Imatge de 'Thauma', cia. La Mula. Foto: @lauravanseveren

ASSES.MASSES, by Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim (game performance)

asses.masses could be described as a meeting point between Animal Farm, Pokémon, and Final Fantasy. It is a collaborative, irreverent, and political video game designed to be played from start to finish by a live audience. Over the course of more than seven hours, it unfolds an epic narrative… Continua llegint

DARK TIMES, by David Espinosa (premiere)

Nov 6 – 9 & Nov 13 – 16 | 7:30 p.m. (1 p.m. Sunday) | Centre de les Arts Lliures - Fundació Joan Brossa (BCN) | Buy tickets |
  This piece is the stage derivation of the research project The Amazing Shadow Man, a study on the concept of shadow, both from a formal and content perspective. David Espinosa’s intention is to deepen the creation of meaning through the relationships between object, light, space, time, and sound,… Continua llegint

MELODAMA. “The Revenge of a Russian Orphan”, by Eugenio Navarro, Martí Doy and Jordi Prat i Coll

Nov 6-9 | 6 p.m. (12 p.m. on Sunday) | Centre de les Arts Lliures - Fundació Joan Brossa (BCN) | Buy tickets |
Melodama tells the story of Sophie, an orphaned young woman who lives with her aunt and has yet to experience love. When she believes she has finally found it, she falls into the trap of infatuation and allows herself to be seduced by someone rather unsuitable. Ignoring her aunt’s… Continua llegint

C.U.L., by Escarlata Circus

Nov 16 | Espai B La Seca | 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. | Centre de les Arts Lliures - Fundació Joan Brossa (BCN) | Buy tickets |
When objects decide to write the piece and reveal themselves, stepping out of their comfort zone to play at being others, they show us the latency they carry within. The story fills with waiting, transition, and transformation—a three-dimensionality that art also demands. Perhaps we are not aware, but humans… Continua llegint

ЛEШИЙ / LESHI, by Atresbandes (premiere)

Nov 26 – 30 | 7:30 p.m. (12 p.m. on Sunday) | Centre de les Arts Lliures - Fundació Joan Brossa (BCN) | Buy tickets |
A four-act theatre piece based on the reading of a work by Anton Chekhov. The play is titled Леший. It was written, performed, and… failed. From the Latin quassare, to break. The play broke. The broken play was rejected by its own author, who decreed: “Let it never be… Continua llegint

FUEGO, CAMINA CONMIGO, by Cia La Soledad (premiere)

The second piece of the Tetralogy of the Elements: after water comes fire. On this occasion, Cia. La Soledad recreates a temazcal on stage—an ancestral ceremony in which flames can embrace us without burning us. As Byung-Chul Han points out, rituals make the universe a more habitable and trustworthy… Continua llegint

INSTRUCCIONS PER DESAPARÈIXER LENTAMENT, by Marga Socias and Nico Roig (closing performance)

A magical object appears. We do not know if it comes from the past or the future. It is said to hold the first memory of the beginning of time and the last image before collapse. This scenic and sound action unfolds as an intuitive ritual, an imperfect invocation,… Continua llegint

MANUAL PER A ÉSSERS VIUS, by Cia. La Mula / Objectes Perduts (Expanded Programming IF Barcelona)

Dec 11–21 | 7:30 p.m. (12 p.m. on Sunday) | Centre de les Arts Lliures - Fundació Joan Brossa (BCN) | Buy tickets |
Manual per a éssers vius introduces an innovative language of visual theatre centered on the written text. Words — which shape the way we perceive the world — are the protagonists of the piece. Writing and reading, as human techniques, contain perceptual codes rooted in everyday life. The playfulness with… Continua llegint

JA T’HO VAIG DIR, by Agnès Mateus & Quim Tarrida / Objectes Perduts (Expanded Programming IF Barcelona)

This proposal is part of the creation process for the next stage work by Agnès Mateus and Quim Tarrida, which will premiere at the end of 2026. These four days are a pause along their journey — a space to be lived as an experiment, a work in progress,… Continua llegint

I TRUST YOU, by Vivian Friedrich / Objectes Perduts (Expanded Programming IF Barcelona)

March 19–22 & 26–29 | 7:30 p.m. (noon Sunday) | Centre de les Arts Lliures - Fundació Joan Brossa (BCN) | Buy tickets |
How can you trust a body that can break at any moment? How can you trust a mind that can fracture? The piece explores the difficulty of trusting someone who is in constant motion — of seeking support in something unstable. It reflects on the breaking point and on… Continua llegint

SAETA, by Javier Aranda / Objectes Perduts (Expanded Programming IF Barcelona)

Apr 30–May 3 & May 7–10 | 7:30 p.m. (12 p.m. Sunday) | Centre de les Arts Lliures - Fundació Joan Brossa (BCN) | Buy tickets |
A saeta is heard, a crown of white flowers lies on stage, someone appears carrying a coffin, and the voice of a spirit resounds… Everything collapses — nothing is as it seems in this comic tragedy. The game of theatre allows us to become what we are not, to… Continua llegint

(CAT) CERA: 500 HORAS DE VUELO, de Carlos Gallardo

(CAT) 27-30 nov | (CAT) 20 h (18 h diumenge) | Centre de les Arts Lliures - Fundació Joan Brossa (BCN) | Buy tickets |
«Cada IN principio no és més que una continuació i el llibre dels esdeveniments sempre es troba obert per la meitat.» Wisława Szymborska Diuen que la vida d’una abella es mesura en hores de vol: cinc-centes hores comptades. A partir d’unes velles cintes de casset, es reconstrueixen fragments d’una… Continua llegint

(CAT) BOXES, d’Unterwasser

Sorry, this entry is only available in CAT. Boxes podria ser un dels espectacles més petits i íntims mai creats. En aquesta proposta, UnterWasser presenta una instal·lació composta per diverses “caixes”, cadascuna de les quals conté microespectacles i jocs interactius, dissenyats per ser experimentats per un únic espectador a… Continua llegint

(CAT) ¿Y AHORA QUÉ?, de Cristián Weidmann amb Adriano Galante

Sorry, this entry is only available in CAT. Què succeeix després d’haver travessat el bosc? Quan et consideren recuperat i reps el vistiplau? Aquest és el punt de partida de ¿Y ahora qué?, una proposta escènica que explora la salut mental des d’una aproximació multidisciplinària, basada en l’experiència personal… Continua llegint

(CAT) THAUMA, d’Andreu Martínez i Magda Puig Torres

(CAT) 6-10 nov 2024 | (CAT) 20 h (18 h diumenge) | Centre de les Arts Lliures - Fundació Joan Brossa (BCN) | Buy tickets |
Sorry, this entry is only available in CAT. Aristòtil, en el seu llibre Metafísica, descriu el concepte de ‘thauma’—sorpresa i admiració—com l’origen del coneixement i la filosofia. Concebuda com un poema escènic, Thauma investiga la capacitat de meravellar-nos davant d’un món que creiem conèixer perfectament, i ens convida a endinsar-nos… Continua llegint