From 12 to 21 September, the breathtaking landscapes of Dorset will host a vibrant showcase of Catalan and Balearic creativity.
Four street theatre companies – Cia. D’es Tro, Eva MarichalarFreixa & Jordi Duran i Roldós, Joan Català, and Toc de Fusta – will present immersive performances that blend movement, memory, nature and emotion. Alongside these public shows, eight additional Catalan companies will take part in the professional programme through online pitching sessions.
The participation of the four Catalan companies in the festival has been possible thanks to the support of the Institut Ramon Llull (IRL), through its line of subsidies
for international programming. The Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC), coordinator of the professional activity linked to the festival, organised the online pitches of the eight Catalan companies.
This is a unique opportunity to experience the richness and diversity of Catalan performing arts at one of the UK’s most inspiring outdoor festivals. Browse the following pages to find out when and where you can meet the Catalan companies during the event. Representatives from ICEC and IRL will also be present at Inside Out Dorset, should you wish to speak with us for any additional support. We hope you’ll have the chance to meet them all and enjoy engaging conversations!
Professional Programme | Pitches Performances Institutions
Data last updated on September 2025
Cia. D’ES TRO
Poi
ENDEARING | SURPRISING | RURAL | TENDER
A rural man, trapped since childhood by the gyroscopic force of his spinning top, embarks on a journey through play. Blending circus arts, spinning tops and Mediterranean roots, this contemporary show celebrates one of life’s most vital states: play.
Eva Marichalar-Freixa & Jordi Duran Roldós
We Fear Episode V: Leviathan SITE-SPECIFIC | PROMENADE | STORYTELLING | EXPANDED | PERFORMANCE
We Fear is a transdisciplinary series exploring fear through performing arts and embodied writing. Each episode, a unique collaboration with local artists, creates an intimate, sitespecific experience, fostering dialogue and connection with the community.
Joan Català
Idiòfona OUTDOOR | SOUND INSTALLATION | POETRY | COMMUNITY
Idiòfona is a dialogue between man and matter during which an expansive sound installation is built within the public space and with the public’s participation. It is the metal-poetic odyssey of a character with a marked iron destiny.
A participatory play space where traditions from around the world come to life through original wooden handmade games that celebrate cultural diversity.
Catalan companies and events
20 SEPTEMBER
Sandy Hill Arts
Pitches
10:00 - 12:00
Cris Clown, U.F.A.
Eléctrico 28, The Place
Hermanas Picohueso, AHNI
Moon Ribas & Quim Girón, Ramat simfònic
Nacho Flores, Domte
Sergi Estebanell, Love
Vero Cendoya, Cicatrius (Scars)
Xumo Nunjio & Jim Parris, Divination Palace
MODERATOR: Laia Gasch Casals, director of World Cities Cultural Forum
Catalan Arts Lunch
12:30 - 14:00 Professional Programme
Cris Clown
U.F.A.
OUTDOOR | INSTALLATION | CLOWN | HANGING
Outdoor installation. A clown suspended, hanging, in the middle of the street. It surprises pedestrians, catches their attention with the absurd, with being and being. Playing with the audience, improvisation...
The Place OUTDOOR | SITE-SPECIFIC | VISUAL | IMMERSIVE
The Place is a series of intimate attempts to rethink the relationship we could have with the places we are in. We want to understand more about these entities we call places, searching for ways to communicate, listen and empathise with them.
AHNI is a family performance where children explore the origin of life on Earth while discovering that adults have lost their connection to their bodies. Alarmed, the children quickly get organised to do everything they can to help the grown-ups understand the importance of the body.
OUTDOOR | PARTICIPATORY | ALL AUDIENCES | TRAVELLING
Ramat simfònic is an outdoor show that invites the audience to graze with the shepherds Moon and Quim, the piece’s performers. Ramat simfònic is a habitat, an instrument... It’s an invocation of gregarious sensibility and animal instinct.
Moon Ribas & Quim Girón
Nacho Flores
Domte AS A FAMILY | PUBLIC SPACE | ACTIVE AUDIENCE | VIRTUOSITY
A poetic and visual piece contrasting domination and collaboration. With live music and inspired by a mythological imagery, the protagonist embarks on a transformative journey, balancing minotaurs and Trojan horses — from chimera to the most delirious form of freedom, with the audience’s help.
Nacho Flores
Sergi Estebanell
Love PROVOCATIVE | PLAYFUL | TRANSFORMATIVE | SOCIAL
Love is an artistic action and social experiment that invites us to explore new ways of connecting in a narcissistic, disconnected society. Would you kiss, hug or truly look at a stranger? 3, 2, 1… The game begins!
Natalya Lucia
Vero Cendoya
Cicatrius (Scars)
OUTDOOR | INCLUSIVE | DANCE-THEATRE | TRADITIONAL ROOTS
Cicatrius is a collective celebration of healed wounds, just like the healing process itself (a perfect collaboration between the body’s systems). Inspired by the Mamuthones and the Moixiganga, we will dance our own ritual of collective celebration.
Divination Palace is a scalable performance installation inspired by African art and divination practices. It is a multi-sensory performance and installation in which the participants share a contemporary ritual, combining music, movement and fabrics.
Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies –Catalan Arts
The Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) is a public institution of the Government of Catalonia’s Ministry of Culture that seeks to develop and consolidate the Catalan creative sectors by fostering their professionalisation. ICEC advises and accompanies Catalan companies in their development process in several sectors, such as music, performing arts, visual arts, audiovisual media, books and digital culture. It offers grants and financing tools, as well as services for internationalisation and business and audience development.
Catalan Arts is ICEC’s brand for the international promotion of Catalan companies. With a network of European offices (Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, London and Paris), the ICEC works in a variety of areas of action to connect, accompany and support the internationalisation of creative businesses. To this end, Catalan Arts strengthens the presence of companies and their creations at international fairs and major professional events and publishes resources for professionals.
Mar Pérez Unanue Director of ICEC London
Institut Ramon Llull
Created in 2002, the Institut Ramon Llull (IRL) is the body responsible for the international projection of the Catalan language and culture. Its aim is to bring Catalan culture into dialogue with creation, literature and knowledge, weaving networks of complicity, recognition and cooperation at a global level. The IRL collaborates with and supports artists, institutions, organisations and festivals, encouraging collaboration in the fields of literature and translation, Catalan studies, the performing arts, film, music, the visual arts, design and architecture.
The IRL is based in Barcelona and has four offices in Berlin, London, New York and Paris.
