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XV Obrador d'estiu

This July we will be able to enjoy, once more, the Obrador d’estiu: a meeting point that is a source of and driving force for ideas, emotions, and unique and enduring projects for the stage. Because in the face of a suspicious new normal, we are defending a permanent exceptionality.

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Discussion/Chat XV Obrador d'estiu
Virtual conversation between Guillermo Calderón and Juan Carlos Olivares
Latin-American Theatre
13/07/2020
This year’s edition of Barcelona’s Grec Festival set its sights on Latin America and, despite the inclemency of COVID-19, which prevented travelling and transoceanic trips, from the Beckett we will look to contribute all the same to this knowledge, through the possibilities offered to us by network communications technologies. It[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 5 p.m.

Space
Online activity

This activity will be streamed on ZOOM:

Click here

Latin-American Theatre
Virtual conversation between Conchi León and Clàudia Brufau (14/07)
Virtual conversation between Gabriel Calderón and Aída Pallarès (15/07)
Virtual conversation between Manuela Infante and Oriol Puig Taulé (20/07)
Virtual conversation between Daniel Veronese and Andreu Gomila (22/07)

Price
Free entry
Time

At 5 p.m.

Space
Online activity

This activity will be streamed on ZOOM:

Click here

Latin-American Theatre
Virtual conversation between Conchi León and Clàudia Brufau (14/07)
Virtual conversation between Gabriel Calderón and Aída Pallarès (15/07)
Virtual conversation between Manuela Infante and Oriol Puig Taulé (20/07)
Virtual conversation between Daniel Veronese and Andreu Gomila (22/07)

Staged reading XV Obrador d'estiu
Els gossos
by Nelson Valente
Author: Nelson Valente ,
13/07/2020
Four plays that we could have seen at different theatres in Barcelona if the Festival GREC could have been held as was planned. We will be able to become acquainted with them as if it were the first day of rehearsals, with the actors sitting around the table and with[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 6 p.m.

Space
Sala de dalt
Price
Free entry
Time

At 6 p.m.

Space
Sala de dalt
Round table XV Obrador d'estiu
The Humanitarian Management of Epidemics
With David Noguera and Lídia Heredia
13/07/2020
With David Noguera and Lídia Heredia The current healthcare crisis has, for many citizens, meant living a completely new and unknown situation. An unexpected experience for which nobody had prepared us. However, if we review the recent history of epidemics in the world, we realise that there are quite a[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 7:30 p.m.

Space
Parc central del Poblenou

Other round tables at Obrador d’estiu 2020:

Post-lockdown scenarios (15/07)
New normal, old norms? (20/07)

Price
Free entry
Time

At 7:30 p.m.

Space
Parc central del Poblenou

Other round tables at Obrador d’estiu 2020:

Post-lockdown scenarios (15/07)
New normal, old norms? (20/07)

Discussion/Chat XV Obrador d'estiu
Virtual conversation between Conchi León and Clàudia Brufau
Latin-American Theatre
14/07/2020
This year’s edition of Barcelona’s Grec Festival set its sights on Latin America and, despite the inclemency of COVID-19, which prevented travelling and transoceanic trips, from the Beckett we will look to contribute all the same to this knowledge, through the possibilities offered to us by network communications technologies. It[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 5 p.m.

Space
Online activity

This activity will be streamed on ZOOM

Click here

Latin-American Theatre 
Virtual conversation between Guillermo Calderón and Juan Carlos Olivares (13/07)
Virtual conversation between Gabriel Calderón and Aída Pallarès (15/07)
Virtual conversation between Manuela Infante and Oriol Puig Taulé (20/07)
Virtual conversation between Daniel Veronese and Andreu Gomila (22/07)

Price
Free entry
Time

At 5 p.m.

Space
Online activity

This activity will be streamed on ZOOM

Click here

Latin-American Theatre 
Virtual conversation between Guillermo Calderón and Juan Carlos Olivares (13/07)
Virtual conversation between Gabriel Calderón and Aída Pallarès (15/07)
Virtual conversation between Manuela Infante and Oriol Puig Taulé (20/07)
Virtual conversation between Daniel Veronese and Andreu Gomila (22/07)

Staged reading XV Obrador d'estiu
Idoti Iranti
by Eu Manzanares
Author: Eu Manzanares ,
14/07/2020
Five works by some of the newest authors incorporated into the Catalan playwriting scene. All have premiered plays on the professional circuit and are starting to contribute new quality and diversity to the contemporary theatre scene. We will be hearing a lot about them. Synopsis We find ourselves in a[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 7 p.m.

