I Felt a Funeral, in my Brain
Lanormal // Sira Aymerich i Besalú
I Felt a Funeral, in my Brain
DANCE | OBJECT AND PUPPET THEATRE
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I felt a Funeral, in my Brain combines dance, puppetry, wood, and the spoken word to explore identity, matter, and the spaces between the living and the inert.
At the center of the stage, a large pine trunk becomes a house, a refuge, a burden, and a coffin. This object, heavy with time and memory, engages in a dialogue with the performer’s body, which moves it, supports it, and confronts it. It is accompanied by a wooden puppet that functions as an alter ego, a conscience, or an inner voice.
The show offers an intimate journey that reflects on life, death, and the construction of the self, while questioning imposed roles. It creates a space where body, matter, and time converge to generate open-ended questions.
Artistic direction and interpretation: Sira Aymerich i Besalú
External view: Federica Porello i Jasmin Sisti
Scenography and costumes: Sira Aymerich i Besalú
Sound creation: Federica Porello i Yann Longchamp
Light creation: Théâtre du Loup // Alba Omedes
Video creation: Videoclub – Rémi Dufay, Sylvain Froidevaux
Co-production: Théâtre du Loup
With the support of: Fonds mécénat SIG, Loterie Romande
Acknowledgements: La Manufacture – Haute École des Arts de la Scène, Pep Aymerich, Nicolas Alvarez, Michèle Benz i Gaia Magrané
Duration: 45 minutes
Language: Catalan, Spanish, English and French
Show recommended for ages 8 and up
Important notice: this show uses strobe lights.
AARGH!
Mispronounced
AARGH!
THEATRE | DANCE
AARGH! is a humorous dance-theatre piece that explores the scream as a point of tension between conformity and radical freedom. The work delves into the fear of being judged when expressing oneself freely and the transformative power of finding one’s own voice. Through a visceral journey from silence to noise, the piece turns the scream into a tool for self-affirmation and emancipation.
Creation and direction: Helena Gonçalves Alves i Mar Espona Moret
Interpretation and choreography: Helena Gonçalves Alves i Mar Espona Moret
Music: “Anadamastor” i “Lisboa Mulata” de Dead Combo
Art advisory: Stephanie Thomasen
Photography and video: Nikolaj Svansgaard
Production: Mispronounced Productions
With support from Dansehallerne, Dansekapellet, København Danser Studios, Uppercut Danseteater i Snabslanten
Duration: 15 minutes
Language: Catalan and Spanish
Show recommended for ages 5 and up
Important notice: this show includes audience interaction and shouting.
Shrek, Kebabs i la Caiguda de Iugoslàvia
Eduard Olesti
Shrek, Kebabs i la Caiguda de Iugoslàvia
THEATRE | PERFORMANCE
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What do Shrek, kebabs, and the Balkan War have in common? In this academic-festive, insightful, and self-parodic lecture, the poet and his friends explain what you encounter when you reach the end of language.
Using words and PowerPoint, slide by slide, we will talk about men, pop culture, psychoanalytic delusions, the history of a vanished country, mass tourism in grim settings, Shrek memes, the metaphysics of the history of gastronomy, erotic desire, princesses, Tomàs Molina, the pain of others, cemeteries, speed, genocide, poetry, castles, and fear.
Creation and interpretation: Eduard Olesti
With the participation of his good friends: Maz Azemar, Rita Capella i Margarit, Enric Lizano i Marc Molins
With the support of: BCN CREA i la Fundació Joan Brossa, el Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya i el Festival TNT
Photography: Alessia Bombaci
Duration: 60 minutes
Language: Catalan
Show recommended for ages 12 and up
Important notice: this show includes sensitive content.
Audio description icon: ©Freepik
Touch tour icon: ©Freepik
