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FIRATÀRREGA 2013

5 to 8 September

PRESS PACK

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SUMMARY

1 Presentation of FiraTàrrega 2013 .......................................................... 4

1.1 A Fira tied in with the present day ......................................................................... 4

1.2 A new website and greater presence in social networks ....................................... 4

1.3 Focus on Mexico: a vital theatrical journey ............................................................ 4

1.4 Links to universities: keeping an eye open for the creators and managers of the

future ..................................................................................................................... 4

1.5 FiraTàrrega: epicentre of professional activity ....................................................... 5

1.6 FiraTàrrega’s audiences: a qualitative analysis ..................................................... 5

2 Programming .......................................................................................... 6

2.1 FiraTàrrega’s 2013 programming in figures........................................................... 6

2.2 Opening show: arts of movement and commitment .............................................. 6

2.3 Street arts: a panorama of infinite artistic possibilities ........................................... 7

2.4 Site-specific theatre: a commitment to other stages and to creation in

unconventional spaces .......................................................................................... 7

2.5 Indoor theatre: international vocation .................................................................... 7

2.6 The FiraTàrrega Workshops: a gateway to future creators ................................... 8

2.7 Company spaces: involving the sector in the FiraTàrrega project ......................... 8

3 Detailed programme .............................................................................. 9

3.1 The opening show ................................................................................................. 9

3.2 Official section ..................................................................................................... 10

The Mexican showcase .......................................................................................... 10

Other shows within the official programme ............................................................. 12

3.3 Plataforma FiraTàrrega ....................................................................................... 23

3.4 FiraTàrrega Workshops ....................................................................................... 26

3.5 Business Programme .......................................................................................... 28

3.6 Bonus Tracks ...................................................................................................... 30

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4 Professional activities ......................................................................... 31

4.1 Digital training ...................................................................................................... 31

4.2 Focus on Mexico ................................................................................................. 31

4.3 The Department of Culture’s Lunchtime Meeting ................................................ 32

4.4 Other professional activities ................................................................................ 32

4.5 Professional spaces ............................................................................................ 32

5 Budget ......................................................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido.

6 Appendix .............................................................................................. 35

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1 PRESENTATION OF FIRATÀRREGA 2013

With this year’s programme, FiraTàrrega confirms the excellent state of street arts, a series of

creative forms which see the space in which they perform as a key part of their message.

Revealing to the public all the artistic potential of our public spaces and making the city of Tàrrega

into a driving force of artistic activity — not only for the duration of the Fira but throughout the year

— are two of FiraTàrrega’s main objectives. But the basic aims of the Fira also include bringing

itself closer to everybody — ordinary people, professionals, and arts companies — in every way.

For that reason, certain strategic themes have been laid down, which define the essence of this

edition of the Fira.

1.1 A Fira tied in with the present day

This edition is characterised, among other things, by its link to the present day — not only in artistic

terms but also more generally — with the aim of establishing the strongest relationship with

ordinary people and guaranteeing the right to culture for all of us. This year, more than ever, prices

have been set bearing in mind the current situation, offering everyone the opportunity to see

theatre and ensuring that no one is left out of the Fira. The different shows at FiraTàrrega 2013

(those that aren’t free, that is) will cost 5, 12 or 15 euros.

1.2 A new website and greater presence in social networks

Establishing direct and rapid communication with its different audiences is essential for an event

whose raison d’être is ordinary people and street performance. For that reason, the Fira is

strengthening its communication channels with the public, through a new website and profiles on

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. We are already working in this direction and, in fact,

over the days of the Fira we will have official guests on the different social networks, who will report

in real time on what’s happening in Tàrrega: the shows, the atmosphere, professional activities…

In addition, we will set up competitions on the social networks to stimulate and strengthen the

Fira’s digital presence and thus make it more accessible to everyone.

1.3 Focus on Mexico: a vital theatrical journey

Each year, FiraTàrrega pays special attention to the theatrical production of one region, nation,

country or continent, in line with the Fira’s desire to make international connections and link up with

professionals from other countries. This year it’s the turn of Mexico. This country will have a

transversal presence, made up of three great blocks: six exceptional Mexican productions have

been included in the programme; a number of Mexican professionals associated with cultural

events will come to Tàrrega; and there will be a one day event for professionals (Thursday 5

September) with several roundtable discussions focused around the state of theatre in this Latin

American country.

1.4 Links to universities: keeping an eye open for the creators and

managers of the future

FiraTàrrega focuses on the vital examples of the street arts today, but also helps to promote the

training of professionals for tomorrow. In this regard, we should mention the Master’s Degree in

Street Arts Creation, which the Fira and the University of Lleida have inaugurated over this last

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academic year. The theoretical phase for the first edition of this Master’s degree was carried out

during winter and spring, and the practical phase will be carried out during August and September.

Also in the field of education, FiraTàrrega collaborates with the University of Barcelona, the

Open University of Catalonia, the International University of Catalonia, the Pompeu Fabra

University, the University of Lleida, the Carlos III University of Madrid and the Complutense

University of Madrid. These collaborations take three different forms: work experience for a

number of students of cultural management or show production, either during the summer or over

the days of the Fira; on-site visits; and finally presentation sessions at different institutions over the

course of the academic year to explain FiraTàrrega’s organisational and management model.

Meanwhile, students of the Bachelor’s Degree in Street Arts from the University of Winchester

(UK) and of advanced studies in cultural management from the Inholland University

(Netherlands) will experience FiraTàrrega at first hand. This will also apply to those young people

who are participating in the International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA) summer school,

in relation to the management of cultural events.

1.5 FiraTàrrega: epicentre of professional activity

Once again, FiraTàrrega has scheduled a series of workshops, seminars and meetings, specially

designed to encourage interchange and mutual comprehension between professionals from

around the world. These activities include roundtable discussions focused on Mexican theatrical

production; a Ministry of Culture Lunchtime Meeting, which will be held for the seventh year

running; and a training session in digital media (digital positioning and promotion), among others.

In addition, professionals will have at their disposal La Llotja, an exhibition hall with stands,

conference rooms and meeting spaces. FiraTàrrega will thus become, yet again, a hive of

professional activity for the performing arts sector.

1.6 FiraTàrrega’s audiences: a qualitative analysis

FiraTàrrega works year on year to improve in quality and in the number of visitors, as well as in its

impact and projection at an international level. Therefore, it has taken serious note of the study

which CERES (Sociological and Market Research) carried out into last year’s Fira. In general

terms, and with regard to the economic and social impact of the Fira, we should highlight that the

2012 edition received a total of 147,000 attendees. The majority of visitors were between 20 and

40 years of age, with an average age of 33. Most of the participants had been to previous editions

of the Fira and one third had done so on more than 10 occasions. In general, last year’s public was

satisfied with the Fira, giving it a valuation of 7.29 on average, and most said that they were very

likely to return and to recommend the Fira.

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2 PROGRAMMING

FiraTàrrega’s programme is synonymous with street arts. The listings include a set of companies

which, in general, understand the spaces in which they perform as an essential element of their

message: they occupy squares, streets or parks… as well as unexpected, surprising or little known

corners of our shared urban environment. Public space, with all its dramatic possibilities, and the

city as a driving force for artistic activity and a magnet for theatrical creation; these are the central

elements of FiraTàrrega.

The main pillars of FiraTàrrega’s programming for 2013 are novelty; richness of content and

writing; as well as the international orientation of most of the pieces presented. A collection of

unique works, most of which are closely connected, thematically and formally, to the times we are

living through: due to their critical and committed attitude; because they are innovative or

technological; as a result of their willingness to connect up with global audiences at the same time

as being very personal… The Fira’s artistic project has a clear democratic orientation, based on

connecting up with ordinary people and a commitment to everybody’s right to have access to

culture.

2.1 FiraTàrrega’s 2013 programming in figures

A total of 77 companies will present 78 shows at FiraTàrrega 2013. Of these companies, 57% are

Catalan, 22% come from the rest of the Spanish State (17) and 21% are international (16), coming

from seven different countries: Mexico, Colombia, Chile, United Kingdom, France, Belgium and

Italy.

Of all the shows in the official programme, more than half (52%) are world premieres.

