The company LA BALDUFA
The Companyia de Comediants La Baldufa was created in Lleida, in 1996.
The main aims of the company are, firstly, to offer shows of high artistic quality. Secondly, our endeavour to create shows that are multidisciplinary using the utmost in theatrical resources. Thirdly our wish to offer shows that are suitable for all audiences, but mainly for children. Finally our aim to create shows that are ideologically committed to the values of solidarity, tolerance and respect.
The company has performed in many theatres and festivals, both in Catalonia and Spain, for example: Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelone, FETEN in Gijón, Teatralia in Madrid, Festival Internacional de Teatro in Getafe, Festival Internacional de Pallassos Charlie Rivel in Cornellà, Fira de titelles in Lleida, Mostra Internacional de Titelles in Vall d’Albaida, Mostra de Teatre Reclam in Castelló, Fiestas del Pilar in Saragossa, Festa de La Mercè in Barcelona, among others.
La Baldufa has also performed or is to perform in many European festivals in France, Italy, Germany, England, Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, The Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, Poland, Finland, Norway, Luxembourg, Romania, Switzerland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Out of Europe we have played in Mexico, China, Costa Rica and Chile.
Nowadays and since 2008 La Baldufa organizes the Festival Esbaiola’t in the Valls d’Àneu, a family theatre festival in the Catalan Pyrenees.
The main aims of the company are, firstly, to offer shows of high artistic quality. Secondly, our endeavour to create shows that are multidisciplinary using the utmost in theatrical resources. Thirdly our wish to offer shows that are suitable for all audiences, but mainly for children. Finally our aim to create shows that are ideologically committed to the values of solidarity, tolerance and respect.
AWARDS
- Family Critics Award Nominee, XXII Premis de la Crítica d’Arts Escèniques, 2019
- Prize for the Best Male Performance, Ex Aequo, FETEN, Gijón, Spain, 2019
- Prize for the Best Show, FETEN, Gijón, Spain, 2015
- Prize for the Best Direction, FETEN, Gijón, Spain, 2015
- Candidate for the Best Show for Children or Families, XIX Premios MAX de las Artes Escénicas, 2015-2016
THE HAPPY PRINCE
- Prize for the Best Adapted Theatre-Play, FETEN, Gijón, Spain, 2012
- Prize for the Best Show, Amigos de Titeremurcia, Murcia, Spain, 2012
CIRQUE DÉJÀ VU
- Prize for the Best Male Performance, Ex Aequo, FETEN, Gijón, Spain, 2010
THE IMAGINARY BOOK
- Prize for the Best Set Design, FETEN, Gijón, Spain, 2008
MIX UP AT THE FARM
- Special Prize for Educational Content and Stage Presence, 15a Fira deTitelles de Lleida,Catalonia, 2004
CATACRACK
- Audience Prize, 6th Garnacha Theatre National Prize of La Rioja, Spain, 2003
- Prize for the Best Direction, 6th Garnacha Theatre National Prize of La Rioja, Spain, 2003
BARON MUNCHAUSEN
- Prize for the Best Artistic Proposal, Fira de Titelles de Lleida, Catalonia, 1999
- Prize Rialles de Catalunya for the Best Children’s Show, La Nit de Santa Llúcia, Òmnium Cultural, Catalonia, 2000
- Prize for the Best Show, FETEN, Gijón, Spain, 2001
- Prize for the Best Set Design, FETEN, Gijón, Spain, 2001
- Prize for the Best Children’s Show, Premis del Públic "Els Millors del 2000", Teatre Metropol de Tarragona, Catalonia, 2001
- Prize for the Best Show for Children and Young People, "Imagina 01", Centro Cultural Villa de Nerja, Spain, 2001
In addition to these prizes, the Red Española de Teatros, Auditorios y Festivales de Titularidad Pública through its artistic commissions, grants the RECOMMENDED recognition to these shows of La Baldufa:
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FESTIVALS
BYE BYE, CONFETTI
- Fira Tàrrega, Tàrrega, Catalonia, 2019
- Mostra Igualada, Igualada, Catalonia, 2019
- Teatre de la Llotja, Lleida, Catalonia, 2019
MY FATHER IS AN OGRE
- TEATRALIA, Madrid, Spain, 2019
- FETEN, Gijón, Spain, 2019
- Manresa Capital de la Cultura Catalana, Manresa, Catalonia, 2018
