This recognition highlights the narrative power of a production that, through object theatre, reconstructs the memory of a femicide in a small Castilian village during the dictatorship. Lisa Peyron and Daniel Olmos succeed in transforming a family taboo into a necessary collective reflection, balancing the story’s harshness with a “saving” distance.

After receiving three Drac d’Or awards at the Fira de Titelles de Lleida (2024) and being featured in El País’ Top 10 as one of the best plays of 2025, this award confirms VIVA! as one of the standout gems in our catalogue.

FETEN is the leading showcase for performing arts for children and young people in Spain, setting industry trends each year. It is an unmissable event that brings together the country’s most influential programmers and professionals.

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This milestone follows the show’s success in the UK, where it has been named a finalist for the 2026 Offies Awards in the Creation category. The nomination comes after its run at London’s Barbican Centre, where it earned the OffWestEnd Assessors’ Choice seal of quality.

Since its 2021 premiere at Festival elPetit, ‘Univers’ has reached over 250 performances across ten countries. With this Sydney residency, Engruna Teatre solidifies its commitment to artistic excellence and accessibility within the international scene for early years.

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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.

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The premiere of this dance piece for all audiences aged 5 and up will take place on 16 and 17 October at the FIET – Fira de Teatre Infantil i Juvenil de les Illes Balears, in Vilafranca de Bonany (Mallorca), where it will also open the festival. The company will return in March with a tour that includes Teatro Escalante in València (4–8 March 2026) and LAVA in Valladolid (1 March), among other dates.

“Yes, there are many versions of Bolero, but this one, by Gilles Verièpe for two dancers, particularly explores the joy of the work, the gesture of children’s play, and blends different dances in a choreography that is rich and full of surprises.”
Paris Mômes

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In it, two humans try to understand more about these entities we call “places,” exploring the connection with those that often go unnoticed. Through words, bodies, sound, and music, they seek ways to communicate with them, to feel them, and to observe the impact we leave on them.

The Place is an experience to break with routine and connect with those spaces that accompany us in our daily lives, through a pair of headphones.

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Later this summer, Entrañas will also be part of the 23rd Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes in Charleville-Mézières — the world’s largest gathering of puppetry artists and the leading international reference for contemporary puppet theatre.

With Entrañas (Insides), El Patio Teatro invites audiences to a unique, intimate anatomy class where they expose themselves to the interior of the human body. Through object theatre and narrative, they pose questions to unravel some of its mysteries, transforming the stage into a delicate game and a brief anatomy lesson that looks inside us all.

In addition to these French dates, El Patio Teatro will continue touring Europe with A Mano in Santarém, Portugal (July 24–25). They will also appear at several venues in Spain: Entrañas on August 4 at the 14th Festival de Títeres de las Merindades in Salazar; and Feriantes on August 28 as part of the Patron Saint’s Day celebrations in Casas Ibáñez.

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