Four of the companies participating in the FiraTàrrega programme, offering a total of five different

shows, are from Lleida.

Regarding genre, 74% of this year’s offer in the FiraTàrrega programme (37) come within the

category of street arts (including performances in non-conventional spaces) and 26% (13) are

shows for traditional theatre stages (including outdoor spaces). Overall, the programme includes

an offer of theatre, circus, dance, new drama, multidisciplinary shows, performances, street

installations and music.

Concerning the public, 44% of the performances are directed at adults (22) and the rest are shows

for all ages (56%, that is, 28 events).

If we look at the prices, 48% of the shows have free entry, while 26% are indoor performances with

a paid ticket, and another 26% are street performances with a limited capacity.

You will find more detailed information and graphics for this data in the Appendix to this press pack (p.35)

2.2 Opening show: arts of movement and commitment

The company Nats Nus, under the guidance of choreographer and director Toni Mira, will be

responsible for the opening show. Inspired by the social and political context in which we are

currently living, this performance has change as its central theme. Dance, acrobatics and video will

be the protagonists of Transforma-T — the title is a play on words, which can be read in Catalan

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and Spanish as “transform yourself” — a large format event which FiraTàrrega is co-producing with

Zaragoza City Council for the ‘Fiestas del Pilar’ celebrations.

2.3 Street arts: a panorama of infinite artistic possibilities

The fact that street arts offer endless artistic possibilities is demonstrated by the work of companies

that have gone through the Creative Support Programme. The productions which are premiering

in 2013 share the common goal of breathing fresh life into the current panorama, whether through

experimental work or with something more popular and accessible. The most daring space

features the companies that have participated in our Creative Labs: Insectotròpics, Joan Català

and Macarena Recuerda Shepherd. On the other hand, the words of Catalonia’s currently most

translated playwright Esteve Soler, will resound throughout Tàrrega in Contra la ciutat (Against the

city) an experience that is halfway between visual arts and performing arts, and very critical of the

dehumanised city that we live in today. Ârtica will be another of the important events of this year’s

Fira. It is the latest production of Ponten Pie, a small scale experience of great poetic weight. The

most playful part of this section comes thanks to the Italian Ondadurto Theatre, with their festive

and ironic approach to folk tales.

Other key novelties to be taken into account on the official street arts programme are Street M[u]F,

from the musician David Brown; Entre tu i jo (Between you and me), from the choreographer Mar

Gómez; Abcisse, by the creator Jordi Gali; or Carnaval, from the Basques of Cielo Raso, which

will include the participation of the dancers Igor Calonge, Daniel Abreu and Dácil Gonzalez.

Pere Faura, Company Chameleon, the Fundación Collado-Van Hoestenberghe and Ertza are

just some of the names that complete the street programme in this 2013 edition.

2.4 Site-specific theatre: a commitment to other stages and to creation

in unconventional spaces

The site specific programme will feature some well known names and others which are yet to be

discovered. The Chilean group Teatro del Niño Proletario returns to Tàrrega with El otro (The

other), a show in which they tell a story of great emotional impact; Res de Res, from the Balearic

Islands, will bring (remor), a movement piece inspired by the experience of life in a prison cell; the

Andalusians of Trasto Teatro will share the experience of a wake in the biting work, Los

satisfechos; and the Catalan Txell Roda will offer us an experience-journey through the work of

Manuel Vazquez Montalbán, through his detective character, Pepe Carvalho, in Carvalho contra

Vázquez Montalbán.

2.5 Indoor theatre: international vocation

Good examples of the best dance and circus that are produced in Catalonia will run through the

indoor programming, leaving some space for hybrid drama. Among other offers, we will have

names such as the choreographer and dancer Sol Picó, with the sincere, convulsive and hopeful

Memòries d’una puça (Memoirs of a flea); the clown Leandre, who will open to the public the doors

of his home with Rien à dire; the Valencians of PanicMap and their technological adventure Harket

[Protocolo]; Psirc with the indoor version of Acrometria; or the always surprising Zirkus

Frak/Jorge Albuerne with the striking Nomarramón.

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2.6 The FiraTàrrega Workshops: a gateway to future creators

The FiraTàrrega 2013 programme will include the participation of students who take part in our

different Street Arts study programmes, in a total of four workshops. Two of these are a result of

work by students on the Master’s Degree in Street Arts coordinated by FiraTàrrega and the

University of Lleida, in collaboration with the directors Paul Long (Metro-Boulot-Dodo) and Ignacio

Achurra (La Patriotico Interesante), respectively. The third workshop emerges from the

participation of the Catalan artist Ernesto Collado in the training programme for actors of the CUT

(UNAM) in Mexico. Finally, the group Grupo Carro FC, will premiere In Forma Pauperis, a

workshop for which they count on the collaboration of students from the Theatre Institute.

2.7 Company spaces: involving the sector in the FiraTàrrega project

The FiraTàrrega 2013 programme will be rounded off with the presence of other companies, as

well as with the participation of the following company spaces: 23Arts, specialising in street arts; La

maleta dels espectacles, who specialise in performances for family audiences and circus lovers; or

the ADGAE space, where the principal management and distribution agencies in the Spanish State

will present a selection of their best pieces.

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3 DETAILED PROGRAMME

3.1 The opening show

Transforma-T PREMIERE

NATS NUS Catalonia

Dance (street)

A large-format dance show, created for the inauguration of FiraTàrrega 2013, that explores and uses various

stage languages: acrobatics, handling objects, percussion, shadows and audiovisuals. Inspired by our

current situation, Toni Mira presents a reflection about transformation and struggle in today’s world, about

the need to redirect and reinvent our society. A staging and visual game with situations of change and

mutability thanks to the movement, image and versatility of a large cubic structure. A co-production with

Zaragoza City Council – Fiestas del Pilar and with the collaboration of El Graner Centre de Creació.

After working with different theatre and dance companies, in 1987 Toni Mira founded the theatre dance

company, Nats Nus, with which he has had a long career with many large-format and video-dance shows.

He later diversified his work, not only as a dancer and choreographer but also collaborating in important

theatrical, musical and television productions. In 2010, he received the National Dance Award from the

Generalitat de Catalunya. Show with 360º visibility.

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3.2 Official section

The Mexican showcase

The guest country at FiraTàrrega 2013 is Mexico. A selection of six exceptional productions will come to

Tàrrega, with a combination of street performances, indoor theatre and site-specific pieces. We will have the

European premieres of the latest productions from the great flagship companies of contemporary Mexican

theatre, such as Teatro Línea de Sombra or Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes. Also appearing for the first time

will be the latest production of the Centro Nacional de Teatro, under the direction of the controversial Richard

Viqueira.

Carnada PREMIERE COMPAÑÍA NACIONAL DE TEATRO

Theater (room)

The company that is the flagship of Mexican theatre arrives in

Tàrrega with a show directed by Richard Viqueira, one of the

most daring creative figures in Mexico today, whose always

controversial pieces try to force the audience to take sides. A

very interesting combination of an iconoclastic and

transgressive reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s King Lear. A

tragic story about the desire of durability, about adulation and

trickery and, in short, the weaknesses of the human condition

before the inevitability of extinction and death.

La máquina de Esquilo PREMIERE LA MÁQUINA DE ESQUILO

Theater (room)

Aeschylus, who fought against the Persian invasion of

Greece in the 5th century BC, dramatised his experiences in

the war, which has led him traditionally to be considered the

creator of Greek tragedy. This entertaining show, by young

Mexican actors, takes us back to the Aeschylus’ epoch with a

comedy that takes a journey through the history of dramatic

art, from its earliest beginnings to its consolidation. A street-

theatre comedy with live music that is just right for young

audiences and which evokes divinities and nymphs and

updates a series of classic characters, from Prometheus to

the Oceanides.

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Todavía… siempre PREMIERE TEATRO DE CIERTOS HABITANTES

Theater (room)

A leading company in the Latin-American creative vanguard

who have travelled around festivals on the five continents.