- Grec – Festival de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, 2018
- Théâtre de l’Archipel, Scène Nationale de Perpignan, Perpignan, France, 2018
- Teatre Municipal de l’Escorxador, Lleida, Catalonia, 2017
- RESIDENCE, France, 2017:
- Théâtre de l’Archipel, Scène Nationale de Perpignan
- Forum Nice Nord
SAFARI
- Festival Internacional del Títere Ciudad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain, 2018
- Festival Barruguet, Santa Eulària Des Riu, Spain 2018
- Festival de Maó, Maó, Spain, 2018
- FIET, Vilafranca de Bonany, Spain, 2017
- La Mostra, Igualada, Catalonia, 2017
- FETEN, Gijón, Spain, 2017
- Teatre Municipal de l’Escorxador, Lleida, Catalonia, 2015
PINOCCHIO
- Festival Méliscènes, Auray, France, 2020
- Agor Drysau Festival, Brecon, Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Wales, 2019
- Festi-Mômes, Malansac, France 2018
- China Children’s Theatre Festival, Beijing, China, 2018
- Festival Idéklic, Moirans en Montagne, France, 2018
- Bologna Children's Book Fair, Bologna, Italy, 2017
- Momix, Festival International Jeune Public, Kingersheim, France, 2017
- CarréRotondes, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 2017
- ACB, Scène Nationale Bar Le Duc, Bar Le Duc, France, 2017
- International Children’s Festival, Newry, Northern Ireland, 2016
- Titeremurcia, Múrcia, Spain, 2016
- TEATRALIA, Madrid, Spain, 2016
- Fira Tàrrega, Tàrrega, Catalonia, 2015
- Fira de Titelles de Lleida, Catalonia, 2015
- La Mostra, Igualada, Catalonia, 2015FETEN, Gijon, Spain, 2015
- Teatro de la Abadía, Madrid, Spain, 2015
- Teatre Municipal de l’Escorxador, Lleida, Catalonia, 2015
- Temporada Alta, Salt, Catalonia, 2014
- RESIDENCE for the French adaptation, Bellac, FranCE, 2014:
- Théâtre du Cloître, Scène Conventionnée, Festival National de Bellac
Région Limousine - Forum Nice Nord
- Théâtre du Cloître, Scène Conventionnée, Festival National de Bellac
THE HAPPY PRINCE
- Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, 2014-2015
- FamFest, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 2014
- Fringe Festival, Recklinghausen, Germany, 2014
- Festival Puy de Mômes, Cournon d’Auvergne, France, 2014
- FIA, Festival Internacional de las Artes, San José, Costa Rica, 2014
- Fête du Livre de Jeunesse, Saint Paul Trois Châteaux, France, 2014
- MiniMidiMaxi, Bergen, Norway, 2013
- TheaterFest, Sankt Vith, Belgium, 2013
- CarréRotondes, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 2013
- Festival Au Bonheur Des Mômes, Le Grand Bornand, France 2013
- Festival Avignon OFF, Festival Théâtr’Enfants et Tout Public, Avignon, France, 2013
- Théâtre Nouvelle Génération, Centre Dramatique National, TNG, Lyon, France, 2013
- Miracle Fun, Hong Kong, China, 2013
- Titeremurcia, Murcia, Spain, 2012
- TEATRALIA, Madrid, Spain, 2012
- FETEN, Gijon, Spain, 2012
- Teatro de la Abadía, Madrid, Spain, 2011
- Junges Ensemble Stuttgart, Germany, 2011
- Residence for the French adaptation, France, 2011:
- La Grande Ourse, Scène Conventionnée Jeune Public at Languedoc - Roussillon | Théâtre de Villeneuve les Maguelone
- Centre Culturel Pablo Picasso | Scène Conventionnée pour le Jeune Public d'Homecourt
- Fira Tàrrega, Catalonia, 2011
- La Mostra, Igualada, Catalonia, 2011
CIRQUE DÉJÀ VU
- Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, 2018
- Mostra Internacional de Mim a Sueca, Sueca, Spain, 2018
- Festival Ré-génération, Lyon, France, 2012
- Mostra Internacional de Artes para o Pequeno Publico de Sementes, Portugal, 2011
- Festival Ti Fiabo e Ti Raconto, Molfetta, Italy, 2011
- Festival Les P’tits Cannes a You, Cannes, France, 2010
- Festival Au Bonheur des Mômes, Le Grand Bornand, France, 2010
- FETEN, Gijon, Spain, 2010
- Fira Tàrrega, Catalonia, 2009
- La Mostra, Igualada, Catalonia, 2009
DRAGO
- Festival Hazebrouck Ville Ouverte, France, 2011
- Festival International du Théâtre de Rue d’Aurillac, France, 2010
- Festival Au Bonheur des Mômes, Le Grand Bornand, France, 2009
- Mostra Internacional de Artes para o Pequeno Publico de Sementes, Portugal, 2009
- Fira Tàrrega, Catalonia, Spain, 2008
NAUTILUS
