BICT Fest 2024 is returning to bring joy to friends, younger ones, and families once again in full swing from August 2-11. Our theme "Cross the Threshold, follow your butterflies" invites all ages to explore the world of imagination through various forms of performing arts from Thailand and abroad. These include contemporary dance, puppetry, interactive performances, delightful outdoor shows in the park, workshops from the artists, creative activities, and discussions for theatre makers. This year, BICT Fest continues to expand the boundaries of theatre for young audiences, creating a learning space that brings fun to everyone, whether families or groups of friends, children or adults. So get ready to come and join in this adventure together.

Price
Adult 600 THB
Children 300 THB (Under 16 years old)

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Adult 6,300 THB (get 300 discount from full price 6,600 THB)
Children 3,200 THB (get 100 discount from full price 3,300 THB)

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Show Programmes at BACC

P1 - AFTER (อาฟเตอร์)

Country: Taiwan
Company/Artist: Circus Gate
Genre: Circus
Duration: 40 minutes
Suitable for: All ages
Language: Non-verbal
Venue: Studio 4th Fl., Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)
Capacity: 150 seats

Date & Time:
Fri 2 August 2024 at 13:00 (with post-show talk)
Sat 3 August 2024 at 13:00
Sun 4 August 2024 at 13:00

“AFTER” is a personal journey of Yang Shih-Hao, a circus artist who was turning 30. The performance examines how he reflects on “the form of circus creation” from physical condition, life experience, technical training, and body mobility. However, what are the new possibilities and motives? What can be new in the field of circus?

In the show “AFTER”, Shih-Hao had spent nearly three years to discover the so-called “contemporary circus” step by step and further rethink about the technique in circus through researches on and interviews of Taiwan’s circus history, his close performing object - cyr wheel and his personal training experience. Through the expression of his body, the object and the discourse, he tries to understand the meaning of life mobility and the traces being created along the way.

This performance is supported by
2021-2022 Research and development support by Nation Taichung Theatre
2023 Premiere Support by National Culture and Arts Foundation (Young Stars New Vision Platform)

P5 - THE SETTLERS (ผู้มาเยือน)

Country: Thailand
Company/Artist: Homemade Puppet
Genre: Shadow puppetry
Duration: 30 minutes
Suitable for: Children from 6 years old
Language: Non-verbal
Venue: Room 401, 4th Fl., Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)
Capacity: 50 seats

Date & Time:
Fri 2 August 2024 at 11:00 / 16:00 (with post-show talk after 11:00 show)
Sat 3 August 2024 at 11:00 / 16:00
Sun 4 August 2024 at 11:00 / 16:00

The Settlers is a story about space creatures who try to find a planet to settle in. The search takes so long until they find a suitable planet which has another group of local creatures on it. The settlement starts, time passes, the number of the settlers grows, but, conversely, the locals gradually disappear. Until there are no more locals found on the planet, the settlers need to leave this planet to find another one that they can settle in, with an anxiety if they would ever find any planet they can really live on.

“Just another trip to find another planet to live…”

P7 - A JOURNEY OF CAPTAIN MIKE (กัปตันไมค์ยอดนักผจญภัย)

Country: Thailand
Company/Artist: Puppetomime
Genre: Mime, Shadow Puppet, and Object Theatre
Duration: 40 minutes
Suitable for: Children from 4 years old
Language: Non-verbal
Venue: Room 401, 4th Fl., Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)
Capacity: 50 seats

Date & Time:
Fri 9 August 2024 at 13:00 (with post-show talk) / 16:00
Sat 10 August 2024 at 13:00 / 16:00
Sun 11 August 2024 at 13:00 / 16:00

A Journey of Captain Mike is an adventure story of who else, but the captain himself! As he courageously sets sail on this beloved boat into the wild ocean on the quest to find the end of the horizon. Along his extraordinary journey, he meets many strange creatures, and makes friends with many! Come along to cheer him on!

This delightful performance is a combination of mime, objects theatre and comedy devised by this fun loving trio artists from Thailand. They creatively use household items and everyday objects to make up the story with the will to lead children and adults alike to the world of limitless imagination and creativity. A Journey of Captain Mike will inspire everyone to see ordinary objects in a new light and discover the magic in the mundane.

P12 - …AND THE IDEAS SOAR (...แอนด์ ดิ ไอเดียส์ ซอร์)

Country: Spain
Company/Artist: Animal Religion
Genre: Movement, Circus
Duration: 35 minutes
Suitable for: Children from 2 years old
Language: Non-verbal
Venue: Studio 4th Fl., Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)
Capacity: 50 seats

Date & Time:
Fri 9 August 2024 at 11:30
Sat 10 August 2024 at 11:30 (with post-show talk)
Sat 11 August 2024 at 11:30

In a circular space bordered by a glowing ribbon, a performer creates a world of sound and light, where objects seem to have a life of their own. Through movement, sound and touch, the audience is invited to take part in this journey full of acrobatics, humour, play, light and music.

“…and the ideas soar” is a circus show where a few objects play a leading role and small encounters grow into funny, fantastic scenes full of complicity.

P13 - TO COPY (ทู ก็อปปี้)

Country: Spain
Company/Artist: Animal Religion
Genre: Participatory action
Duration: 50 minutes
Suitable for: Children from 8 years old
Venue: Studio 4th Fl., Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)
Capacity: 8 participating children and 42 others
Language: Non-verbal

Date & Time:
Fri 9 August 2024 at 15:00 (with post show talk)
Sat 10 August 2024 at 15:00
Sat 11 August 2024 at 15:00

Copying has a bad reputation. And it’s surprising because, in reality, as social beings, from birth to death, we always copy. We all copy each other, and thanks to this fact, we connect, learn, and teach, thus allowing society to evolve.

In a fascinating blend of spontaneity and authentic expression, participating children, together with Animal Religion, navigate through a playful, emotional, and eclectic performance where the only guide is copying. From a copy, an original also emerges.

Workshop Programmes at BACC

W3 - THE BALANCE OF “CIRCLE” ( สมดุลแห่ง “วงกลม”)

Artist: Circus Gate
Suitable for: anyone taller than 150 cm
Capacity: 12 people
Duration: 60- 70 mins
Date/ Time: Sat 3 August 2024 15:00 - 16:00
Venue: Studio 4th Fl. Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)

The classical circus prop “cyr wheel” is one of the most difficult items to learn in circus. In this one workshop, we will not try to pursue the professional skills and master the use of this circus item, instead we take the cyr wheel as a tool to reflect on our own physicality in daily life, how we could be inspired to "move" by the concept of the “cyr wheel”. During the workshop we will observe how the circle “moves”, how it circulates, and how it creates tracks. In the end, it all comes down to our own experiences , how we discover the balance of the “circle”.

W8 - BODY, LIGHTS AND SOUND

Artist: Animal Religion by Quim Girón, Jou Serra and Joan Cot
Suitable age: 2 to 5 years old children with 1 adult per kid
Capacity: 12 pairs (children and adults)
Duration: 45 minutes
Date/Time: Sun 11 August 2024 17:00 - 17:45
Venue: Studio 4Fl. Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)

...Body, Lights and Sound is a workshop with the circus company Animal Religion where acrobatics, light and sound get discovered through play. Through individual and group physical exercises the participants explore movement in a specific performance space where lights and sound react to the participants. Guided through the process, the workshop offers the opportunity to experience an artistic space while developing scenes that enhance different qualities of movement.