{"id":120808,"date":"2026-05-28T10:06:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.festivalz.org\/?p=120808"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:06:17","slug":"the-festival-z-2026-program-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.festivalz.org\/en\/the-festival-z-2026-program-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The Festival Z 2026 program is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row unlock_row=”” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”3″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”4″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ el_class=”inverted-device-order” uncode_shortcode_id=”142871″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”3″ style=”light” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”146938″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”1″][vc_column_text text_color=”color-jevc” uncode_shortcode_id=”832864″ css=”.vc_custom_1779914504917{margin-bottom: -25px !important;}” text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]<\/p>\n

The Festival Z 2026 program is here!
\nTickets now on sale<\/b><\/h1>\n

July 8-11 in Girona and Salt<\/b><\/h3>\n

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27.05.26<\/b><\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator sep_color=”” uncode_shortcode_id=”328163″ el_width=”100%” el_height=”1px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ style=”light” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”826328″ css=”.vc_custom_1743759108655{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”183456″]This week we presented the <\/span>20 scenic proposals<\/b> created by <\/span>companies and artists under thirty<\/b>, including finished shows, shows in the creation phase, and embryonic projects, which will take place <\/span>from Wednesday, July 8th to Saturday, July 11th<\/b> at various venues in <\/span>Girona and Salt<\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tomorrow, Friday, May 22nd, we will celebrate the launch of the program with a <\/span>festive evening<\/b> hosted by DJ Tarada, with bar service and advance ticket sales at a 20% discount. We’ll be at <\/span>Pla\u00e7a Salvador Espriu (Girona) starting at 7:00 PM<\/b>, don’t miss it!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ style=”light” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”923511″ css=”.vc_custom_1779906256438{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_button button_color=”accent” border_width=”0″ css_animation=”bottom-t-top” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.festivalz.org%2Fen%2Fprogram%2F|title:Programaci%C3%B3″ button_color_type=”uncode-palette” uncode_shortcode_id=”149566″]Tickets now on sale[\/vc_button][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”938099″][vc_single_image media=”119672″ media_width_percent=”75″ alignment=”right” css_animation=”bottom-t-top” uncode_shortcode_id=”483415″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image media=”120759″ media_width_percent=”70″ alignment=”center” css_animation=”bottom-t-top” uncode_shortcode_id=”108715″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”161750″][vc_single_image media=”119661″ media_width_percent=”73″ css_animation=”bottom-t-top” uncode_shortcode_id=”719023″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ style=”light” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”826328″ css=”.vc_custom_1743759108655{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”301676″]The 2026 edition of Festival Z takes the motto “A poc a poc i bon teatre”<\/strong> (<\/span>Slowly and good theatre) as an invitation to pause our frantic lives and make room for careful creation in good company. That’s why we invite you to get comfortable, pour your favourite drink, and take a few minutes to learn a bit more about what you’ll find at Festival Z. Ready? Keep reading!<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ style=”light” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/3″ uncode_shortcode_id=”923511″ css=”.vc_custom_1779906256438{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_single_image media=”120393″ caption=”yes” media_width_percent=”80″ media_ratio=”four-five” css_animation=”bottom-t-top” uncode_shortcode_id=”167649″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ style=”light” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”826328″ css=”.vc_custom_1743759108655{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”135310″ css=”.vc_custom_1779914856004{margin-top: -50px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

SLOWLY, BUT IN MOTION<\/b><\/p>\n

The festival will kick off on Wednesday, July 8th at 6:30 PM, at Pla\u00e7a de l\u2019U d\u2019octubre in Girona<\/a>, with <\/span>\u00c2cid<\/i><\/b><\/a>, by the collective <\/span>Sound de Sec\u00e0<\/b>. Amidst percussion, funky, and hip-hop rhythms, extravagant and colourful characters will take us on a route through the city streets, igniting energy and the desire to move wherever they go. Their journey will end at Pla\u00e7a dels Jurats<\/a>, where, at 8:00 PM, <\/span>Bewis de la Rosa<\/b> will offer us a good dose of <\/span><Rap Rural><\/i><\/b><\/a>, a vibrant proposal combining live music with elements of dance, physical theatre, and audiovisuals to talk about home and rurality.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other festival proposals also use movement and music to speak of what perhaps cannot be said with words alone. This is the case with <\/span>AARGH!<\/i><\/b><\/a>, by the collective <\/span>Mispronounced<\/b>, which through humour and dance-theatre explores the scream as a point of tension between conformity and radical freedom. Setting a different tone, but also placing the body at the centre, <\/span>I felt a funeral in my brain<\/i><\/b><\/a>, by Sira Aymerich i Besal\u00fa (Lanormal), combines a 2-meter tall pine trunk with a 60 cm diameter, a melodica, a wooden puppet, and a woman’s body to create a dialogue between life and death.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SLOWLY, AND IN GOOD COMPANY<\/b><\/p>\n

The idea of networking and building community is one of the key pillars of Festival Z, and especially of this year’s edition. We live in a fast-paced world, yes, but one that also tends toward atomization and individualism. This world is perfectly portrayed, with a raw, personal, and post-humorous gaze, by the writer and stage creator <\/span>Eduard Olesti<\/b>, who is joined by a handful of good friends to bring us <\/span>Shrek, Kebabs i la Caiguda de Iugosl\u00e0via<\/i><\/b><\/a>, a PowerPoint-performance about the end of language. <\/span><\/p>\n