- Festival Dehors les Arts, Muret, France, 2010
- Festival Au Bonheur des Mômes, France, 2009
THE IMAGINARY BOOK
- Hippalot Arts Festival for Children, Hämeenlinna, Finland, 2012
- 17th ASSITEJ World Congress, Denmark, 2011
- Macau Arts Festival, China, 2011
- Spanische Kinder – Und Jugendbuchwochen, Köln, Germany, 2010
- Festival Ré-génération, Lyon, France, 2009
- Mostra Internacional de Artes para o Pequeno Publico de Sementes, Portugal, 2008
- Festival Ti Fiabo e Ti Raconto, Molfetta, Italy, 2008
- Colpi di Scena, Faenza, Italy, 2008
- Festival Shöne Aussicht, Stuttgart, Germany, 2008
- FETEN, Gijón, Spain, 2008
- Norwich Puppet Festival Round-up, UK, 2007
- The Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany, 2007
- Festival Chainon Manquant, Figeac, France, 2008
- Festival Au Bonheur des Mômes, Le Grand Bornand, France, 2007
ZEPPELIN
- Deventer Op Stelten Festival, Deventer, The Netherlands, 2019
- DIG, Danmarks Internationale Gadeteaterfestival, Denmark, 2018
- Theater Aan Twater, Boom, Belgium, 2018
- Lokschuppensteam, Dilligen Saar, Germany, 2017
- Bredeweg Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2017
- City Diversions Festival, Chelmsford, England, 2015
- Festival Onderstroom, Vlissingen, The Netherlands, 2015
- Sibfest, Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Sibiu, Romania, 2014
- Le Très Grand Noël, Aubagne, France, 2013
- Festival Bonjour l’Hiver, Anemasse, France, 2013
- Festival Courants d’Arts, Vitry Le François, France, 2013
- Stoppested Verden, Hamar, Norway, 2013
- Festival FETA, Gdansk, Poland, 2012
- Les Noëls Insolites de Carpentras, France, 2011
- Festival Ti Fiabo e Ti Raconto, Molfetta, Italy, 2011
- Olala Festival Lienz, Austria, 2010
- Festival Dehors les Arts,Muret, France, 2010
- Festival dei Fiori di San Remo, Italy, 2009
- Festival Hazebrouck Ville Ouverte, France, 2007
- Festival des Arts de la Rue de Sainte-Savine, France, 2007
- International Lachfestival, Belgium, 2007
- Festival Deventer op Stelten, The Netherlands, 2007
- Festival Rio Loco, Toulouse, France, 2007
- Festival Il Gioco del Teatro, Turin, Italy, 2007
- Festival Mondial des Théâtres des Marionnettes de Charleville, France, 2006
- Mostra Internacional de Artes Para o Pequeno Publico de Sementes, Portugal, 2006
- Festival International des Arts de la Rue Chassepierre, Belgium, 2006
- Festival Au Bonheur des Mômes, Le Grand Bornand, France, 2005
- Sziget Festival Budapest, Hungary, 2005
- Festival Les Escales Saint-Nazaire, France, 2005
- Biennale du Théâtre Jeunes Publics Lyon, France, 2005
- Carnival of Furiani, Corsica, 2005
- Carnival of Nice, France, 2005
- Carnival of Verona, Italy, 2005
- Festival Bonjour l’Hivern, IX Festival de Théâtre de Rue Rues du Village, France, 2004
- Festival International du Théâtre de Rue d’Aurillac, France, 2004
BARON MUNCHAUSEN
- 5º Festival Internacional de Títeres de Guadalajara, México, 2009
- Festival Mondial des Théâtres des Marionnettes in Charleville, France, 2006
- Festival À Pas Contés in Dijon, France, 2005
- Within the program of events: Geneva, European Capital of Culture, Theatre of Piccione, Italy, 2004
CATACRACK:
- Mostra Internacional de Artes para o Pequeno Público de Sementes, Portugal, 2006
- Humorologie – International Humor Festival in Wevelgem, Belgium, 2003
BYE BYE, CONFETTI
Theatrical clown show, 2019
MY FATHER IS AN OGRE
Multidisciplinary theatre, 2017
SAFARI
Puppet show, 2015
PINOCCHIO
Multidisciplinary theatre, 2014
WILLIAM TELL
Family Opera with Gran Teatre del Liceu, 2012
THE HAPPY PRINCE
Multidisciplinary theatre, 2011
CIRQUE DÉJÀ VU
Puppet show and theatre, 2009
DRAGO
Itinerant street format, 2008
NAUTILUS
Installation, ecological merry-go-round, 2008
THE IMAGINARY BOOK
Multidisciplinary theatre, 2006
EL CIRC DELS NINOTS
Puppet show and theatre, 2006
ZEPPELIN
Itinerant street performance, 2004
MIX UP AT THE FARM
Puppet show, 2004
CATACRACK
Humour, adult, 2001
BARON MUNCHAUSEN
Puppet show and multidisciplinary theatre, 1999
EL CATITAU DELS CARALLOTS
Itinerant street performance, 1997
PER RIURE? … 3 PORQUETS A LA PLATJA!
Clown, 1996