Space
Parc Central del Poblenou

More staged readings of the Catalan playwriting scene:

 

94 minuts by Sílvia Navarro (16/07)

No ens tornarem a veure by Víctor Borràs (17/07)

Bisos blaus by Roc Esquius (21/07)

Qui estigui lliure by Xavi Buxeda (23/07)

Price
Free entry
Time

At 7 p.m.

Space
Parc Central del Poblenou

More staged readings of the Catalan playwriting scene:

 

94 minuts by Sílvia Navarro (16/07)

No ens tornarem a veure by Víctor Borràs (17/07)

Bisos blaus by Roc Esquius (21/07)

Qui estigui lliure by Xavi Buxeda (23/07)

Discussion/Chat XV Obrador d'estiu
Virtual conversation between Gabriel Calderón and Aída Pallarès
Latin-American Theatre
15/07/2020
This year’s edition of Barcelona’s Grec Festival set its sights on Latin America and, despite the inclemency of COVID-19, which prevented travelling and transoceanic trips, from the Beckett we will look to contribute all the same to this knowledge, through the possibilities offered to us by network communications technologies. It[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 5 p.m.

Space
Online activity

This activity will be streamed on ZOOM

Click here

Latin-American Theatre 
Virtual conversation between Guillermo Calderón and Juan Carlos Olivares (13/07)
Virtual conversation between Conchi León and Clàudia Brufau (14/07)
Virtual conversation between Manuela Infante and Oriol Puig Taulé (20/07)
Vitrtual conversation between Daniel Veronese and Andreu Gomila (22/07)

Price
Free entry
Time

At 5 p.m.

Space
Online activity

This activity will be streamed on ZOOM

Click here

Latin-American Theatre 
Virtual conversation between Guillermo Calderón and Juan Carlos Olivares (13/07)
Virtual conversation between Conchi León and Clàudia Brufau (14/07)
Virtual conversation between Manuela Infante and Oriol Puig Taulé (20/07)
Vitrtual conversation between Daniel Veronese and Andreu Gomila (22/07)

Staged reading XV Obrador d'estiu
Història d’un senglar
by Gabriel Calderón
Author: Gabriel Calderón ,
15/07/2020
Four plays that we could have seen at different theatres in Barcelona if the Festival GREC could have been held as was planned. We will be able to become acquainted with them as if it were the first day of rehearsals, with the actors sitting around the table and with[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 6 p.m.

Space
Sala de dalt
Price
Free entry
Time

At 6 p.m.

Space
Sala de dalt
Round table XV Obrador d'estiu
Post-lockdown scenarios
with Xavier Albertí, Anna Giribet, Juan Carlos Martel, Magda Puyo and Salvador Sunyer
15/07/2020
The COVID-19 epidemic, with its lockdowns and social behaviours and physical distancing are the most anti-theatrical thing we could ever have imagined. It is very difficult to think about the artistic interest of a performing arts event in these conditions. But, beyond these specific circumstances, which we have to hope[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 7:30 p.m.

Space
Parc central del Poblenou

Other round tables at Obrador d’estiu 2020:

The Humanitarian Management of Epidemics (13/07)
New normal, old forms? (20/07)

Price
Free entry
Time

At 7:30 p.m.

Space
Parc central del Poblenou

Other round tables at Obrador d’estiu 2020:

The Humanitarian Management of Epidemics (13/07)
New normal, old forms? (20/07)

Activity XV Obrador d'estiu
Frontera
Dramatic Writing Laboratory (LABDRAM)
From 16/07/2020 to 17/07/2020
POLIS is a self-sufficient state ruled by LOGOS, the most evolved artificial intelligence on the planet, designed to create and maintain the conditions of a happy society. In POLIS there is a perfect balance between natality and mortality, therefore it needs no immigration. Only an annual symbolic ceremony, FRONTERA, offers[...]
Price
3€ | Personatges de la Beckett free entry
Time

At 5 p.m.

Space
Sala d'assaig
Price
3€ | Personatges de la Beckett free entry
Time

At 5 p.m.

Space
Sala d'assaig
Staged reading XV Obrador d'estiu
94 minuts
by Sílvia Navarro
Author: Sílvia Navarro ,
16/07/2020
Five works by some of the newest authors incorporated into the Catalan playwriting scene. All have premiered plays on the professional circuit and are starting to contribute new quality and diversity to the contemporary theatre scene. We will be hearing a lot about them. Synopsis A playwright wants to write[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 7 p.m.

Space
Parc Central del Poblenou

More staged readings of the Catalan playwriting scene:

 

Idoti Iranti by Eu Manzanares (14/07)

No ens tornarem a veure by Víctor Borràs (17/07)

Bisos blaus by Roc Esquius (21/07)

Qui estigui lliure by Xavi Buxeda (23/07)

Price
Free entry
Time

At 7 p.m.

