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strong theatre and dance programme; many performances are at the open-air
Teatre Grec
on
Montjuïc.
CATALAN THEATRE COMPANIES
Els Comediants
(
comediants.com
) - a travelling collective of actors, musicians and
artists, established in 1971, who use any open space as a stage to celebrate “the festive
spirit of human existence”.
LaCubana
(
lacubana.es
)
isahighlyoriginalcompanythatstartedlifeasastreettheatre
group, though it has since moved into television and theatre proper. It still hits the streets
occasionally, taking on the role of market traders in the Boqueria or cleaning cars in the
street in full evening dress.
DagollDagom
(
dagolldagom.com
) specializes in hugely theatrical, over-the-top music-
als.
LaFuradelBaus
(“VerminoftheSewer”;
lafura.com
)
areperformanceartistswhoaim
toshockandlendanewmeaningtoaudienceparticipation.They'vesubsequentlytakenon
opera, cabaret, film and installations, lending each a wild, challenging perspective.
Els Joglars
(
elsjoglars.com
)
present political theatre, and are particularly critical of the
Church and government, who come in for regular satirical attacks.
TeatreNu
(Naked Theatre;
www.teatrenu.com
)
was founded in 1991 by young Catalan
actorswhowantedtobringtheatrebacktoitsessenceand“provokesocial,moralandideo-
logical dialectic between the audience and public”.
Tricicle
(
tricicle.com
)
- a very successful three-man mime, circus and theatre group
- has branched off into film and television, but always places its humour “somewhere
between reality and the absurd”.
THEATRES
Institut del Teatre
Pl. de Margarida Xirgu, Montjuïc 932 273 900,
www.institutdelteatre.org
;
Poble Sec;
map
.
The school for dramatic arts and dance has a
regularprogrammeofeventsscheduledatitstwotheatres,whereyoucancatchperformances
by the current crop of students.
TeatreLliure
Pl.deMargarida Xirgu1,Montjuïc 932892770,
www.teatrelliure.cat
;
ish playwrights, as well as reworkings of the classics, from Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett
(some productions have English surtitles). It also hosts visiting dance companies, concerts
and recitals. The original theatre, a smaller auditorium in Gràcia, also has a full programme.
