Born in Barcelona in 1956, Borja Sitjà took his degree in History, but his passion for the theatre quickly began to mark his entire life. As early as 1974-1975, we find him working as a member of the team directing Sitges International Theatre Festival, whilst from 1981 to 1982 he was at the Ministry of Culture as head of cabinet to the director of national theatres. From 1983 to 1985, he worked with José Luis Tamayo as assistant technical director at the Teatro Nacional María Guerrero (Centro Dramático Nacional) in Madrid, where was Director of Communication from 1985 to 1989, working alongside Lluís Pasqual. In 1989, he produced Miguel Delibes' La guerra de nuestros antepasados at the Teatro Bellas Artes in Madrid. A year later, with Lluís Pasqual, he left for the Théâtre Odéon in Paris, where he became director of programming and continued to work as an artistic director until 1996, when the new director, Georges Lauvadant, joined the team.
At the same time, in 1991-1992, he acted as theatre programming advisor to the 1992 Expo in Seville and as advisor to the director at the Festival of Avignon. He was also a member of the Venice Biennial Artistic Council from 1994 to 1995 and arts advisor to the Parc et Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris from 1994 to 1996.
In 2000, after a spell as international arts advisor to the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya the previous year, he was appointed as director of the Grec Festival. Taking up the post, his first tasks were to internationalise, rationalise and concentrate the event, reducing the number of productions programmed. From 2001 to 2004, moreover, he was the director of the Arts Festival organised to mark the Barcelona 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures.
In 2006, after stepping down as Grec Festival director, he was appointed as creative director at the Institut Ramon Llull where, the following year, he was made responsible for the arts programme organised on the occasion of Catalan culture's presence as guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair. He left the Institute in late-2010 to join the Focus Group, where he is in charge of international projects. Since 2013, he has combined this work with the artistic direction of La Villarroel, a theatre managed by Focus.
Born in Barcelona in 1956, Borja Sitjà took his degree in History, but his passion for the theatre quickly began to mark his entire life. As early as 1974-1975, we find him working as a member of the team directing Sitges International Theatre Festival, whilst from 1981 to 1982 he was at the Ministry of Culture as head of cabinet to the director of national theatres. From 1983 to 1985, he worked with José Luis Tamayo as assistant technical director at the Teatro Nacional María Guerrero (Centro Dramático Nacional) in Madrid, where was Director of Communication from 1985 to 1989, working alongside Lluís Pasqual. In 1989, he produced Miguel Delibes' La guerra de nuestros antepasados at the Teatro Bellas Artes in Madrid. A year later, with Lluís Pasqual, he left for the Théâtre Odéon in Paris, where he became director of programming and continued to work as an artistic director until 1996, when the new director, Georges Lauvadant, joined the team.
At the same time, in 1991-1992, he acted as theatre programming advisor to the 1992 Expo in Seville and as advisor to the director at the Festival of Avignon. He was also a member of the Venice Biennial Artistic Council from 1994 to 1995 and arts advisor to the Parc et Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris from 1994 to 1996.
In 2000, after a spell as international arts advisor to the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya the previous year, he was appointed as director of the Grec Festival. Taking up the post, his first tasks were to internationalise, rationalise and concentrate the event, reducing the number of productions programmed. From 2001 to 2004, moreover, he was the director of the Arts Festival organised to mark the Barcelona 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures.
In 2006, after stepping down as Grec Festival director, he was appointed as creative director at the Institut Ramon Llull where, the following year, he was made responsible for the arts programme organised on the occasion of Catalan culture's presence as guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair. He left the Institute in late-2010 to join the Focus Group, where he is in charge of international projects. Since 2013, he has combined this work with the artistic direction of La Villarroel, a theatre managed by Focus.
