16th Obrador d’Estiu [Summer Workshop] at the Sala Beckett

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An international meeting point for contemporary theatre art, featuring workshops, seminars, talks and dramatised readings.

The Summer Workshop is back for you to enjoy, this July. This year’s workshop, a source of and driving force for unique and enduring ideas, emotions and stage projects, includes some of the creators featured in the Grec 2021 programme.

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR (registration closed)

AI and writing theatre

Coordinated by Ella Hickson (England)

With up-and-coming playwrights from around the world.

PLAYWRITING AND DRAMATURGY COURSES

With

Paco Bezerra (Spain)

Mohamed El Khatib (France)

Simon Stephens (English)

Victoria Szpunberg (Catalonia)

ACTING WORKSHOPS

With

María Ache and Will Keen (Spain/England)

Pablo Messiez (Spain)

Àlex Rigola (Catalonia)

PERFORMING-ARTS CREATION WORKSHOPS

With

Atresbandes (Catalonia)

Pablo Gisbert, from the El Conde de Torrefiel company (Catalonia)

Stefan Kaegi - Rimini Protokoll (Germany)

DRAMATISED READINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT PARC DEL POBLENOU

Artificial intelligence

From 5 to 7 July

Short plays by up-and-coming authors from around the world.

Texts by Vickie Donoghue (England), Teresa Dopler (Germany), Mufaro Makubika (England), Eu Manzanares (Catalonia), Tatjana Motta (Italy), Amalie Olesen (Denmark), Almudena Ramírez-Pantanella (Spain) and Marit Røste (Norway).

8 July

Els ossos de l’irlandès, by Víctor Borràs

13 July

Una vida americana, by Lucía Carballal

15 July

Típica autòmat, by Roger Torns

20 July

Héroes en diciembre, by Eva Mir

22 July

Nuestra relación con la locura, by Salvador S. Sánchez

29 July

Derecho a pataleta, by Berta Prieto and Lola Rosales

SHOW

From 14 to 25 July

Es pronuncia Camí

Based on La peste, by Albert Camus.

Director: Ramon Simó

A La Mala Companyia production

STROLLS THROUGH POBLENOU

14, 21 and 28 July

Dramawalker Poblenou Tour

Tour routes with playwrights who have created geolocated audio fictions based on Poblenou stories and legends.

Authors: Roc Esquius, Sílvia Navarro, Oriol Puig,

Mercè Sarrias and Joan Yago

For further information, check out the Sala Beckett's website:

www.salabeckett.cat/obrador-destiu

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