The show, that always takes into account the complicity of the

audience, explains the story of two lovers who split up in their

youth and who meet again in old age. With the staging by

Claudio Valdés Kuri and a magnificent performance by Tara

Parra – a genuine living legend of Mexican acting – the story

focuses on issues such as wisdom, patience, pain, death and,

especially, the enjoyment and meaning of life. A story of

moving experiences in which fragility becomes a reflexive

pretext of extreme intensity.

Baños Roma PREMIERE TEATRO LÍNEA DE SOMBRA

Theater (room)

This Mexican company with a high international profile,

created in 1993, is dedicated to contemporary creation

through the convergence of visual languages, physical

theatre objects and a strong commitment to the reality of their

surroundings. From the random and transversal story of the

life of the ex-world boxing champion José Ángel

“Mantequilla”, Nápoles constructs a show that speaks about

the violence suffered by Ciudad Juárez and that, by

extension, runs throughout Mexican society. A metaphor built

on the basis of an accumulation of objects, newspaper

headlines, anecdotes and images caught in the memory, and

that outline the shadow of a man, a place and a moment in

history. Subtitled in English. Humour.

Lo único que necesita una gran actriz es una gran obra y las ganas de triunfar

PREMIERE

VACA 35

New dramaturgy

Free and updated adaptation of The Maids by Jean Genet,

articulated around two central themes: life as a mechanical

experience and the theatre as a place of authenticity in a

world that has transformed art into a commodity. Two

actresses, two women who play two servants, bring to life one

of 20th-century drama’s key texts, with a structure that

reveals the real and fictional limits of the actors, of the

character, of the audience, of the space and of the play itself.

A unique opportunity for the audience to live close up an

complete stage experience.

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Other shows within the official programme

Always Drinking Marching Band ALWAYS DRINKING MARCHING BAND

Catalonia Musical (street)

Since they started touring back in around 2000, Always have

performed over 400 times around Europe and Asia with a total of

9 different shows. You may recall Bullangas or Flirt, among

others. With a very personal style, a mixture of music and

clowning, this band, dressed in their characteristic yellow and

black, present a lively show with music, surrealist gags and

interaction with the audience. Winners of the best band at the

Spring Carnival Festival in Beijing 2013.

Indomador PREMIERE ANIMAL RELIGION

Catalonia Circus (street)

An empty space; natural, clean, without hiding places. A man

tries to control his animal instincts so as to discover who he is

through the different stages of his life. A story about fear and

accepting oneself. A show that reveals the uncontrollable force

we all carry within. Circus, music and movement. Verticals,

acrobatics on high heels, a spoon up the nose, cock crows,

animal sex, ritual dances, physical and mental metamorphoses...

An ambiguous and wild universe that is, at the same time,

intimate and real. A piece that connects us to our deepest animal

nature.

Te odiero CANDELARIA ANTELO&ARTHUR BERNARD BAZIN

Madrid Dance (street)

An award-winning choreographic piece envisaged as the search

for its own language based on physical expression. A work that

questions our limits as humans and with elementary

communication through movement. Imagination, humour and

emotion are the ingredients for a communicative space that aims

to build links with the audience. Dance conceived as a balance

between identities, bodies and actions, as a force that transforms

and regenerates through confrontation on stage.

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Externet CIA FADUNITO I EL BURRO DELS JOCS

Catalonia Installations (street)

An installation conceived for public spaces and for all ages which

aims to awaken interest in communication, literature and poetry,

in an enjoyable and participative way. Through a circular

structure and a system of tubes, the audience can recite and

listen to poetic messages and experience the possibilities this

literary genre offers beyond the typical media and usual formats.

Ceci 3.0 CIA FADUNITO

Catalonia Theater (street)

Through playing and interacting with the audience, we discover

the soul and humanity of a very special wheelchair. A show that

aims to debunk the fear and the excessive precautions that

disability often provokes. Surprise appearances in the

performance area.

The incredible Box PREMIERE CIA. LA TAL


They have travelled widely around the world with street shows

like Les fotogrâfiers or Démodés and present a new piece

directed by Leandre Ribera. Characters taken to the limits, who

present a theatricality that borders on the most grotesque

clowning. A story that explains how the greatest show of all time

can become the quirkiest, most absurd, ridiculous and

extravagant. A humorous reflection about the durability of art.

Each of the performances stars different characters, up to a total

of four: magic, Shakespeare, opera and circus.

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Carnaval PREMIERE CIA. CIELO RASO

Euskadi Dance (street)

Two men and a woman are absorbed by the frenetic rhythm of

carnival. Magnetism, music, dance. The body becomes a unique

tool for expression, pleasure, beauty and the grotesque. A binge

of fantasy that ends up with a hangover of reality. This

experienced dance company, directed by Ígor Calonge, takes

Brazil’s most popular festival as a pretext to reflect on the human

being and the extreme situations in which good and evil take on a

new dimension.

Entre tu i jo PREMIERE CIA. MAR GÓMEZ

Catalonia Dance (street)

This dance company makes a new choreographic incursion into

public spaces. A piece that delves into a private world full of

contradictions, where a couple’s life together is presented as a

voluntary kidnapping, where it is never clear who is kidnapping

whom. An intimate story, about an intimate relationship…

shamelessly exposed in the street and for everyone to see. A

work conceived as a complementary mirror for For ever and a

day, its twin show indoor show, with which it shares characters

and core theme: the less romantic aspects of couples’

relationships.

Push COMPANY CHAMELEON

United Kingdom Dance (street)

British dancing duo, strongly focussed on public spaces, who we

could first see at FiraTàrrega 2011 with their “Search & Find”,

within the production Gravity at Sant Eloi Park. Push is a

choreographic piece that explores interpersonal contact and its

physical and emotional resonance. A sensitive, physical work, a

vision of our relations with others and the structures of

dominance and control that we establish with our peers.

Coproduced by Without Walls and Dance Initiative Greater

Manchester.

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Street M[u]f PREMIERE DAVID MORENO&CIA

Catalonia Musical (street)

After the international success of his first solo show, Floten

tecles, first performed at FiraTàrrega 2008, David Moreno has

surrounded himself with deluxe collaborators (directed by Toni

Mira, with the external vision of Leandre Ribera) and presents us

with a choreography for 3 performers and 33 instruments. An

innovative proposal, with music and movement as the

protagonists, in which theatre, circus and dance merge together.

A journey through play and emotions, with large helpings of

humour and poetry, which will lift the audience to a new

dimension.

4x4 ERTZA

Euskadi Dance (street)

The aim of this young company is to create a new space where

contemporary dance embraces many other disciplines and

whose premise is emotion without artifice. In this case, they offer

an urban dance show that mixes the virtuosity of the performers

with a demand: the right to be different. Formulated as a

cockfight, the piece features two couples who show their rivalry

and take part in an out and out dance battle, an energetic

crescendo of rhythms and styles.

Cru PREMIERE FET A MÀ

France Circus (room)

A company based in France created in 2008 by the Catalans Pau

Portabella and Marta Torrents after training at the Lido Circus

Arts Center in Toulouse. Their work is based on the fusion of

theatre, dance and acrobatics. In Cru, they present a circus

without artifice, based on the body and the expression of feelings,

so as to speak, through everyday images, about the harshness of

the situations that overwhelm us, of social taboos and strong

emotions. A show where the impossible becomes possible.

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De miracles i meravelles. Conferència optimista FUNDACIÓN COLLADO-VAN HOESTENBERGHE

Catalonia Performance

An atypical talk, with live music, on the street. The speaker

contradicts himself a lot. He interprets the theory of relativity,

shows how John Wayne would buy the newspaper and he

dances... to end up showing that all three things are really the

same. With a single flick of his fingers, he makes things appear

and disappear, like a magician. And, like a magician, he also has

an assistant. It is she who makes the music, supplies vitamins

and moves the story on when the speaker gets lost. To finish,

time for questions, which the audience takes home, together with

an optimism that lasts at least until the next morning’s coffee.

Yo estuve allí y… no lo contaron como yo lo ví HORTZMUGA TEATROA

Euskadi Theater (street)

A show about the relation between power, politics and the media.

How the media construct the big official truths, how they

manipulate the facts, how they make biased interpretations, how

they create smokescreens to protect the interests of the powerful.

A theatrical work that uncovers the workings of the most powerful

media to make us see that we are immersed in disinformation.

