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BTC·26
Join the Caravan

Reach & impact·What the caravan leaves behind.

2–0M

TV viewers

National audience

  • 500K+

    Live attendees12 venues · 5 days

  • 5M+

    Social impressionsAcross platforms

  • 500K+

    StreamingOnline & live stream

  • 8+

    CountriesPress & media outreach

01·Outcome

Artistic & Cultural

  • 20 productions from South Asia and beyond, 40 shows across 10 theatre venues
  • 120 folk performance teams and 300+ folk performers on a high-quality national platform
  • 400+ practitioners trained; new South Asian co-production networks formed

02·Outcome

Institutional & Publications

  • Annual international festival model established for Bangladesh
  • Peer-reviewed Conference Journal and bilingual Festival Magazine published
  • Photo/video archive and the BTC Declaration developed

03·Outcome

Economic, Social & Diplomatic

  • 300+ direct jobs; economic stimulus in 6 regional cities via cultural tourism
  • Income support for folk artists, artisans and vendors through the Mela platform
  • South Asian cultural bonds deepened; Bangladesh positioned as regional leader

  1. 01·

    Call For Production

  2. 02·

    Final Selection

  3. 03·

    Caravan, Mela & Theatre Show

  4. 04·

    Conference & Masterclass

  5. 05·

    Grand Closing

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Reach & impact

  • Live attendees

    12 venues · 5 days

    0K+

  • TV viewers

    National audience

    2–0M

  • Social impressions

    Across platforms

    0M+

  • Streaming

    Online & live stream

    0K+

  • Countries

    Press & media outreach

    0+

02

Key dates

  1. Call For Production

    Submissions open to theatre groups from South Asia and beyond, any country in the world: scripts, preview recordings and paper abstracts.

  2. Final Selection

    Declaration of the selected productions, the cluster schedules and the conference sessions.

  3. Caravan, Mela & Theatre Show

    The festival opens. Theatre productions across ten venues, the six regional clusters and the Cultural Mela begin simultaneously.

  4. Conference & Masterclass

    International Conference in Dhaka alongside three days of masterclass labs running in six cities.

  5. Grand Closing

    500 performers on the Cox's Bazar shoreline, followed by the BTC Declaration.

03

Overview

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Nations

South Asia & Beyond

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Day festival

26–30 December

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Venues

10 theatre, 1 conference, 1 closing

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Theatre productions

2 shows each

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Theatre shows

Across 10 theatre venues

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Regional clusters

One venue each

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Folk performance teams

20 per cluster

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Folk performers

Each team performs once

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Cultural Mela locations

Open grounds beside the stages

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