NEWS FROM LA BALDUFA

We have just arrived from the Cultura Nova Festival in Heerlen (The Netherlands), and we can only thank the fantastic reception of the festival and the Dutch public. Bye bye Confetti was one of the shows chosen to be part of the 30th edition of the Festival, which took place from August 27th to September 5th in the town of Heerlen....

The 14th edition of the Esbaiola't festival, in Esterri d'Àneu, presents a program of high artistic quality and for all tastes. The 4 days of the festival bring together 22 companies with 23 proposals of shows, workshops, installations and experiences. This edition is still marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, so all the shows will be in enclosed spaces to avoid...

With all the enthusiasm, we announce that Sol Picó, one of the most recognized and heterodox artists of contemporary dance, will direct the next creation of La Baldufa. A show for family audiences in which the three members of La Baldufa, Enric Blasi, Emiliano Pardo and Carles Pijuan, will experiment with dance, a discipline hitherto unknown by the company. La...

Mostra Igualada 2021 will take place from May 26 to 30. And will be 32 editions already! Last year's edition was cancelled due to the health situation, but this year Mostra Igualada returns with an exceptional fair in a hybrid format, with live shows and online professional activity. La Baldufa will be there with the show The fable of the...

It is with immense joy that we announce we have been awarded the most prestigious Performing Arts Award for family audiences, by the Ministerio de Cultura. It is a prize for the company's trajectory, which highlights: 'the audience conception of being capable, critical and reflective regardless of their age' and the ability to create universes 'of a great richness in...

This week, we are in a creative residence of The fable of the squirrel, in Questembert, France, community in which Festi'Mômes, Questembert Communauté, LEADER France project and Centre Culturel l’Asphodèle are involved, with which we began a close relation, in summer. As the months go by, the collaboration will grow and expand in different areas: between regions, festivals, and audiences....

CLAPS, Circuito Lombardia Arti Pluridisciplinari, presents the 3rd edition of the Tendenza Clown Festival Internazionale di Circo Contemporaneo, a festival of clowns, acrobats, musical circus and mime, held in Milan, where, at the Teatro Franco Parenti, we will perform four performances of Bye bye, Confetti, on 19th and 20th September, 2020. We are very excited because these are the first...

In August and throughout September, the team of La Baldufa and some new additions meet up again, to make progress with the creation of the new production, The fable of the squirrel, the premiere of which is scheduled at Teatre Conservatori in Manresa, on Friday, October 16th, 2020, at 17:30, as part of the Fira Mediterrània. With two actors, this...

La Baldufa presents Esbaiola’t Tardor: a quarterly programme of Performing Arts, specially created for the inhabitants of the Valls d’Àneu and the Pallars Sobirà. As a result of the cancellation of Esbaiola’t Festival 2020 due to COVID19, the region has lost a major link with the professional Performing Arts. For this reason, we find it essential to avoid a cultural...

Write down the date in your calendar: Teatre Conservatori, Manresa, Friday, October 16th, 2020, at 17:30. We are pleased to announce the premiere of The Fable of the Squirrel, within the frame of the 23rd Fira Mediterrania Manresa. It’s a show in the shape of a fable, which talks about a squirrel and a hedge; about empathy, tolerance, living together...

With great sadness, we must inform you of the cancellation of the 13th edition of the Esbaiola’t Festival. The health situation in Ponent does not make it appropriate or feasible to go ahead. From the organization, we want to thank the support received from administrations, companies, and audience. Thank you very much! We hope to carry off the 2021 edition,...

We, La Baldufa, have decided to go ahead with the 2020 Esbaiola’t Festival. From 16th to 19th July 2020, Valls d’Àneu will fill up with live shows. Despite COVID19 and all its obstacles, carrying off this edition won’t be a piece of cake, we’ve been working with the council of Esterri d’Àneu, in order to make Esbaiola’t 2020 come true....

On the occasion of World Social Justice day, Lleida’s city council recognises the work done by companies involved in community welfare projects in Lleida, in 2019. Local organisations in the city suggest who should receive awards. In our case, it’s the Community Development Plan in La Mariola who recommended us to be rewarded with this honour. We are pleased to...

The Agor Drysau -in Welsh-, the Opening Doors -a bit easier to understand in English- has opened its doors to us —never better said! We offer four performances of Pinocchio, in three different places: Brecon [19/03], Cardigan [20/03] and Aberystwyth [22/03] —the last is the festival headquarters. We are excited and expecting it to be a rewarding experience, with which we...

My Father is an Ogre has been awarded the Prize for the Best Male Performance, Ex Aequo, in the latest edition of FETEN. The influential Feria Europea de Artes Escénicas para Niños y Niñas, which takes place in Gijón every February, rewards our work, once again. At the same festival, in 2015, La Baldufa was given the Prize for the...

Come to share this gripping story with us! TEATRO JOVELLANOS 19/February/2019 | 11h15 Meanwhile, have a look at the new clip of the show!

We set up a circular grandstand on the stage of the Teatre de la Llotja in Lleida, where we are giving 6 performances on 2nd, 3rd and 4th January 2019. You can purchase the tickets at the theatre ticket office or on its website, where you can also find more details. Three clowns cry for their leader Confetti’s death: the...

La Baldufa will perform at the Grec Festival with its latest creation, My Father is an Ogre. Performances will take place on 14th and 15th July, at 6pm, at Sala Pina Bausch in Mercat de les Flors. The show is a coproduction of Grec Festival and Théâtre de l’Archipel in Perpignan. Directed by Jokin Oregi once again, My Father is...

20 June, on the Esbaiola’t website, www.festivalesbaiolat.cat, advanced tickets for the latest festival edition go on sale. This year we will enjoy 18 professional companies and complementary activities and 3 premieres in the Spanish state. Allow yourselves to be seduced by this small festival located in an incomparable environment and ‘esbaioleu-vos’ while taking pleasure in Performing Arts.

From 11 to 22 June, the rehearsal room of the Teatre Principal d'Olot will be hosting the future show of La Baldufa. Two weeks of creation, ideas, dreams, testing, changes and excitement. Two very profitable weeks of seclusion in a land of volcanoes that will serve to flesh out the skeleton of the show, which we will premiere in Lleida,...