The news is the star of this piece that Hortzmuga take to the

street, to the centre of the Agora, to compare their ideas with the

most authentic public opinion. A piece included in the Creation

Support Program at FiraTàrrega 2012.

Glof PREMIERE JAM


With Humortal, this company of street clowns did a long

international tour. In this new offer, with the participation of Àlex

Navarro as director, they present a golfer who, accompanied by

his two caddies, aims to conquer the World Cup of Golf. Three

characters, aware of the destruction of the landscape that their

sport so often implies, decide to use the streets, squares and

balconies as their course.

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Trash! JASHGAWRONSKY BROTHERS

Italy Musical (room)

Precisely what the Jashgawronskys do is to apply all their

creative energy to transforming rubbish and unlikely elements

into an inexhaustible resource for making music: brooms,

buckets, waste-paper baskets, graters, toilet paper... A hilarious

concert for all ages where the greatest hits of pop are performed

with instruments made of recycled material and rubbish.

Abscisse PREMIERE JORDI GALÍ

France New dramaturgy

The dancer Jordi Galí is fascinated by the gestures and

movements of manual work and which make up the raw material

of the creative process. He showed this at FiraTàrrega 2011 with

his previous work Ciel. Now he presents a new architectural

fiction for public spaces based around three performers, ladders,

ropes and several pieces of wood. An exercise of great visual

magnetism that explores the tension between contradictory

forces (verticality, horizontality, elevation, inversion) and whose

final result is the construction of a complex structure.

Rien à dire

LEANDRE

Catalonia Circus (room)

A silent show for all ages, where this international clown observes humankind and, in recreating it, produces a very personal mixture of humour and poetry. On the stage, four pieces of furniture and a door. Without walls. A house full of empty spaces, openings to the absurd, visited by imagined spectators. A single character surrounded by presences and imbalances. A time which has stopped at a frenetic rhythm, with ghosts in the cupboards, flying socks, raining umbrellas, playful mirrors, elusive lamps, surprise packets, telepathic pianos, silent music. A house of dreams to share solitude and emotions. Leandre’s house

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Manipulat DIVERSES COMPANYIES

Catalonia Intallations (street)

Seven playful artistic pieces in a venue dedicated to creative entertainment for all the family. A good time for playing, laughing and sharing that will stimulate your brain.

Cia. Itinerània An interactive installation of artefacts that challenge the skills of the

members of the audience who want to put themselves in the place of

a puppet. This requires coordination, precision, balance... and a

puppet’s soul.

Tombs Creatius Ten robotic play structures built from with recycled wood, a fair of

curiosities from Mr. Tonet’s travels. Each game hides a singular

creature.

Circ Delícia A tricycle that turns into a stage where two musicians loaded down

with strange instruments do juggling, choreographies, humour and

circus to the rhythm of the music.

Els Mabsutins Troupe of clowns ready to explain the secrets of the Yes Effect.

Jokes, circus tricks, tumbles, slaps and kicks to fight against all

possible obstacles.

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Cia. Katakrak An installation of gadgets that poses challenges and offers a creative

look at the objects lying around us. Art, play and recycling are

combined with the principles of electricity and renewable energy.

Cia. Ymedioteatro A mini-theatre on wheels that has room for the biggest dreams.

Surprising comic sketches based on handling everyday objects that

come to life and tell us their stories.

Ronan Tully Mr Punch is always involved in outlandish situations that go beyond

the limits of common sense. Traditional Irish glove puppets and

original live music.

Por casualidad MARCO VARGAS&CHLOÉ BRÛLÉ

Andalusia Dance (street)

Since 2005, the duo of Vargas and Brûlé have been in

permanent creative harmony with their own language defined by

flamenco and contemporary dance. This new show for two

bailaores, conceived for a public place and singular venues, is

inspired in all those people we secretly fall in love with for an

instant. Those persons we meet by chance, who pass through

our lives fleetingly, with whom we share melancholies and

happiness with only a glance, without exchanging a single word.

Anywhere, by chance.

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Typical NACHO VILAR PRODUCCIONES i PRODUCCIONES GAUPASA

Múrcia Theater (street)

Itinerant show with music, choreographies and pyrotechnics, that

brings back the seventies, a time in our recent history when

tourism was all the rage in a country just awakening from the

lethargic slumber of the dictatorship. Memories, moments,

soundtracks, smells, symbols… A grey epoch marked by the

television, in singular, that had become the only escape valve. A

walking tour through our collective memory.

Harket [Protocolo] PANICMAP PROYECTOS ESCÉNICOS

València Theater (room)

An interdisciplinary project that combines dance, theatre,

humour, music, design, video-mapping and technology. A

science-fiction story directed by Juan Pablo Mendiola and

performed by the actress and choreographer, Cristina

Fernàndez, about the experiences of a young volunteer who

takes part in an experiment into the possibility of surviving in a

bunker with only the help of an artificial intelligence system. A

story that interweaves themes like trust, betrayal and our need as

humans to establish links. A trans-media project that spills over

into the social networks, where the spectators can expand their

experience (see www.panicmap.com). Selected at the Xarxa

Alcover 2012. Subtitled in English.

Todos al patio PERE FAURA

Catalonia Performance

A choreographer and dancer, Pere Faura has shown great talent

as a performer and creator for the stage. He came to FiraTàrrega

2012 with Ràdio Patio and Dansa Real ja!, and now,

accompanied by two performers, he presents a show of

multidisciplinary improvisation where the audience propose the

different ingredients that appear on stage: from the general

subject, specific actions or dances, to the music or the contents

of the videos. The audience becomes the author, director and

playwright of a show that combines text, dance, music and video

in a stage event that is as unpredictable as it is unrepeatable.

Presented together with Antic Teatre.

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Acrometria PSIRC


A young circus company that won the Zirkolika Award 2012 as

the revelation of the season. After various short pieces, they have

moved on to a long show, with the external advice of Alba

Sarraute. Three people find themselves trapped in a timeless

reality from which they are not sure they will ever be able to

escape. Meanwhile, they create human geometries and a new

language to survive and understand what lies around them,

accepting the existence of infinite realities. A piece with its own

interdisciplinary stage vocabulary, that ranges from acrobatics

and dance, to the Chinese pole or object handling. A show

created with the support of Process()s, a project from the

Pyrenees-Mediterranean Euro-region.

(remor) RES DE RES

Catalonia/Balearics New dramaturgy

One of the Balearic companies with most international prestige,

they have visited the Fira several times. They now present their

latest production, a movement piece where two characters meet

again through their remembrances. A brief but intense experience

that the audience live through inside a 35 cubic-metre structure

that evokes a prison cell. A story of freedom featuring two people

who recreate a relationship of mutual dependence lived intimately

beyond any limit.

Memòries d’una puça SOL PÌCÓ CIA. DE DANSA

Catalonia Dance (room)

“We see loss as an opportunity”. This is the idea at the heart of

the new creation by Sol Picó, a particular vision of decadence

and desolation. A reflection about the present, seen as a

devastating hurricane that stops us from moving forward, and

about the need to change this world, to escape from this

suffocating situation. Three nomads plan a journey that ends with

them adrift, like a message in a bottle, a desire, a desperate plea

for help… Fantasy and the absurd are the axes of this

choreographic piece. An exercise in sincerity, convulsion and

optimism.

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El Otro PREMIERE TEATRO NIÑO PROLETARIO

Xile New dramaturgy

The latest work by this Chilean company that turns its gaze

towards the most marginal places and most anonymous beings

and who offered us their site-specific El olivo at FiraTàrrega

2011. In this new show, they present a story with a great

emotional impact, in which the characters are the patients in a

psychiatric hospital, through whom they construct an allegory of

love-passion as a veritable stupidity and where life shows its

most radical and authentic colours. A story inspired by Paz

Errázuriz and Diamela Eltit’s book El infarto del alma, constructed

as a series of everyday scenes that attempt to deal with the

subject of affective survival in our times.

