The Anniversary 10th Showcase for the World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People

20th March is traditionally connected with the World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People. Since 2001, a showcase of stagings for children and young people has been organized by the Czech centre of the ASSISTEJ (International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People) which is a part of the Arts and Theatre Institute.

The showcase introduces not only the most interesting Czech stagings of professional theatres for children but also stagings played by children and it is intended for all ages, i.e. from the kindergarten children to teenagers and covers various theatre genres – a musical, puppets, dance, grotesque, pantomime and drama. The ASSISTEJ Award is the part of this event and it goes to a personality who has contributed to the development of high-quality theatre for children and young people in a creative and inspiring way. This year it will go to Pavel Šrut, a poet and author of many books for children which have served as a copy for stagings for children.

This year's anniversary 10th showcase will take place 20th – 24th March 2010 in the Theatre in Celetná, DISK Theatre, Minor Theatre, KD Mlejn, KC Zahrada and Theatre in Dlouhá. The tickets cost symbolic 30 CZK for kindergartens, basic schools and parents with children.

The main organizer is the Arts and Theatre Institute, Czech centre of ASSISTEJ, the co-organizers are Sdružení pro tvořivou dramatiku (Association for Creative Drama), Theatre in Celetná and KD Mlejn. The DISK Theatre, KC Zahrada, Theatre in Dlouhá and Creative Africa rank among the partners of the showcase. The event was supported by the capital city of Prague and French Institute in Prague.

More information can be found at http://www.divadlo.cz/assitej/clanek.asp?id=21230.