GHOSTS OF WAR

Indoors theatre show with live music 
Recommended age: 10 years and upwards

Performance running time: 55’

Performers: 3
Technicians: 1
People on tour: 4

Approximate assembly time: 5 h
Approximate disassembly time: 2 h

Minimum stage measures: 9 m width x 7 m depth x 3,80 m height
Optimal stage measures: 10 m width x 8 m depth x 5,5 m height

Premiere: 09/10/2025 — Fira Mediterrània de Manresa, Catalunya

Three inseparable friends grow up together, sharing games, laughter and dreams. Until one day, almost without understanding how, a war breaks out — a conflict between brothers that forces them onto different paths.

Years later, time brings them back together in a nursing home. Now elderly, they find themselves face to face once again, as the ghosts of the past resurface.

How do you say the things that were never said?
Why is it so hard to truly listen to one another?
And to ask for forgiveness?

Ghosts of War is a tribute to deep friendship and a reflection on the Spanish Civil War, approached through humour. Inspired by Érem Feres (Pagès Editors, 2023) by historian Oriol Riart, the show draws on real diaries written by combatants from both sides to create an original, intimate and deeply human piece of theatre.

An intergenerational performance that invites children, young people and adults to share a story about friendship, the absurdity of conflict and one last attempt at reconciliation.
Or perhaps… is it already too late?

Authorship: La Baldufa: Enric Blasi, Emiliano Pardo, Carles Pijuan & Lucía Miranda
Direction: Lucía Miranda

Musical composition: Òscar Roig
Lighting design: Horne Horneman
Set design: Carles Pijuan
Costume design and dressmaking: Rosa Solé and Associació La Nou
Set construction: Juan Manuel Recio, Carles Pijuan
Technical Coordination: Ferran López
Historical Consultant: Oriol Riart

Performers: Enric Blasi / Emiliano Pardo / Carles Pijuan and Pau Elias (músic)

Voiceovers in Catalan and Spanish: Begonya Ferrer

Production and Distribution: La Baldufa

Photography for graphic material: David del Val
Promotional video: Laia Navarra

Coproduction:
·Fira Mediterrània de Manresa
·Laboratorio de las Artes de Valladolid (LAVA)
·Transversal. Xarxa d'activitats culturals

Artistic Residencies and Creative Support:
·La Sala. Centre de Creació d'Arts per a les Famílies de Sabadell
·Centre de Creació d'Arts Escèniques El Canal-Salt
·Teatre l'Artesà, del Prat de Llobregat
·L'Estruch. Fàbrica de Creació de les Arts en Viu de Sabadell
·Teatre Municipal de l'Escorxador de Lleida
·Teatre La Unió d'Alpicat

With the support of:
·Generalitat de Catalunya - Departament de Cultura - ICEC