All about theatre hopping

Maldà’s Els Pi­rates at Akadèmia

Els Pi­rates top the bill at the Malda the­atre for the sev­enth year in a row. They will pre­miere a new play, Boira a les orelles, in the the­atre in March, but will also spend Christ­mas at the Akadèmia the­atre, with La mas­carada, a re­work­ing of Molière’s Le Bour­geois gen­til­homme. Last year, they also per­formed at the Es­ce­nari Joan Brossa, a space with a larger ca­pac­ity than their usual venue.

Brossa’s Pro­jecte In­genu

Pro­jecte In­genu is a sim­i­lar case. Marc Chor­net is the new artis­tic di­rec­tor of the Es­ce­nari Brossa the­atre and, while prepar­ing a new play, Aquest vers és el pre­sent, be­fore that, in No­vem­ber, to cel­e­brate five years since their found­ing they will re­visit the Shake­speare tril­ogy at the Akadèmia: Ham­let (which they pre­miered at the Atrium), Romeo and Juliet, and the Tem­pest-in­spired Vaig ser Pròsper (per­formed at the Brossa). Chor­net will also pre­miere, with Anna Maria Ri­cart, Flors carnívores at the Brossa.

La Fly­hard de­buts at Ver­sus

The pro­duc­tions of Sala Fly­hard al­ways have dou­ble lives. For ex­am­ple, a new pro­duc­tion, #Life­spoiler, is open­ing at the Ver­sus Glòries the­atre. Fly­hard it­self sees the re­turn of Roc Es­quius’ Sàpiens, and for March and April, La caixa by Car­men Marfà and Yago Alonso. Also, the same team can be seen in Ovelles at the Vil­laroel the­atre. The debut of Fly­hard at Ver­sus aims to be­come a reg­u­lar fea­ture if the at­ten­dance jus­ti­fies it. In fact, Jordi Casanovas and his team ar­rived in Barcelona in the same venue when he di­rected Ever Blanchet. That opened the doors of Javier Daulte’s Vil­lar­roel.

Ruta 40 at Lli­ure, Maldà, Brossa

The new Teatre Lli­ure under Joan Car­les Mar­tel cham­pi­ons com­pa­nies like La Calòrica (which re­cov­ers Feísima en­fer­medad and pre­mieres Arte­factes mu­si­cals), as well as La Ruta 40 (which re­turns to Cúbit to pre­sent a new play by Fer­ran Dordal). Yet, from Feb­ru­ary the com­pany will move to Maldà, with Saca­rina by Da­vide Carnevali.

Pulpe at Beck­ett and Tan­ta­ran­tana

Denise Dun­can is the res­i­dent writer at the Sala Beck­ett the­atre this sea­son. She is also a di­rec­tor and au­thor in La Pulpe Teatro. This com­pany will con­tinue to be very ac­tive as one of the com­pa­nies in El cicló cre­ative pro­ject at the Tan­ta­ran­tana.

‘Qui ets?’ at Alme­ria

The Gataro com­pany, at the Alme­ria, has still not re­vealed what its new pro­duc­tion will be. Last year, it cel­e­brated 20 years with a pro­duc­tion of the mu­si­cal play, Poe. The Alme­ria will also put on a fourth sea­son of the mu­si­cal, Autónomos, but above all a pro­duc­tion of Qui ets? By Màrius Serra, which took the Espai Lli­ure by storm last year.

Elena tuny of the Akadèmia at the Arnau Itin­er­ant

Actor and di­rec­tor Elena For­tuny has a busy sea­son. With La Danesa com­pany she is part of the pro­duc­tion of As­saig sobre lalu­cidesa at Akadèmia, while in the same the­atre she will di­rect the Vin­tana Teatre in Nathalie Sar­raute’s Per un sí o per un no. She is also prepar­ing a pro­ject with the Arnau Itin­er­ant col­lec­tive, which aims to keep the Teatre Arnau alive while it is being ren­o­vated.

From Gleva to Sala Beck­ett

Berta Pri­eto and Lola Ros­ales made de­buts as au­thors last year with Chinabum, at La Gleva, as part of Aura al Pou. This au­tumn they will put on Fuck you mod­ern fam­ily, di­rected by Anna Ser­rano, at Sala Beck­ett.

Epidèmia, from TGB to Maldà

The Epidèmia the­atre came straight from the In­sti­tut del Teatre to ap­pear on the scene last year. After per­form­ing 9 to 5 at the Teatre Gaudí Barcelona (TGB), they did a new ver­sion at Maldà. At the TGB they also did Bed & break­fast, based on Els Amics de les Arts’ songs. In April, they will try their hand at the mu­si­cal Mis­tela Can­dela Sar­suela at Maldà.

La Llarga at Sala Beck­ett

La Llarga pre­miered the show Bru­els at the Espai Lli­ure in the Grec fes­ti­val, after win­ning the In­sti­tut del Teatre’s Adrià Gual prize. Now, they have found a place for the sea­son in the Sala Beck­ett.