The communication crisis in a world of darkness is also addressed in <\/span>Punt i Ratlla<\/i><\/b><\/a>, a theatre, clown, and physical proposal still in the creation phase by <\/span>Eric Remedios Vicente<\/b> and <\/span>Merc\u00e8 Badia P\u00e0mies<\/b>. A show that speaks to us about the need for the other, as does <\/span>Ramat<\/i><\/b><\/a>, by <\/span>Oasi Teatre<\/b>, a proposal blending physical theatre, contemporary circus, and visual poetry about a shepherd who has lost his herd, challenging us on the need to belong to a collective.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ style=”light” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/3″ uncode_shortcode_id=”923511″ css=”.vc_custom_1779906256438{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_single_image media=”120790″ caption=”yes” media_width_percent=”80″ media_ratio=”four-five” css_animation=”bottom-t-top” uncode_shortcode_id=”171824″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ style=”light” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”826328″ css=”.vc_custom_1743759108655{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”962408″ css=”.vc_custom_1779915019458{margin-top: -50px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

SLOWLY, AND REMEMBERING WHERE WE COME FROM<\/b><\/p>\n

Memory is one of the themes that will also carry weight within this year’s Festival Z. <\/span>Oniria Teatro<\/b> will bring us <\/span>Vaga y Maleanta<\/i><\/b><\/a>, a cabaret based on real stories and testimonies from older people in the LGTBIQ+ community, with drag artist Kiki Morgan as the master of ceremonies. A documentary variety show with original music, packed with improvisation and dark humour.<\/span><\/p>\n

Likewise, <\/span>Dol\u00e7a Alcany\u00eds and Laia Picas<\/b> appeal to citizens’ memories with <\/span>De l\u2019embolic al rastre<\/i><\/b><\/a>, an itinerant community mediation proposal, in the creation phase, that tours the public space as a collective body, developed with local residents. From a more festive and musical perspective, <\/span>Abans que em mori (working title)<\/i><\/b><\/a>, by <\/span>Judit M. Gen\u00e9<\/b> turns the stage into a town festival street party, using songs from the popular imagination and real testimonies from the elderly, to talk while dancing about memory, old age, and bonds. The proposal will be accompanied by a popular paella that will close the festival in the best possible way!<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ style=”light” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/3″ uncode_shortcode_id=”923511″ css=”.vc_custom_1779906256438{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_single_image media=”120798″ caption=”yes” media_width_percent=”80″ media_ratio=”four-five” css_animation=”bottom-t-top” uncode_shortcode_id=”165132″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ style=”light” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”826328″ css=”.vc_custom_1743759108655{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”771817″ css=”.vc_custom_1779915085776{margin-top: -50px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

SLOWLY, BUT LOOKING TO THE FUTURE<\/b><\/p>\n

As is customary at the festival, Thursday morning will feature the event <\/span>Futurs esc\u00e8nics imminents!<\/b><\/a>, which each year presents several projects in the pre-production phase\u2014embryonic ideas that, with the support of attending professionals and audience feedback, will one day become finished shows (or whatever!). The proposals to be presented this year are <\/span>La Caiguda i l’Ascens d’Erika Larroy<\/i><\/b>, by <\/span>\u00c8ric Pons<\/b>; <\/span>Lyrics for a friend<\/i><\/b>, by <\/span>Paula Ramis and Magal\u00ed Camps<\/b>; <\/span>El viatge<\/b>, by <\/span>Colette Casas<\/b>; <\/span>f00l<\/i><\/b>, by the collective <\/span>antramaliada<\/b>; <\/span>DESENCANTS (working title)<\/i><\/b>, by <\/span>Abril P\u00e9rez Mitchell<\/b>; <\/span>Cap Casa<\/i><\/b>, by <\/span>Ratafria Circ<\/b>; <\/span>Els meus arbres<\/i><\/b>, by <\/span>La M\u00e0 Esquerra<\/b>; <\/span>Topografia d’arrelament<\/i><\/b>, by <\/span>Georgina Hurtado (La Ventura)<\/b>; <\/span>Els llocs<\/i><\/b>, by <\/span>ACUR (Jana Sandiumenge and Helena Gasc\u00f3n)<\/b>, and <\/span>Cos de fusta (working title)<\/i><\/b>, by <\/span>Elaine Grayling<\/b>.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”139301″]<\/p>\n

PRO ACTIVITIES<\/b><\/p>\n

In addition to the entire program, once again this year, the festival will offer various <\/span>PRO activities<\/b> open to accredited companies, programmers, and other performing arts professionals. Activities include the <\/span>Fem Matx!<\/i> breakfasts<\/b> and the <\/span>La Gran Boda Z<\/i> lunches<\/b>, meeting spaces; energized <\/span>danceok\u00e9s<\/b> before some shows, or <\/span>training sessions<\/b>. Most of these activities are closed to the general public, but some are included with the purchase of certain shows.<\/span><\/p>\n

Professional accreditation will be open from June 15th to July 3rd<\/b>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”806215″]Tickets are now on sale<\/b> for all shows and activities! You can purchase them on the website, where you will also find the schedules and locations for each show. <\/span><\/p>\n

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