Los Satisfechos TRASTO TEATRO

Andalusia New dramaturgy

A company created in 2002 and which, with a dozen shows, has

earned it a great international reputation — to the point that the

works of its director, Raúl Cortés, have been the subject of a

thesis at the University of Pisa. This show, set in a wake, is a

portrait of hunger through sharp and witty humour. Three

characters wander among the ruins of daily life and face up to

their existence calmly and courageously, aware that this is the

most precious element of their rebellion. A mirror that reflects

back the image of those who have lost everything except their

sense of humour.

Carvalho contra Vázquez Montalbán MVM, 10 ANYS D’ABSÈNCIA

Catalonia New dramaturgy

Surrounded by books and immersed and in a great metaphor,

Carvalho cooks a leg of lamb in beer. This famous character,

created by the writer Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, is the star of a

monologue adapted as a post-modern and conceptual installation

by Txell Roda. A peculiar function that has the feel of a 1970s

happening and situates the audience among the shelves of a

library. A theatrical artefact that offers a clear and diaphanous

view of an epoch and a country through the writer’s characters

and clairvoyance. This show enjoys the participation of the town’s

artistic assets and forms part of the project, MVM 10 Years of

Absence in commemoration of Vázquez Montalbán.

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Nomarramón ZIRKUS FRAK / JORGE ALBUERNE


The latest work by this creator who moves between the worlds of

the circus and of movement. A solo that presents a close and

intimate relationship with various ingredients. The figure of the

grandfather, death, chance, the meaning of life and what we

leave behind us. A stage exercise where the plastic and text,

action and content, rhythm and silence come together. An

exercise in reflection in which the circus appears, with its

philosophy, forms, physical effort and emotions. The vision of the

two worlds connected by genetics that opens windows on history,

aesthetics and human relations. A show presented jointly with

Antic Teatre. Premi Zirkolika Award 2012 for the Best Show in

Indoor Venue.

3.3 Plataforma FiraTàrrega

For the third year running, FiraTàrrega has committed itself to the Creation Support Programme,

which aims to promote the creation of street art shows through different creative laboratories,

artistic residencies — with their corresponding open rehearsals — internationally produced

performances, courses and workshops. The work of the companies involved shows that street arts

offer endless artistic possibilities. The productions which are premiering in 2013 share the common

goal of breathing fresh life into the current panorama, whether through experimental work or with

something more popular and accessible.

The most daring space of the Plataforma FiraTàrrega — made up of the eight most promising

shows of those which are included in the Creation Support Programme — highlight companies that

have participated in the Creative Labs: Insectotròpics, Joan Català and Macarena Recuerda

Shepherd. On the other hand, the words of Catalonia’s currently most translated playwright,

Esteve Soler, will resound throughout Tàrrega in Contra la ciutat (Against the city), an experience

that is midway between visual arts and performing arts, and very critical of the dehumanised city

that we live in today. Ârtica will be another of the important events of this year’s Fira. It is the latest

production of Ponten Pie, a small scale experience of great poetic weight. The most playful part of

this section comes thanks to the Italians of Ondadurto Theatre, with their festive and ironic

approach to folk tales, entitled C’era una volta. The performances that form part of the Creation

Support Programme are Otradnoie.1, of the Cia. Proyecto Otradnoie and El lloc, by Íntims

Produccions.

These projects make up a fifth of the FiraTàrrega programme for 2013 and reveal the work carried

out by the Fira in stimulating street arts throughout the year. An effort which has the explicit aim of

having an impact on the processes of creative renewal. Among the specific objectives of this

programme are the promotion of creation by emerging artists, promoting education focused on

artistic creation and the creation of strategic alliances to develop street arts circuits and

productions both at a national and a transnational level.

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Otradnoie.1

PREMIERE Support Creation Programming 2013

CIA. PROYECTO OTRADNOIE

Catalonia Circus (street)

Otradnoie (the name of a Russian village which means “the place

where consolation can be found”) is the name of this circus company

formed in 2009 between Barcelona and Toulouse. Its work is based

on the search for a language where circus, movement, objects and

devices come together to produce and control sound. Otradnoie 1

refers to a world dominated by oblivion, full of objects that have lost

their purpose. Human stupidity has spread everywhere and the

avalanche of information, consumerism, waste and insatisfaction are

the basis of the dominant lifestyle. Otradnoie is the refuge of memory

where a man and a woman dance surrounded by an atmosphere of

sound that suggests hope, possibility, life. This show also includes

the participation of the Fira del Circ Trapezi de Reus and Nau

Ivanow.

Whose are those eyes?


MACARENA RECUERDA SHEPERD


An artist with a long career and broad creative range, founder of the new creators’ platform, Colectivo Estraperlo, who has been producing her own shows since 2008. This project arose from her passion for detective stories, film noir and the comics of the 1930s. It is a role-play in which the audience has to take on a role and became an active player in this plot of intrigue. A guided tour round the town that

turns the street into a stage where the limits between fiction and real life become blurred. A detective puzzle in which the audience changes sides and helps to construct the show. This work is a coproduction of FiraTàrrega, Escena Poblenou, BAD de Bilbao and Antic Teatre.

Ârtica


PONTEN PIE


The third show by this company who became known in 2009 after a

Creation Laboratory at FiraTàrrega with their Copacabana, in which

they smashed all theatrical conventions to offer a unique, culinary

experience and which they have performed over 180 times around

the world. In Ârtica, they continue this line of investigating new

theatrical languages and audience involvement to offer a

multidisciplinary, sensorial and not at all conventional piece. In small

groups, the audience enter an old wooden house where they are met

by silent characters who offer them warmth and where they can hear

a series of surprising stories. An open window into an intimate world

of nostalgia and poetry.

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El lloc PREMIERE Support Creating Programming 2013

ÍNTIMS PRODUCCIONS


A young company from the Municipal Theatre Class in Lleida who

present a first show with the writing and expert direction of Jorge-

Yamam Serrano, director of TeatrodeCerca (Moritz Award at

FiraTàrrega 2012). With the pretext of a historical event (the

massacre of Jews in Tàrrega in 1348), a tale is woven where the

past and the present come together. Starting with a game, four

friends who have met up in their usual place bring out the truths

that they normally keep hidden between themselves. A site-

specific work that looks into the historical charge of particular

places and the connection between our lives and the oft-forgotten

lives of our ancestors. The show forms part of the Escorxadebats

programme of the Teatre Municipal de l’Escorxador, Lleida.

Bouazizi


INSECTOTRÒPICS

Catalonia Multidisciplinary

After La Caputxeta galàctica, which we saw at FiraTàrrega in

2012, this multidisciplinary company, made up of two painters, a

musician and three video-experimenters, presents a second

show that goes more deeply into plastic and expressive research

and the mixing of means and languages. A montage that makes

us reflect about current themes, like human perversion, the

meanness hidden behind state machinery, the manipulation of

citizens’ opinions or the generation and spread of myths.

Coproduced with the CAET / TNT.

Contra la ciutat


ESTEVE SOLER i JORDI QUERALT

Catalonia Multidisciplinary

A project based on the literary universe of the playwright Esteve

Soler, whose trilogy Contra el progrés, Contra la democràcia and

Contra l’amor has had a great impact thanks to its critical tone

and sense of humour. Contra la ciutat permits a “morally altered”

discovery of the city. It is a physical itinerary that reflects the

monsters and contradictions of everyday life, and ponders on the

dehumanisation of society, while making the audience take an

active part and become propagators of messages. Starting from

a map*, an interactive presentation and numerous actions, the

audience has the chance to travel round the town and switch

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between an questionable reality and a surprising fiction.

*The route map can be acquired at the information point in Plaça

del Carme, for €3.

Pelat


JOAN CATALÀ

Catalonia Circ (street)

The first solo show by this young multidisciplinary creator trained

in the plastic arts, theatre, circus and dance, with an extensive

international curriculum. A piece that arises from the observation

of handcraft and from introspection into the artist’s own

geographical and family origins, to experiment with space and

movement and create a dialogue between nature and the

individual that seeks to connect with the audience. A work

designed for a public space, where four unknown people join the

performer to work towards the same target, in a ritual about the

ephemeral. A reflection about our phenomenal and disturbing

journey through life. A coproduction by FiraTàrrega and El

Graner, with the support of the Festival Sismògraf (Olot), Teatre

Municipal de l’Escorxador (Lleida), Trayectos (Zaragoza) and the

Festival TNT (Terrassa).

