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Three Ikebanah companies featured in the Catalan Focus at MIMOS Festival in Périgueux

Ikebanah — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:04:36 +0000

Three Ikebanah companies featured in the Catalan Focus at MIMOS Festival in Périgueux

Engruna Teatre, Cia. Ortiga and Llum de Fideu are part of the programme of the 43rd edition of one of Europe’s leading festivals for mime, physical theatre and visual performance.

From 30 June to 4 July, MIMOS Festival Périgueux (France) celebrates its 43rd edition. This year, the festival gives a spotlight on the vitality of the Catalan performing arts scene through a Catalan Focus, featuring four companies, three of them represented by Ikebanah: Engruna Teatre, Cia. Ortiga and Llum de Fideu.

Engruna Teatre presents UNIVERS, a sensory experience for babies and toddlers (0–2 years) that invites audiences to freely explore a constantly evolving world of movement, music and objects. The production arrives at MIMOS following an outstanding international tour that has already included venues such as Sydney Opera House, Barbican Centre in London, Imaginate Edinburgh Children’s Festival and ASSITEJ Summer Festival in Seoul. The production will next be presented at major international events such as Ruhrtriennale in Germany (September 2026) and Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris (June 2027).

Cia. Ortiga presents AN-KI, an immersive object theatre experience that transports audiences into the imagination of a young girl confronting giants that threaten both the forest and her dreams. The production has recently been presented at major European festivals including Blickfelder Festival (Zurich), Schöne Aussicht Festival (Stuttgart) and Festival Teatralia (Madrid). It has also received several prestigious awards, including Best Show at FETEN, Mostra Igualada and Fira de Titelles de Lleida, as well as the International Experience Award at the Czech Theatre Critics’ Awards.

Completing Ikebanah’s presence at the festival is Llum de Fideu with SFUMATO, a site-specific outdoor performance that offers a poetic reflection on coexistence between humans and other living species. The production has also built a strong international trajectory, with presentations at Chalon dans la Rue (IN Selection) in France, Blickfelder Festival in Zurich and Passage Festival in Helsingør (Denmark). It has been recognised with the Best Show Award at Mostra Igualada and TAC Valladolid, as well as the Revelation Award at the Ramonville Street Arts Festival.

The participation of these three companies at MIMOS highlights the artistic excellence and international reach of the productions represented by Ikebanah.

Engruna Teatre

Cia. Ortiga is awarded at the Fira de Titelles de Lleida with ACASA

Ikebanah — Thu, 14 May 2026 08:26:47 +0000

The Catalan company strengthens its trajectory with the awards for Best Show and Best Scenography

After its participation in the Fira de Titelles de Lleida, one of the leading events in the field of puppetry and object theatre, Cia. Ortiga has received a double recognition for its production ACASA. The piece has been awarded Best Show and Best Scenography.

ACASA is a brief wordless 15-minute story in which two characters invite the audience into their unusual home to share what has brought them there. A new small-format proposal that has captivated both audiences and programmers.

These awards add to a broad trajectory of recognition for the company, with a particularly strong presence at the Fira de Titelles de Lleida. Among them are those received by AN-KI in 2022 — Best Show, International Jury Award, Street Arts Jury Award and National Jury Award — as well as those awarded to Kumulunimbu in 2018 — Best Dramaturgy and Best Street Performance — in the same festival.

These are joined by other distinctions, including Best Show at FETEN Gijón (2024), Best Show for Family Audiences at Mostra Igualada (2023), Special Jury Mention at TAC Valladolid (2025), and Best International Theatre Experience at the Czech Theatre Critics’ Awards (2025), all awarded to AN-KI; as well as Best Show at FIMO Puppet Festival (2018) and Special Mention at the Haifa Children Festival (2019), awarded to Kumulunimbu.

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Ikebanah brings to Mostra d’Igualada two proposals from Belgium, a new company, and the latest work by Cia. Ortiga

Ikebanah — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:25:17 +0000

Ikebanah will be present at the Mostra d’Igualada 2026 with four proposals aimed at diverse audiences, embracing languages such as contemporary circus, dance, object theatre, and documentary theatre, reflecting the diversity of our catalogue.

From Belgium comes Modo Grosso with TOUT/RIEN, an object circus performance featuring the “time” juggler Alexis Rouvre, and Cie. Tea Tree with SEMILLA, a piece of dance, circus, and theatre for early childhood. Performances will take place on April 16 at the Teatre de l’Aurora and on April 17 at L’Escorxador (Main Hall), respectively.

