Biennale College Teatro 2026 - theatre criticism under 30

The international call for applications for the Biennale College Teatro – Theatre Criticism under 30, which is an integral part of the 2026 artistic project, invites emerging critics to experience other performing arts throughout the Festival programme and to question how we view contemporary theatre and society.

In what ways can criticism be used to describe the world we live in, both on and off stage? How does engagement with theatre and the world alter our perspective? How do different visions, cultures and experiences, even those from far-flung places, engage in dialogue? Artists continue to ask these questions through their work and their journeys.

Although criticism inhabits the same space as theatre, it was born elsewhere. It traverses different worlds and remains a specialist in otherness. Perhaps, it truly lives only if it is always experimenting with something other than what it has already experienced.

These ideas have taken shape in the form of a project involving the setting up of a team of young theatre critics. The aim is to analyse and provide critical reviews of every performance and event on the programme at the 54th International Theatre Festival.

Project duration
The project will run from 6 to 21 June 2026.

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