C’era una volta


ONDADURTO TEATRO

Italy Theter (street)

An Italian company that works through gesture, acrobatics and

theatre-dance combined with stage machines, video and music.

Taking the imaginative world of traditional tales as its source of

inspiration, the show recreates a magic world that blurs the

frontiers between good and evil, light and darkness, love and

death. The audience is led behind the mirror to rediscover the

most hidden facets of the characters that have accompanied us

since our infancy: Little Red Riding-Hood, Snow White, witches

and evil stepmothers. A multimedia allegory about our

contemporary lifestyle, of great visual impact, dynamic, ironic and

with touches of musical review. Coproduced between the Italian

festival, Mirabilia, and FiraTàrrega.

3.4 FiraTàrrega Workshops

One of the important elements of the FiraTàrrega programme for 2013 is developed with the

involvement of students who participate in the different Street Arts educational programmes. In fact,

here we can see the role played by FiraTàrrega as a gateway for future creators. We will present

four workshops. Two of them are a product of work by the students from the first promotion of the

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Master’s Degree in Street Arts coordinated by FiraTàrrega and the University of Lleida, in

collaboration with the directors Paul Long (Metro-Boulot-Dodo) and Ignacio Achurra (La

Patriotico Interesante) , respectively. A third one is a result of the participation of the Catalan artist

Ernesto Collado in the training programme for actors of the CUT (UNAM) in Mexico. Finally, the

group Grupo Carro FC, will premiere In Forma Pauperis, a workshop in which they count on the

collaboration of students from the Theatre Institute. This workshop is presented in conjunction

with the commemoration events for the centenary of this body.

Report Distort

PREMIERE Workshop New Dramaturgy (Master of Creation

in Street Arts FiraTàrrega + UdL) Workshop PAUL LONG Multidisciplinary

Paul Long (Metro-Boulot-Dodo) and students from FiraTàrrega’s Master's Degree in Street Arts Creation invite us to share an experiment in sound. Report distort explores the possibilities of a collective experience that can be enjoyed through a radio broadcast. Is it a serious report or is the reporter pulling our legs? To help us find out, we have the exciting, absurd, disturbing, fantastic, beautiful, profound and ridiculous possibilities of our imagination. Participate and find out with your own ears. You only need a radio and earphones. Tune in to Ràdio Tàrrega (92.3 FM; in English on 106.3 FM) and join the fun.

Fantasía de obreros

PREMIERE Workshop Street Theater (Master of Creation

in Street Arts FiraTàrrega + UdL) Workshop IGNACIO ACHURRA Theater (street)

Ignacio Achurra (La Patriótico Interesante) and students from the

FiraTàrrega’s Master's Degree in Street Arts Creation present a

show with street essence. A piece with a social content that will

not leave you unmoved. A group of workers carry an anonymous

statue. We see military parades, kings hanging by the neck,

unemployed people warming themselves around a brazier,

minstrels and singers, we hear the cries of imaginary merchants,

football drums echo in the distance... A reflection about the

iconography and the perverse effects of power, about the class

stratification of society, about people’s capacity to organise

themselves, about the possibility of recovering the agora, the

ideal collective space for social demands and for theatre.

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In Forma Pauperis PREMIERE

GRUPO CARRO F. C. Theater (street)

After being thrown out of their own home, the characters confront

the forces of public order. A collective creation that arose from a

workshop in the Theatre Institute, benefiting from the advice of

the prestigious Chilean director, Ignacio Achurra. This group of

young performers regard public spaces as the ideal scenario for

their visual dramas. A critical proposal that connects us with the

leading themes of contemporary society: housing, protests

against the established order, virtual reality and the social

networks, the cult of the image, the media’s power to subvert

reality… A creation that appeals to the audience in the collective

space and that reclaims the human race’s most precious

possessions: the creative spirit, freedom to think and freedom to

act. Coproduced by FiraTàrrega and the Theatre Institute.

Verdades como puños PREMIERE CUT (UNAM), INBA, FiraTàrrega

Theater (street)

A production that owes its existence to collaboration

between FiraTàrrega and the Centre University

School of Theatre at the Autonomous University of

Mexico with the support of the Mexican National

Institute of Fine Arts. With Ernesto Collado’s

experience in the dramatic narration of realities

inspired by social movements like 15-M, this show

aims to touch on the most sensitive nerve in today’s

Mexican society. Based on urban legends and

personal experiences of a group of young drama

students, it tells us about their view of a country that

is unreachable. With humour as an essential

element, they invent truths that help them to move

forward through the mediocrity and adulteration of a

government that no longer represents them. They

take over language to write their own history and

convert their lives into a novel. Fresh, intense,

unashamed. VITRINA MEXICANA 2013

3.5 Business Programme

The FiraTàrrega programme is completed by the participation of the following companies involved

in the distribution of shows: 23Arts, specialising in street arts; La maleta d’espectacles, dedicated

to family audiences and circus lovers, and the ADGAE space, where the principal management

and distribution agencies in the Spanish State will present a selection of their best pieces. With this

sort of collaboration, FiraTàrrega has been establishing an increasingly fluid dialogue which this

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year takes the form of 28 shows which can be classified into: pieces for children; late-night

sessions; and more traditional street performances.

BUSINESS PROGRAMME PARTICIPANTS

LA MALETA DELS ESPECTACLES

Els peus de porc

Dudu i Cia.

Chez la Poupée + Cafè Urania

Cia. Xicana

23 ARTS

Chiminiguaga (Colombia)

Zinc Co (Catalonia)

El Gran Dimitri (Catalonia)

Cia. Passabarret (Catalonia)

Teatro Percutor (Madrid)

Dulce Duca (Catalonia)

Lorrojo (Belgium)

Cia. Sifó (Catalonia)

Atempo Circ (Catalonia)

Théâtre de la Toupine (France)

Nando e Maila (Italy)

ASOCIACIÓN DE EMPRESAS DE ARTES ESCÉNICAS (ADGAE)

Los Menos (Murcia)

Fes-t’ho com vulguis (Catalonia)

Isabela Labella (Murcia)

Brincadeira (Catalonia)

Teatrapo (Extremadura)

Pardo el Pshicomago (Catalonia)

Mimaia (Catalonia)

Ipso Facto (Euskadi)

Fil d’arena (València)

Factoria Norte (Asturias)

Katrasca Cia. (Catalonia)

Ametzu Produkziozk / Imaginaciones Nai (Spanish State, Basque country)

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3.6 Bonus Tracks

The two following shows, presented by the professional company Guixot 8 and the amateur group

Filagarsa, complete the FiraTàrrega programme for 2013:

Guixot de 8 COMPANYIA GUIXOT DE 8

Catalonia Installations (street)

For over 20 years, Guixot de 8 have been building games with

recycled materials. They have given new life to some 10 tonnes

of scrap metal. Now they present two sets of surprising,

imaginative games. 'Gargot de jocs' is a challenge of virtuosity,

wit and skill for all ages. 'Gargot d'escultura' is a singular homage

to the 20th-century “kinetic” sculptors. A playful piece that aims to

take works of art out of the stuffy confines of the museums into

the rhythm and movement of the street. This entertainment for

the whole family will ensure a good time for all.

Nadal a Halloween GRUP DE TEATRE FILAGARSA

Catalonia Theater (room)

With a 25-year career in amateur theatre, Filagarsa have specialised since 2000 in the production of

musicals. Winners of the 2011 City of Tàrrega Amateur Theatre Award with Kiss me Kate, they repeat their

success in 2013. The story they have produced is about Halloween Town, the place where monsters,

murderers, vampires, witches and ghosts all live side by side and where their leader, Jack, the King of the

Dead, tired of frightening people, dreams about conquering Christmas Town, where everything is peace and

happiness. WINNER OF THE CITY OF TÀRREGA AMATEUR THEATRE AWARD 2013.

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4 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

True to its philosophy of being a highly transversal event where the concerns of citizens and those

of the companies and professionals within the sector come together, FiraTàrrega has prepared,

once again, activities specifically aimed at the latter. Thus, the Fira consolidates its role as a centre

for conferences, presentations and meetings of associations, with these being understood as

spaces for exchange and reflection among practitioners from the entire universe of the performing

arts in general and from that of street arts in particular.

