Would you like to read the novels that inspired some of the plays you can see at the Grec this year and analyse them in depth? Don‘t miss out on the book clubs for La plaça del Diamant, by Mercè Rodoreda, and El día del Watusi, by Francisco Casavella.
La plaça del Diamant
Date and time of the first session: Thursday, 1 June, at 6.30 pm
Library: Biblioteca Poble Sec - Francesc Boix
Date and time of the second session: Monday, 17 July, at 6 pm
Venue: Refugi 307 (Nou de la Rambla, 175)
Marina Porras will use the first session to introduce us to the figure of Mercè Rodoreda, in the context of history, her life and her work. Everyone attending the talk will have an opportunity to watch, at a later date, a general rehearsal of La plaça del Diamant, directed by Carlota Subirós.
You can register here.
In collaboration with: Refugi 307 and Grec Festival de Barcelona
Los juegos feroces-El día del Watusi, vol.1
Date and time of the first session: Wednesday, 7 June, at 6.30 pm
Library: Biblioteca Poble Sec - Francesc Boix
Date and time of the second session: Wednesday, 19 July, at 7 pm
Venue: Barcelona Zoo
Miqui Otero will use the first session to introduce us to this legendary novel of post-Francoist Barcelona and to the figure of an author of the calibre of Francisco Casavella. Everyone attending the talk will receive a discount code* for tickets to attend a performance of the play, directed by Iván Morales.
The second session will be held at Barcelona Zoo, where the novel’s central characters jump over walls to escape from the “Jerk”, preferring the lions’ den to facing one of the city’s most dangerous delinquents. Here we’ll be able to chat with the director, Iván Morales, and the specialist theatre critic, Nil Martí, about the novel and its stage adaptation.
*Requires prior registration. Until tickets sell out.
Three routes around the city centre relating to literary works and this year‘s festival:
No em va fer Joan Brossa [Joan Brossa Didn’t Make Me]
With Alexander Arilla
Joan Brossa Foundation (Flassaders, 40)
Friday, 7 July, at 5 pm
To coincide with the installation of cabosanroque, we present an itinerary to contextualise the figure and universe of Joan Brossa. The itinerary will consist of a visit to the exhibition Altres Brosses. Joan Brossa i la poesia d’acció, el parateatre[Other Brossas. Joan Brossa and action poetry, the paratheatre] where Brossa’s para-theatrical side will be discussed. We will continue with a walk round Ciutat Vella to the CCCB where we will be able to see the stage set No em va fer Joan Brossa [Joan Brossa Didn’t Make Me] Cabosanroque Trilogy (I).
Registration required (from 15 June)
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Dimonis
With Jordina Boix (Verdaguer Foundation)
Library Francesca Bonnemaison (Sant Pere Més Baix, 7)
Friday, 14 July, at 5 pm
In turn of the 19th-century Barcelona —shaken by anarchism, communism, Darwinism and spiritism— Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer attended various exorcism sessions in a Born neighbourhood apartment and jotted down everything he saw. In 2014, another poet, Enric Casasses, published an annotated edition of those texts entitled Dimonis [Demons], a volume of enormous value that gave Cabosanroque the inspiration to make an installation. We will discover these little-known episodes from Verdaguer’s life during a itinerary through the Born that will include a visit to the CCCB stage set Dimonis.Ex-orcismes i in-orcismes de Verdaguer [Verdaguer's Ex-orcisms and In-orcisms]. Cabosanroque Trilogy (II).
Registration required (from 15 June)
Further information
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Flowers and Travels
With Marina Porras, teacher and writer.
Biblioteca Sant Pau – Santa Creu (Carme, 47)
Wednesday, 19 July at 5 pm
An itinerary intended to introduce readers to Mercè Rodoreda’s work and settings. The route starts at the Mercè Rodoreda Foundation, with a visit to the archives and an exhibition on Rodoreda’s life and work linked to the city, followed by a visit to the CCCB to see the installation Flors i viatges [Flowers and Travels]. Cabosanroque Trilogy (III), inspired by the work Viatges i flors [Travels and Flowers].
Registration required (from 15 June)
Further information
Further information about the show
The libraries are preparing a reading guide based on this year‘s festival programme.
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This year, the Poble-sec - Francesc Boix Library will be a reference centre for the Grec. Here, you’ll be able to find all the bibliographical material relating to the festival.
