The participants in this seminar are authors recommended by collaborating institutions. Society has traditionally decided that a romantic pairing of two people is the best way to set up a home or a family. When so much else has changed, do we still think this is true? With statistics showing[...]

A staged reading is a simple formula which, with the interpreters before us reading the text of the work, it gives viewers the creative freedom to imagine the scenery that they like the most. 11th, 12th and 13th July: Love, marriage and other minor issues. New short plays from the[...]

Every year we invite a group of young writers from different countries to work during l’Obrador d’estiu with an experienced playwright. This year, for the first time this playwright is Ella Hickson, who has proposed to work on the subject Love, marriage and other minor issues. From this topic, authors[...]

Every day after lunch, we propose an informal meeting at the bar with some of the participants of the Obrador d'estiu and the GREC 2022 Festival de Barcelona. Tuesday 12: Neil LaBute and Julio Manrique Wednesday 13: Ella Hickson Thursday 14: Nao Albet, Marcel Borràs and Pablo Remón

Synopsis Glenna Pfender has blue skin because of an out-of-control addiction to chemical derivatives of silver. She believes that happiness consists of being in a place and wanting to stay there forever. Ukrainian model Natalia Yaroslavna has modified her body to the point of transforming herself into a flesh-and-blood Barbie[...]

In an informal atmosphere, without any pressure of the “what will people say?” kind, in the late afternoon of Friday, the Obrador d’estiu offers a space to all participants (teachers and students alike) where they can read texts and scenes of their own creation, short dialogues and test pieces, while[...]

Synopsis A mother exchanges coded messages with the manager of a brand of milk through the bar codes on the containers. A father, former militant of the PSUC, builds a Miniature Spain where his dreams as a youth are fulfilled. Lola, the daughter, writes a letter to a brand of[...]