4.1 Digital training

On the morning of Thursday, 5 September there will be a training session on advanced digital

communications especially designed for companies and for professionals in general. This session,

run by Playbrand, a strategic consultancy firm specialising in digital marketing and media, will

focus on social networks and digital media and, in particular, on positioning and promotion through

the network.

4.2 Focus on Mexico

Mexico is the guest country at FiraTàrrega 2013. In this regard, the Fira will not only showcase the

most outstanding offers of current Mexican artistic creation (see Mexican Showcase, p.10), but

also a delegation of professionals from this country will arrive in the city. Thus, on the afternoon of

Thursday, 5 September Tàrrega will be host to a conference focused on the performing arts in this

Central American country, including the following panels:

Performing arts as a tool for social cohesion

Mexican theatre today often acts as a critical mirror of great educational value, focusing on the

violence which occupies such a prominent place in this country’s complex and contradictory social

situation. Many cultural projects are emerging as a responsible and committed response to

problems or key social issues such as violence in the family, at school or at work; violence against

women, or other gender related or homophobic violence; and above all the violence produced by

the illegal drugs trade. Three experts will share with participants success stories and examples of

best practices.

Playwriting for young people

One of the most successful programs being carried out by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes of

the Mexican government is that related to dramatic writing for young people. The Programa

Nacional de Teatro Escolar (National Programme of Theatre for Schools) is a very important

nursery for talented new creators. This example of good practice, a fully exportable case study, will

be explained by its initiators.

A snapshot of new Mexican direction

A talk with some of the key names in the generation of Mexican artists that is currently becoming a

regular part of international programming. This is an unusual way of understanding and presenting

Mexico’s theatre of today. Some of them are conventional examples, others less so, but all are of

undoubted quality.

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4.3 The Department of Culture’s Lunchtime Meeting

For the seventh year running, the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya will host

within the Fira a Lunchtime Meeting, an essential informal gathering for networking and sales

between Catalan companies, international professionals and associations, with the active

participation of FiraTàrrega. Thanks to this initiative, Catalan artists and companies obtain valuable

contracts and international exposure. This year’s meeting will take place on Friday 6 September.

4.4 Other professional activities

Meeting in Tàrrega of members of Circostrada, the European platform for the street arts and

circus, dedicated to information, observation and professional exchanges in these fields.

Representing more than 50 members from 17 countries, Circostrada works to develop the

structuring and recognition of these sectors in Europe.

Meeting at FiraTàrrega of members of Circus Info Finland, a Finnish circus association which

works on the artistic development of circus in Finland and on promoting its cultural and social

status. Its key activities are services, advisory work and disseminating information about circus

productions.

Presentation of student projects from the first promotion of the Master ’s Degree in Street Arts

Creation, sponsored by the University of Lleida and FiraTàrrega. On the morning of Sunday 8

September, students will present their projects to different programmers registered at the Fira.

Thus FiraTàrrega acts as a bridge between these students and professionals in street arts.

4.5 Professional spaces

The organisation of FiraTàrrega makes available to professionals from around the world two

specific spaces:

1. La Llotja: An exhibition hall of 1,100 m2 where the professional meetings will be held. With

stands, conference rooms, meeting places and all the services needed by professionals

and the press, this will be the epicentre for professional relations, as it hosts presentations

and lectures during the day.

2. The Professionals Club: A comfortable meeting space, fun and informal, ideal for having

meals and relaxing from an intense day of viewing shows and taking part in meetings.

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5. APPENDIX

FIRATÀRREGA

2013 BUDGET

INCOME EXPENSES

OWN FUNDS 164,8 ORGANISATION 563,691 Shows Staff Llotja Technical infrastructure for shows

Programmes Accommodation

Other Llotja

GRANTS 912,8 GROUPS 401,609

Generalitat de Catalunya 485 *1

Tàrrega Council 211,3 *2 COMMUNICATION 175,3

INAEM - Culture Ministry 75 *3

Road signs/advertisements

Lleida provincial government 141,5 *4 Graphic materials

Advertising and public information

Partnerships and advertising 63

TOTAL

INCOME 1,140,600 TOTAL EXPENSES 1,140,600

*1 Generalitat Catalunya

Generalitat Catalunya/ ICIC/ agreements 480

Generalitat Catalunya/ Institut Ramon Llull 5

485 CULTURE PROGRAMME TransAC / Meridians

European Union Transfer 56,485

*2 Direct contribution 166,3

Municipal services 45

211,3

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*3 INAEM 75

75

*4 Lleida provincial government 120

Lleida provincial government/

21,5 Economic Development Board

141,5

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6. APPENDIX

2013 FIRATÀRREGA PROGRAMMING IN FIGURES

0. Summary

TOTAL:

77 companies (49 FiraTàrrega programme + 28 company programme)

78 shows (50 on the FiraTàrrega programme and 28 on the company programme)

Origin:

44 Catalan companies – 57%

17 companies from the rest of the Spanish State – 22%

9 autonomous regions (Andalusia, Madrid, Aragon, Basque Country, Murcia, Valencia, the

Balearic Islands, Extremadura, Asturias)

16 international companies – 21%

7 countries (Mexico, Colombia, Chile, UK, France, Belgium, Italy)

I. General Information

a. Opening show – one company

1 Nats Nus (CAT)

b. Official Section – 34 companies

1 Always Drinking Marching Band (CAT)

2 Animal Religion (CAT)

3 Candelaria Antelo & Arthur Berbard (ESP / MAD)

4 Cia Fadunito i el Burro dels Jocs (CAT / LLEI)

5 Cia La Tal (CAT)

6 Cía. Cielo Raso (ESP / EUSK)

7 Cia. Mar Gómez (CAT)

8 Company Chameleon (UK)

9 Compañía Nacional de Teatro (MEX)

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10 David Moreno & Cia (CAT)

11 Ertza (ESP / EUSK)

12 Fet a mà (FRA)

13 Fundación Collado – Van Hoestenberghe (CAT)

14 Horztmuga Teatroa (ESP / EUSK)

15 JAM (CAT / LLEI)

16 Jashgawronsky Brothers (ITA)

17 Jordi Galí (FRA)

18 La máquina de esuilo (MEX)

19 Leandre (CAT)

20 Manipulat (CAT)

21 Marco Vargas & Chloé Brûlé (ESP / AND)

22 Nacho Vilar Producciones (ESP / MUR)

23 PanicMap Proyectos Escénicos (ESP/VAL)

24 Pere Faura (CAT)

25 Psirc (CAT)

26 Res de Res (ESP/BAL)

27 Sol Picó dance company (CAT)

28 Teatro Ciertos Habitantes (MEX)

29 Teatro Línea de sombra (MEX)

30 Teatro Niño Proletario (CHI)

31 Trasto Teatro (ESP/AND)

32 Txell Roda (CAT)

33 VACA 35 (MEX)

34 ZirKus FraK / Jorge Albuerne (CAT)

c. FIRATÀRREGA Platform – 8 companies

1 Cía. Proyecto Otradnoie (CAT)

2 Macarena Recuerda Sheperd (CAT)

3 Ponten Pie (CAT)

4 Íntims Produccions (CAT / LLEI)

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5 Insectotròpics (CAT)