Space
Parc Central del Poblenou

More staged readings of the Catalan playwriting scene:

 

Idoti Iranti by Eu Manzanares (14/07)

No ens tornarem a veure by Víctor Borràs (17/07)

Bisos blaus by Roc Esquius (21/07)

Qui estigui lliure by Xavi Buxeda (23/07)

Staged reading XV Obrador d'estiu
No ens tornarem a veure
by Víctor Borràs
Author: Víctor Borràs ,
17/07/2020
Five works by some of the newest authors incorporated into the Catalan playwriting scene. All have premiered plays on the professional circuit and are starting to contribute new quality and diversity to the contemporary theatre scene. We will be hearing a lot about them. Synopsis Blanca has met Marc via[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 7 p.m.

Space
Parc Central del Poblenou

More staged readings of the Catalan playwriting scene:

 

Idoti Iranti by Eu Manzanares (14/07)

94 minuts by Sílvia Navarro (16/07)

Bisos blaus by Roc Esquius (21/07)

Qui estigui lliure by Xavi Buxeda (23/07)

Price
Free entry
Time

At 7 p.m.

Space
Parc Central del Poblenou

More staged readings of the Catalan playwriting scene:

 

Idoti Iranti by Eu Manzanares (14/07)

94 minuts by Sílvia Navarro (16/07)

Bisos blaus by Roc Esquius (21/07)

Qui estigui lliure by Xavi Buxeda (23/07)

Discussion/Chat XV Obrador d'estiu
Virtual conversation between Manuela Infante and Oriol Puig Taulé
Latin-American Theatre
20/07/2020
This year’s edition of Barcelona’s Grec Festival set its sights on Latin America and, despite the inclemency of COVID-19, which prevented travelling and transoceanic trips, from the Beckett we will look to contribute all the same to this knowledge, through the possibilities offered to us by network communications technologies. It[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 5 p.m.

Space
Online activity

This activity will be streamed on ZOOM

Click here

 

 

Latin-American Theatre 
Virtual conversation between Guillermo Calderón and Juan Carlos Olivares (13/07)
Virtual conversation between Chonchi León and Clàudia Brufau (14/07)
Virtual conversation between Gabriel Calderón and Aída Pallarès (15/07)
Virtual conversation between Daniel Veronese and Andreu Gomila (22/07)

Price
Free entry
Time

At 5 p.m.

Space
Online activity

This activity will be streamed on ZOOM

Click here

 

 

Latin-American Theatre 
Virtual conversation between Guillermo Calderón and Juan Carlos Olivares (13/07)
Virtual conversation between Chonchi León and Clàudia Brufau (14/07)
Virtual conversation between Gabriel Calderón and Aída Pallarès (15/07)
Virtual conversation between Daniel Veronese and Andreu Gomila (22/07)

Reading XV Obrador d'estiu
Pedro Páramo
by Juan Rulfo
Dramaturgy by Pau Miró
Authors: Juan Rulfo and Pau Miró and
Directed by: Mario Gas ,
20/07/2020
Four plays that we could have seen at different theatres in Barcelona if the Festival GREC could have been held as was planned. We will be able to become acquainted with them as if it were the first day of rehearsals, with the actors sitting around the table and with[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 6 p.m.

Space
Sala de dalt
Price
Free entry
Time

At 6 p.m.

Space
Sala de dalt
Round table Laboratori de filosofia i teatre
New normal, old norms?
with Sira Abenoza, Roger Bernat and David Fernàndez
20/07/2020
Increasingly we are hearing about The new normal in relation to the world post-COVID. These words, which otherwise seem very grand, have an aura as hopeful as it is threatening. We find in Antigone a mirror that can serve us as a driving force for reflection: with her we share the[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 7:30 p.m.

Space
Parc central del Poblenou

Other round tables at Obrador d’estiu 2020:

The Humanitarian Management of Epidemics (13/07)
Post-lockdown scenarios (15/07)

Price
Free entry
Time

At 7:30 p.m.

Space
Parc central del Poblenou

Other round tables at Obrador d’estiu 2020:

The Humanitarian Management of Epidemics (13/07)
Post-lockdown scenarios (15/07)

Staged reading XV Obrador d'estiu
Bisos blaus
by Roc Esquius
Author: Roc Esquius ,
21/07/2020
Five works by some of the newest authors incorporated into the Catalan playwriting scene. All have premiered plays on the professional circuit and are starting to contribute new quality and diversity to the contemporary theatre scene. We will be hearing a lot about them. Synopsis In a world full of[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 7 p.m.