Clara Peya at Maldà and Atrium

Pi­anist Clara Peya is prepar­ing music for Una habitació buida at Maldà, under the di­rec­tion of Joan Maria Se­gura. As a mem­ber of Les Im­pux­i­bles, Peya last year pre­miered Suite TOC núm. 6, which will be at this year’s Tem­po­rada Alta fes­ti­val. In No­vem­ber, with Marc Rosich, they will pre­sent a new ver­sion of Víctor Català’s La in­fan­ti­cida at Atrium.

From cin­ema to Sala Beck­ett

Marta Buchaca, who re­cently saw her play Litus re­leased as a film, will be back in Sala Beck­ett this year with Rita. Re­cently, she has also tried her hand as a writer for young peo­ple (Play­off, in Madrid) and fam­i­lies (a ver­sion of Alice in Won­der­land that will re­turn to the Teatre del Romea). The au­thor’s work has ap­peared in nu­mer­ous the­atres, such as Ver­sus, Vil­lar­roel, TNC, Romea, Bon­nemai­son/La cuina and Lli­ure/Fly­hard.

Utzet at Eòlia, Maldà, Bib­lioteca

Fer­ran Utzet made his debut as a di­rec­tor at the Bib­lioteca de Catalunya. Since then, he has pre­sented new work at the venue. Mean­while, in April at Maldà, Utzet will di­rect El si­lenci dels tel­ers, an adap­ta­tion of the book by As­sumpta Mon­tellà.

Gas: Gleva, Romea, Akadèmia

Mario Gas will al­ter­nate his role as actor at Akadèmia (Mae­stro Fellini) and will likely re­turn to La Gleva, (the pro­gramme has still not been re­leased). Gas will also di­rect Viejo amigo Cierón at Romea, while re­peat­ing A casa (based on Tony Kush­ner’s Home­body/ Kabul). Gas will also di­rect L’home de la flor als llavis at Akadèmia.

From Dau al Sec to Ver­sus

Mercè Man­a­guerra used to be the artis­tic di­rec­tor of Akadèmia. When she left, she set up the Dau al Sec pro­ject, and has de­cided to pre­miere Kon­rad Zschiedrich’s adap­ta­tion of The Mer­chant of Venice (El mer­cader de Venècia) at Ver­sus Glòries in No­vem­ber.

Akadèmia, Tem­po­rada Alta, Ver­sus

Mònica Bofill pre­miered Par­adisos oceànics, based on Au­rora Bertrana’s ex­pe­ri­ences, in the Grec fes­ti­val. This work will soon be on at the Tem­po­rada Alta fes­ti­val (and most likely in a the­atre later). Mean­while, Bofill joins writer Ana Maria Ri­cart to di­rect Ob­so­lescència pro­gra­mada at the Ver­sus Glòries in July.

Es­quius at Ver­sus, Tanta, Fly­hard

Au­thor, actor and di­rec­tor Roc Es­quius has three pro­jects in three venues. His Sàpiens will be on at La Fly­hard, he will pre­miere Byanko (the first play he will di­rect that he did not write) at Ver­sus Glòries, while the Dara com­pany will put on Els Pa­s­torets de la Mar­tina at Christ­mas at Tan­ta­ran­tana. ’Tanta’ also has the RBLS fes­ti­val and Jorge Yamam-Ser­rano’s new play: Rev­elació 1.0.

Taran­tino’s dou­ble lives

If we are to be­lieve Twit­ter, there will be a new chance to see An­to­nio Taran­tino’s Sta­bat mater at La Gleva, which de­buted last year at the TNC. Also, Les vespres de la beata verge, the first of a two-part work pre­miered at Sala Beck­ett that ran for a sea­son at Akadèmia in 2016, will re­turn for a brief stint at Sala Beck­ett. It is a sim­i­lar case to Ocaña, reina de las Ram­blas, which opens for four days at Sala Beck­ett be­fore mov­ing to the Es­ce­nari Brossa in March.

Apunta Teatre, per­ma­nent

The Ver­sus Glòries the­atre came under new artis­tic di­rec­tion last sea­son with Apunta Teatre, who put on four pro­duc­tions in the same the­atre. This year they are con­tin­u­ing in the same vein, start­ing with ex­tend­ing El fu­neral de Mary-Lin, and fol­lowed by the pre­miere of Feliç Di­wali (by Xavi Morató) as well as Byanko, Gustafs­son R60 and Ob­so­lescència pro­gra­mada. Also at Ver­sus, La niña bonita and Trama have be­come res­i­dent com­pa­nies. La niña will pre­miere Andy y los huérfanos, after doing El camp and Mon­tag 451, which can now be seen at Brossa. As for Trama, they will put on Gustaffson R60, while their pre­vi­ous pieces Vernissatge move from the Maldà to Joan Brossa and ASAP to the Atrium.