:30 – 13:45 Lunch
– 14:00 – 15:00 World Theatrical Conference “Truth” in the Kafkaesque World of Theater – Tragic or Comic?, Part II
Cecilia Djurberg (SE), Tomoko Seki (JP), Ioanna LIOUTSIA (GR), Matti Linnavuori (FI)
– 15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
– 15:15 – 16:00 World Theatrical Conference “Truth” in the Kafkaesque World of Theater – Tragic or Comic?, Part III
Ted Motohashi & Tomoka Tsukamoto (JP), Dária Fojtíková Fehérová (SK), Hwawon Lee (KR)
– 16:00 – 17:00 Final discussion
– 16:00 – 18:00 Dinner
Venue: National Theatre Brno – Reduta Theatre, Zelný trh 313, Brno

Find the complete conference program and abstracts here.

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 – 11:30 2024 IATC-AICT World Congress and General Assembly, Part I
– 11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
– 12:30 – 14:30 2024 IATC-AICT World Congress and General Assembly, Part II
– 14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break
– 15:00 – 16:00 Thalia Prize Ceremony
Venue: National Theatre Brno – Reduta Theatre,Zelný trh 313, Brno
– 18:00 – 18:45 Dinner
Venue: Foyer of the Mahen Theatre – Malinovského nám, 1, Brno

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) – canceled
– 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

– 9:00 – 10:30 Meeting of the Editorial Board of Critical Stages
Venue: Reduta Theatre, Mozart Hall, Zelný trh 313
– 11:00 – 12:30 Guided tour of Janáček Academy of Performing Arts,
Venue: Theatre on Orlí Street, Orlí 19, Brno
– 11:00 – 13:30 Newly elected ExCom Members meeting
Venue: Reduta Theatre, Mozart Hall, Zelný trh 313, Brno
– 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
Venue: National Theatre Brno – Reduta Theatre, Zelný trh 313, Brno
– 14:30 – 16:00 National Theatre Brno presentation by the Director, Mr. Martin Glaser
Venue: foyer of the Janáček Theatre, Roosveltova 31, Brno
– 16:00 – 17:00 Meeting with the Czech Editors of theatre journals
Venue: Janáček Theatre, Roosveltova 31, Brno
– 19:00 – 20:00 Dinner
Venue: Canteen of the Janáček Theatre, Roosveltova 31, Brno

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, download: here / registration: here
– 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
– 17:00 – 18:00 Dinner
Venue: Canteen of the Janáček Theatre, Roosveltova 31, Brno

– 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.

The extra ordered tickets will be available for pickup and payment under your name at the central box office of the National Theatre Brno, Dvořákova 589/11, every weekday from 8:30 – 18:00.

Ticket distribution contact: Barbora Formánková
E barbora.formankova@idu.cz

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

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

Transportation from and to the Vienna airport:

The meeting point will be at the bus stop number 2 in front of the arrival hall. If there is a regular bus standing there, then subsequently at platform number 3.

Contact persons: Lukáš Smelík, M. + 420 777 793 393 (Coordinator at the airport on the arrival days May 20,21)
Ilona Pawerová, M + 775 923 991 (Coordinator for guests on the bus)

Departures from the Vienna Airport to Brno:

May 20 – 10:00, 16:00, 20:00
May 21 – 11.30, 16:00, 19:00, 23:30

Departures from Brno to the Vienna Airport:

May 25 – 4:45 hotel Continental, 5:00 hotel International, 14:00 hotel Continental, 14:10 hotel International, 18:00 hotel Continental, 18:10 hotel International, 23:30 hotel Continental
May 26 – 4:45 hotel Continental, 5:00 hotel International, 10:00 hotel Continental, 10:10 hotel International, 4:00 hotel Continental, 14:10 hotel International, 16:00 hotel Continental, 16:10 hotel International

Brno Public transport:

Information here