Space
Parc Central del Poblenou

More staged readings of the Catalan playwriting scene:

 

Idoti Iranti by Eu Manzanares (14/07)

94 minuts by Sílvia Navarro (16/07)

No ens tornarem a veure by Víctor Borràs (17/07)

Qui estigui lliure by Xavi Buxeda (23/07)

Price
Free entry
Time

At 7 p.m.

Space
Parc Central del Poblenou

More staged readings of the Catalan playwriting scene:

 

Idoti Iranti by Eu Manzanares (14/07)

94 minuts by Sílvia Navarro (16/07)

No ens tornarem a veure by Víctor Borràs (17/07)

Qui estigui lliure by Xavi Buxeda (23/07)

Discussion/Chat XV Obrador d'estiu
Virtual conversation with Daniel Veronese
Latin-American Theatre
22/07/2020
This year’s edition of Barcelona’s Grec Festival set its sights on Latin America and, despite the inclemency of COVID-19, which prevented travelling and transoceanic trips, from the Beckett we will look to contribute all the same to this knowledge, through the possibilities offered to us by network communications technologies. It[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 5 p.m.

Space
Online activity

This activity will be streamed on ZOOM

Click here

Latin-American Theatre 
Virtual conversation with Guillermo Calderón (13/07)
Virtual conversation with Chonchi León (14/07)
Virtual conversation with Gabriel Calderón (15/07)
Virtual conversation with Manuela Infante (20/07)

Price
Free entry
Time

At 5 p.m.

Space
Online activity

This activity will be streamed on ZOOM

Click here

Latin-American Theatre 
Virtual conversation with Guillermo Calderón (13/07)
Virtual conversation with Chonchi León (14/07)
Virtual conversation with Gabriel Calderón (15/07)
Virtual conversation with Manuela Infante (20/07)

Staged reading XV Obrador d'estiu
Qui estigui lliure
by Xavi Buxeda
Author: Xavi Buxeda i Marcet ,
23/07/2020
Five works by some of the newest authors incorporated into the Catalan playwriting scene. All have premiered plays on the professional circuit and are starting to contribute new quality and diversity to the contemporary theatre scene. We will be hearing a lot about them. Synopsis Ever since they were little[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 7 p.m.

Space
Parc Central del Poblenou

More staged readings of the Catalan playwriting scene:


Idoti Iranti by Eu Manzanares (14/07)

94 minuts by Sílvia Navarro (16/07)

No ens tornarem a veure by Víctor Borràs (17/07)

Bisos blaus by Roc Esquius (21/07)

Price
Free entry
Time

At 7 p.m.

Space
Parc Central del Poblenou

More staged readings of the Catalan playwriting scene:


Idoti Iranti by Eu Manzanares (14/07)

94 minuts by Sílvia Navarro (16/07)

No ens tornarem a veure by Víctor Borràs (17/07)

Bisos blaus by Roc Esquius (21/07)

Staged reading XV Obrador d'estiu
El combat del segle
by Denise Duncan
Author: Denise Duncan ,
Translated by: Marc Rosich ,
24/07/2020
Four plays that we could have seen at different theatres in Barcelona if the Festival GREC could have been held as was planned. We will be able to become acquainted with them as if it were the first day of rehearsals, with the actors sitting around the table and with[...]
Price
Free entry
Time

At 6 p.m.

Space
Sala de dalt
Price
Free entry
Time

At 6 p.m.