6 Esteve Soler + Jordi Queralt (CAT)

7 Joan Català (CAT)

8 Ondadurto Teatro (ITA)

d. FiraTàrrega Workshops – 4 companies

1 Grupo Carro FC (CAT)

2 Paul Long Workshop

3 Ignacio Workshop

4 CUT + INAM

e. Company programme – 28 companies

La Maleta dels Espectacles – 5 companies

1 Els Peus del Porc CAT)

2 Dudu i cia. (CAT)

3 Chez la Poupée + Cafè Urania (CAT)

4 Cia. Xicana (CAT)

23 Arts – 11 companies

1 Chiminiguaga (COL)

2 Zinc Co (CAT)

3 El Gran Dimitri (CAT)

4 Cia. Passabarret (CAT)

5 Teatro Percutor (ESP / MAD)

6 Dulce Duca (CAT)

7 Lorrojo (BEL)

8 Cia. Sifó (CAT)

9 Atempo Circ (CAT)

10 Théâtre de la Toupine (FRA)

11 Nando e Maila (ITA)

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ADGAE – 12 companies

1 Los Menos (ESP / MUR)

2 Fes-t’ho com vulguis (CAT)

3 Isabel Labella (ESP / MUR)

4 Brincadeira (CAT)

5 Teatrapo ESP / EXTR)

6 Pardo el Pshicomago (CAT)

7 Mimaia (CAT)

8 Ipso Facto (ESP / EUSK

9 Fil D’arena (ESP / VAL)

10 Factoria Norte (ESP / AST)

11 Katrasca cia (CAT)

12 Ametzu Produkziozk / Imaginaciones Nai (ESP / ESUK)

f. Bonus Tracks – 2 companies

1 Grup de teatre Filagarsa (CAT)

2 Guixot de 8 (CAT)

II. FiraTàrrega PROGRAMME (49 companies – 50 shows)

Premieres – 26 shows (52%)

1. Indomador – Animal Religion

2. Entre tu i jo – Cia Mar Gómez

3. Carnaval – Cía. Cielo Raso

4. The incredible Box – Cia. La Tal

5. Otradnoie.1 – Cía. Proyecto Otradnoie

6. Carnada – Compañía Nacional de Teatro

7. Verdades como puños – CUT INBA FiraTàrrega

8. Street M[u]f – David Moreno & Cia.

9. Contra la ciutat – Esteve Soler + Jordi Queralt

10. Cru – Fet a mà

11. In forma pauperis – Grupo Carro F.C.

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12. Bouazizi – Insectotròpics

13. El lloc – Intims Produccions

14. Glof – JAM

15. Pelat – Joan Català

16. Abscisse – Jordi Galí

17. La máquina de Esquilo – La maquina de Esquilo

18. Whose are those eyes? – Macarena Recuerda Shepherd

19. C’era una volta – Ondadurto Teatro

20. Ârtica – Ponten Pie

21. Fantasía de Obreros – Ignacio Achurra workshop

22. Report distort – Paul Long workshop

23. Todavía…siempre – Teatro de Ciertos habitantes

24. Baños Roma – Teatro Línea de Sombra

25. El Otro – Teatro Niño Proletario

26. Transforma-T – Nats Nus

Free shows / Shows with limited capacity / Paying shows

Free Street Art Shows – 24 shows / 48%


2. Always drinking Marching Band – Always drinking Marching Band

3. Te odiero – Candelaria Antelo & Arthur Bernard Bazin

4. Push – Company Chameleon

5. Carnaval – Cia. Cielo Raso

PREMIERES

Non premiere

shows

48%

Premiere

shows

52%

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6. Street M[u]ff – David Moreno & cia

7. 4 x 4 – Ertza

8. Externet – Cia Fadunito i El Burro dels jocs

9. Ceci 3. – Cia Fadunito

10. Conferència Optimista – Fundación Collado-Van Hoestenberghe

11. Yo estuve allí y no lo contaron como yo lo ví – Horztumga Teatroa

12. Glof! – JAM

13. Abscisse - Jordi Galí

14. La máquina de Esquilo - La máquina de Esquilo

15. The Box – Cia La Tal

16. Entre tu i jo – Cia Mar Gómez

17. Por casualidad - Marco Vargas & Chloé Brûlé

18. Typical – Nacho Vilar Producciones

19. Pelat – Joan Català

20. C’era una volta - Ondadurto Teatro

21. In forma pauperis - Grupo Carro F.C.

22. Report distort - Paul Long workshop

23. Fantasía de Obreros - Ignacio Achurra workshop

24. Guixot de 8 – Companyia Guixot de 8

Street Art performances with limited capacity – 13 shows / 26%

1. Manipulat – Manipulat

2. Remor – Res de res


4. Los Satisfechos - Trasto Teatro

5. Carvalho contra Vázquez Montalbán - MVM, 10 anys d’absència

6. Lo único que necesita una gran actriz, es una gran obra y las ganas de triunfar – VACA 35

7. Otradnoie.1 – Proyecto Otradnoie

8. Whose are those eyes? - Macarena Recuerda Shepherd

9. Ârtica - Ponten Pie

10. El lloc - Intims Produccions


12. Contra la ciutat - Esteve Soler + Jordi Queralt

13.Verdades como puños - CUT INBA FT

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Indoor shows with entry fee – 13 shows / 26%

1. Indomador - Animal Religion

2. Carnada - Compañía Nacional de Teatro


4. Trash – Jashgawronsky Brothers

5. Rien a dire – Leandre

6. Harket – PANICMAP Proyectos Escénicos

7. Todos al patio – Pere Faura

8. Acrometria – Psirc

9. Memòries d’una puça – Sol Picó dance company

10. Todavía…siempre - Teatro de Ciertos habitantes

11. Baños Roma - Teatro Línea de Sombra

12. Nomarramón - Zirkus Frak / Jorge Albuerne

13. Nadal a Halloween – Grup de teatre Filagarsa

Genres

Street theatre – 10 shows

1. Yo estuve allí y no lo contaron como yo lo ví – Horztumga Teatroa

2. Glof! – JAM






8. Verdades como puños - CUT INBA FT


PAYING AND FREE SHOWS

Indoor shows with entry fee

26% Free Street Art

Shows

48%

Street Art shows with limited capacity

26%

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Indoor, stage theatre - 5 shows

1. Carnada – Compañía Nacional de Teatro


3. Todavía…siempre – Teatro de Ciertos habitantes

4. Baños Roma – Teatro Línea de Sombra


Street circus – 2 shows


2. Pelat - Joan Català

Indoor circus – 5 shows





5. Nomarramón – Zirkus Frak / Jorge Albuerne

Street dance – 7 shows


2. Te odiero - Candelaria Antelo & Arthur Bernard Bazin



5. 4 x 4 – Ertza

6. Entre tu i jo - Cia Mar Gómez


Indoor dance – 1 show


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New drama - 9 shows










Multidisciplinary – 3 shows




Performance – 2 shows

1. Conferència Optimista – Fundación Collado – Van Hoestenberghe


Street installations – 3 shows




Street music – 2 shows

1. Always drinking Marching Band - Always drinking Marching Band


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Indoor music – 1 show


Audience

For adult audiences – 22 shows / 44%


2. Carnada - Compañía Nacional de Teatro


4. Conferència Optimista – Fundación Collado – Van Hoestenberghe

5. Yo estuve allí y no lo contaron como yo lo ví – Horztuma Teatroa






11. Todavía… siempre - Teatro de Ciertos habitantes

12. Baños Roma - Teatro Línea de Sombra




16. Nomarramón - Zirkus Frak / Jorge Albuerne




GENRES

Multidisciplinary: 3

Street installations: 3

Performance: 2

New drama: 9

Indoor, stage

theatre: 5 Street theatre: 10

Indoor music: 1

Street music: 2

Indoor circus: 5

Street circus: 2

Indoor dance: 1

Street dance: 7

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21. Verdades como puños - CUT INBA FT


For all audiences - 28 companies / 56%


2. Always drinking Marching Band - Always drinking Marching Band

3. Te odiero - Candelaria Antelo & Arthur Bernard Bazin




7. 4 x 4 – Ertza



10. Glof! – JAM







17. Entre tu i jo - Cia Mar Gómez






23. Pelat - Joan Català






Audiences

Shows for adult audiences

44%

Shows for all audiences

56%

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7. PRACTICAL INFORMATION

FIRATÀRREGA 2013

From 5 to 8 September 2013

FiraTàrrega has several means of ensuring that the public can consult all the information about the

programme and the main novelties of this year’s Fira:

Official FiraTàrrega website (www.firatarrega.com)

Public information phone line: 973 500 039

Information booth, installed in the Plaça del Carme, Tàrrega, as of a few days before the

Fira.

The Fira is also present on the social networks:

firatarrega

FIRATÀRREGA PRESS SERVICE

Marc Gall / Maria Muñiz

+34 933106044

+34 616265626

[email protected]

www.firatarrega.com

http://www.firatarrega.com/

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.firatarrega.com/

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