The program also includes ACASA, the latest proposal from the renowned Cia. Ortiga: a wordless object and puppet theatre piece that will be performed in multiple shows on April 17 and 18 at Plaça del Gasògen. The performance will later be presented on May 1 at the Teatre El Jardí and on May 2 and 3 at the Fira de Titelles de Lleida.

Completing the program is Almealera, a company that has just joined our family and explores ancestral knowledge and trades of the territories through documentary theatre, with UNA RUEDA QUE DA VUELTAS, which will be presented on April 18 at L’Escorxador (Lateral Hall).

Click on the links for more information about these shows and upcoming opportunities to discover them.

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Ikebanah comes to FETEN 2026 with Bolero, Viva! and Acasa

Ikebanah — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:58:25 +0000

Once again, we return to Gijón to take part in the 35th edition of FETEN (European Performing Arts Fair for Children) with three very different productions—two of them international—featuring diverse artistic languages ranging from puppetry and object theatre to contemporary dance, and aimed at a wide variety of audiences.

On Sunday, 22 February, we will present VIVA! by the French-Spanish company La Loquace Cie, a story about social and family taboos under the Franco dictatorship. Using humour as a critical and transformative tool, the piece questions the collective responsibility implicit in individual actions. A unique opportunity to discover a piece that has been included in El País’ list of the 10 best productions of 2025.

From 22 to 24 February, it will be the turn of ACASA by Cia. Ortiga, the company behind emblematic productions such as the award-winning An-ki and Kumulunimbu. On this occasion, they present a short, wordless story through puppets and objects, conceived for non-conventional spaces, where two characters invite us into their peculiar home.

Finally, on Thursday 26 February, Cie DK59 arrives from France to present BOLERO, a fresh and vibrant reinterpretation of Ravel’s celebrated score that explores the gestures of childhood. The tour will continue in March with confirmed dates in Valladolid, Valencia, Madrid, and Alicante.

Performances at FETEN 2026

The universe of AN-KI, awarded at the TAC in Valladolid

Ikebanah — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:08:11 +0000

We return from the Valladolid International Theatre and Street Arts Festival (TAC) with immense gratitude to the festival team and the devoted audience of Valladolid, who have given us unforgettable moments and encounters.

This year, the jury awarded a Special Mention to the show AN-KI, by Cia. Ortiga, for “creating a magical experience rooted in care and resulting from rigorous, handcrafted work, going against the current production trends.”

Additionally, Ikebanah brought three other shows that moved audiences in streets, courtyards, and gardens: POSSÊ by Sound de Secà, ESBERLAR by l’Atapeïda, and ARBRE by Arrels de Bosc.

Thank you for welcoming us with such warmth and complicity!

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Five Ikebanah productions selected for Spain’s PLATEA 2025–2026 programme

LabIkeAdmin — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 11:51:51 +0000

Five of our productions have been selected for inclusion in the 2025–2026 PLATEA programme, a national performing arts initiative promoted by INAEM (Spain’s National Institute of Performing Arts and Music). This selection includes object theatre, documentary theatre, immersive experiences, and contemporary dance for early childhood. These are unique and acclaimed works that have been featured at leading festivals across Spain — and here’s a closer look.

Among the most celebrated is AN-KI, by Cia. Ortiga, an immersive experience inside a tent that blends puppetry and visual theatre to address deforestation and the impact of humankind on Earth. This production has received numerous accolades, including Best Show at FETEN 2024, Best Family Show at both the 2024 Catalan Critics Awards and the 2023 Mostra d’Igualada, and multiple awards at the 2022 Lleida Puppet Fair, including Best Show, and the National Jury, International Jury, and Street Arts Awards.

The third production, FERIANTES, is a co-production by El Patio Teatro and Spain’s Centro Dramático Nacional. This piece of documentary and object theatre pays homage to the people who have spent their lives bringing joy and wonder to towns and cities across the country. It was awarded Best Documentary Theatre Show at FETEN 2025 and Best Set Design at the Fira de Titelles de Lleida 2024.

FLORes, by Milímetro and performed by Patricia Ruz, is a delicate piece of dance and colour for early childhood audiences. The show explores the many ways of expressing the soul that lives within flowers, unfolding like a moving canvas filled with music, rhythm, and emotion.

See you at the stages!

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