Space
Sala de dalt
Activity XV Obrador d'estiu
Caminar per les línies de la mà com si fossin els anells d’un arbre
Excerpts from the 11th edition of Els Malnascuts
From 28/07/2020 to 29/07/2020
Els arbres eren blancs de gebre i els carrers i els camps pareixien coberts de llençols. Després va sortir el sol que va eixugar l’univers i només les ombres van quedar banyades. Cant XI (Fragment) – Tonino Guerra   Shadows are the indication that the sunlight does not cross through bodies[...]
Space
Utopia 126 (C/Cristóbal de Moura, 126)
Space
Utopia 126 (C/Cristóbal de Moura, 126)
Course XV Obrador d'estiu
Autofiction: telling oneself onstage
Advanced playwriting workshop
Teacher: Sergio Blanco ,
From 10/07/2020 to 15/07/2020
This workshop will take place at Sala Beckett. In the event that it is not possible to do it at the theatre, it will be done virtually. The author of successes such as Kassandra and Tebas Land returns to the Beckett to teach a course on staged autofiction and the[...]
Price
275€
Time
Friday to Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (No class on Sunday 12th)
Space
Sala Beckett
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Price
275€
Time
Friday to Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (No class on Sunday 12th)
Space
Sala Beckett
Course XV Obrador d'estiu
Performing outdoors, or the occupation of the public space
Acting Workshop
Teacher: Andrés Lima ,
From 13/07/2020 to 17/07/2020
This workshop will take place at Sala Beckett. One of the most acclaimed directors of theatre today, who directed El chico de la última fila last season at the Sala Beckett, proposes a course to consider new ways of doing theatre after COVID-19.    Adaptation is a sign of intelligence, and in[...]
Price
Actors: 350€
Auditing participants: 150€
Time
From Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Price
Actors: 350€
Auditing participants: 150€
Time
From Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Course XV Obrador d'estiu
New dramatic forms between documentary and fiction
Advanced playwriting workshop for playwrighters, directors, actors and creators for the stage in general
Teacher: Maxi Obexer ,
From 13/07/2020 to 18/07/2020
This is an on-line course. One of the most interesting women playwrights in the Germanic sphere proposes exploring the fine line that sometimes separates documentary theatre and fiction. Since the documentary theatre has become widely popular and established, it will be interesting to explore the latest movements that can be found[...]
Price
225€
Time
Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Space
Online course
More information
Price
225€
Time
Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Space
Online course
Course XV Obrador d'estiu
What are the real rules? (From the dramatic form to the open form)
Course for beginners in playwriting
Teacher: Victoria Szpunberg ,
From 13/07/2020 to 17/07/2020
This workshop will take place at Sala Beckett. In the event that it is not possible to do it at the theatre, it will be done virtually. The author of Amor mundi or The Speaking Machine proposes a playwriting workshop for beginners in which theory and practice will combine to[...]
Price
210€
Time
From Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Space
Sala Beckett
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Price
210€
Time
From Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Space
Sala Beckett
Course XV Obrador d'estiu
Writing for audiences both real and imagined
Advanced playwriting workshop
Teacher: Tim Crouch ,
From 13/07/2020 to 18/07/2020
This is an on-line course. One of the most interesting stage creators from the English theatre scene, the author of such hits as An Oak Tree, ENGLAND and The Author, proposes a course on the meaning of theatre in times of COVID-19 and how liberating it can be. I saw a[...]
Price
225€
Time
From Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Space
Online course
More information
Price
225€
Time
From Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Space
Online course
Course XV Obrador d'estiu
Dramaturgy of desire
Advanced playwriting course
Teacher: Alberto Conejero ,
From 13/07/2020 to 18/07/2020
43This course will be taught face to face. Should it ultimately not be possible to teach it at the Sala Beckett, it will be conducted virtually. The author of La piedra oscura or of the version of Medea that we were able to see at the Teatre Lliure proposes a[...]
Price
312€
Time
From Monday to Saturday from 10:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Space
Sala Beckett
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Price
312€
Time
From Monday to Saturday from 10:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Space
Sala Beckett
Course XV Obrador d'estiu
The Procedure
Intensive playwriting workshop
Teacher: Javier Daulte ,
From 13/07/2020 to 18/07/2020
This is an on-line workshop. The author of successes such as 4D Òptic, Ets aquí? and Gore, proposes a playwrighting course with the objective of starting and developing a dramatic text. The aim is to start up and develop an individual dramatic text based on an intuition, following which the[...]
Price
225€
Time
From Monday to Saturday from 2 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Space
Online workshop
More information
Price
225€
Time
From Monday to Saturday from 2 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Space
Online workshop
Course XV Obrador d'estiu
The Living Text
Advanced playwriting workshop
Teacher: Alícia Gorina ,
From 20/07/2020 to 24/07/2020
This workshop will be virtually. The creator of shows such as Watching Peeping Tom or Solitud proposes a course centred, more than ever, on textual scriptwriting and the different ways of understanding it. Once I wrote, for an article in the journal (pausa.), that in my work as a stage director,[...]
Time
From Monday to Saturday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Space
Sala Beckett
More information
Time
From Monday to Saturday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Space
Sala Beckett
Course XV Obrador d'estiu
The ultimate bad play
Advanced playwriting course
Teacher: Gabriel Calderón ,
From 20/07/2020 to 25/07/2020
This is an on-line course. The author of Que rebentin els actors, which could be seen a couple of years ago at the TNC, proposes the writing of a play in 24 hours. We will try, using resources considered imperfect, useless procedures, and fruitless recognitions of outside procedures, to write,[...]
Price
225€
Time
From Monday to Saturday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Space
Online course
More information
Price
225€
Time
From Monday to Saturday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Space
Online course