BICT Fest is a biennial festival celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. To mark this milestone, BICT Fest, in collaboration with One Bangkok, invites audiences of all ages to Play Attention: Look Who's Growing Up! This theme reflects the growth of BICT Fest and our intention to offer something back to everyone—a space of freedom for children, families, and audiences of all ages to experience the power of play. With performing arts at its core, we invite you to return to this playground, where you are free to play—sometimes with intention, sometimes not—and let each playful encounter spark new discoveries that inspire us to grow, day by day.

To celebrate this 10-year milestone, BICT Fest welcomes audiences of all ages from young children, and teens, to even adults who wish to reconnect with their inner child. This year, we are bringing together Thai and international artists to explore a wider variety of performances and themes. We are also expanding our free programmes to make performing arts more accessible to everyone. 

Get ready to experience 11 performances by artists from 9 countries: South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand. Join us from 21 – 30 August 2026 and celebrate the power of play at One Bangkok, where the city's green spaces will be transformed into the heart of the festival, as well as at Goethe-Institut Thailand and Sodsai Pantoomkomol Centre for Dramatic Arts, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University.

Highlights of eight performances taking place at One Bangkok on 21 – 23 August and 28 – 30 August. The program features both free and ticketed performances.

Free Performances

• Parade Pajai ~ Beneath the Waters, a Blessing by Ting A Tong (Thailand)

• A musical procession inspired by an ancient belief from Thailand's Northeastern region (Isan): that precious treasures lie hidden beneath the earth, offering protection, blessings, and prosperity to those above. The resonant rhythms of handcrafted bamboo instruments invite children, young people, and elders to move together like a flowing river that continuously connects all forms of life. This performance bridges generations and hearts, guiding audiences back to a simpler way of living where every rhythm is a blessing and every step a poem celebrating the bond between people and nature.

• Queer Meet: You Can Ask Me Here by Miss Theatre (Thailand)

• A conversation-based performance that creates a safe space for children and young people to meet queer artists one-on-one through 15-minute conversations with no forbidden questions. Participants are invited to ask, discuss, and openly explore topics related to identity, gender, and diversity in a welcoming and supportive environment. Through listening, dialogue, and mutual exchange, the experience transforms unfamiliarity into understanding and fosters a deeper appreciation of our shared humanity.

• (TBC) by Some Club in collaboration with the Mirror Foundation (Singapore–Taiwan–Thailand)

• (TBC) is not the result of an error. Rather, it is a way of working that begins with a simple question: What happens when we stay close to something long enough for it to begin carrying meaning? And what exactly is that thing? We do not know yet. Do you? Over the course of six weeks in Bangkok, five artists will collaborate with the Mirror Foundation as a starting point for getting to know the city. This work has not been predetermined, and the artists are not arriving with ready-made answers. Instead, it will gradually take shape through encounters with places, materials, textures, contradictions, overheard stories, and unintended misunderstandings. All of these elements are observed through proximity, patience, playfulness, admiration, and a continual effort to understand what cannot be articulated directly.

• Tree Trees Tres by 64J (Joules) (South Korea)

• This outdoor circus performance by 64J (Joule) from South Korea combines excitement, humor, and a subtle critique of life in the digital age. It explores how people can become absorbed in photographing and sharing moments on social media, sometimes at the expense of fully experiencing them. Through the symbolic act of creating a forest in the middle of the city, the work seeks to rekindle a sense of aliveness and presence while offering an experience that is both entertaining and thought-provoking for audiences of all ages.

• You Choreograph by Anarchy Dance Theatre (Taiwan)

• This performance invites audiences to explore the choreographic process by examining how movements are selected, refined, or discarded, and how dancers interpret a choreographer's ideas through their bodies to create a shared understanding. Each performer investigates everyday movements and reinterprets them through instinct and embodied perception. The result reveals both the richness and diversity of human movement, as well as the creative processes that underpin a performance.

Ticketed Performances

• IYKYK by DuckUnit (Thailand)

• Join a golf cart journey through a world where the scale of objects is constantly shifting. Large objects are reduced to miniature proportions, while tiny objects conceal entire worlds within them. Audiences will travel through a landscape of light and shadow, encountering a series of miniature installations that playfully challenge perceptions of time and space. The experience transforms familiar surroundings into something cinematic and surreal, as though stepping into the world of a film or animation and becoming immersed in its atmosphere.

• Une Petite Rêverie by Compagnie Thomas Guérineau (France)

• A performance for young audiences by French artist Thomas Guérineau, built around three essential elements: the body, sound, and objects. Set within a dreamlike environment shaped by sound, movement, and object play, two performers, simultaneously jugglers, musicians, and dancers, explore memories and sensations from their own childhoods. They experiment with the sounds of bouncing balls and falling objects, weaving them together with vocal expression and dance movements that follow the rhythms created by these objects. The work reflects the ways in which children use their bodies and their capacity for listening to engage with and explore the world attentively, curiously, and gently.

• Plock! by Grensgeval (Belgium)

• A workshop for parents and children that encourages participants to use their bodies to create their own Action Drawings through movement. Inspired by the performance Plock!, participants will experience the world of contemporary circus firsthand. The workshop provides opportunities for children and parents to learn, explore, and create meaningful shared experiences through physical expression and imagination. No prior experience in art or performance is required, only curiosity, a willingness to experiment, and an openness to new experiences.

In addition, the festival features 6 more performances across both indoor and outdoor venues, 6 artist-led workshops, and post-performance talks that invite audiences to engage more deeply with the artists and their creative processes.

For more information: https://bictfest.com/2026/