The Theatre Critics’ Awards are bestowed on the basis of a poll organised by the magazine World and Theatre (65 critics participated this year). The Best Production of the Year is Wernisch, directed by Jan Nebeský at the New Stage of the National Theatre in Prague. The production was compiled from Ivan Wernisch’s poems by dramaturge Jana Slouková together with the director. The Best Actress of 2024 is Denisa Barešová for her leading role in the adaptation of Madame Bovary, directed at the National Theatre by Tomáš Loužný. The Best Actor of 2024 is Mark Kristián Hochman for his title role in the adaptation of Büchner’s Woyzeck, presented under the title Woyzeck_One-Dimensional Man by Michal Hába with his ensemble Lachende Bestien. The Theatre of 2024 is – as it has been several times – the Petr Bezruč Theatre, and The Best New Czech Play is Klára Vlasáková’s Liars, staged at the Theatre Letí under the dramaturgy of Marie Špalová. The award for the Best Set Design of the Year goes to Berta Doubková for her design of the puppet adaptation of the movie The Red Balloon, directed at the Naive Theatre Liberec by Michaela Homolová. The Music of the Year was composed by Aleš Březina for the above mentioned Jan Nebeský’s Wernisch. The Talent of the Year, according to critics’ votes, is the actor Vojtěch Franců, who last year stood out particularly in the productions of the Geisslers Hofcomoedianten and the Prague City Theatres.