The projects that have passed through La Central and will be shown at the Grec Festival

‘Ínsula’, by Alexandre Duran i Davins

This year, the Grec Festival of Barcelona will host three proposals that have passed through La Central del Circ: Ínsula, by Alexandre Duran Davins; Secrets, by the Circus Company “eia”; and La gran plantada, the 30th Winter Circus of the Ateneu Popular de 9 Barris, directed by Escarlata.

Alexandre Duran Davins and the Circus Company “eia” carried out a residency at La Central del Circ in 2025 as part of Trànsits, the support programme for research and creation, during which they developed their respective projects. Meanwhile, the Winter Circus also completed a residency there in 2025 for the creation of La gran plantada, within the framework of co-productions.

• Ínsula, by Alexandre Duran Davins: from 2 to 5 July, at the Antic Teatre
• Secrets, by Circus Company “eia”: from 10 to 12 July at Mercat de les Flors
• 30è Circ d’Hivern: La gran plantada: 18 and 19 July at Mercat de les Flors

Creació i Museus

La Central del Circ is taking part once again in the Creació i Museus cycle of the Grec Festival. This year, it does so in collaboration with La Model Espai Memorial and the artist Zed Zanzu, with whom it has co-produced the piece TRANS-IT, a research device that starts from the former prison and its panopticon to explore the concept of transit—both as movement and as transition—and to open up a reflection on points of view and consent.

The proposal TRANS-IT will be shown on July 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. at La Model.

Creació i Museus is a project in which various artistic proposals engage in dialogue with the spaces and collections of museums and heritage institutions in the city, through initiatives created with the mediation and complicity of the Xarxa de Fàbriques de Creació de Barcelona.

Other circus performances at the Grec Festival de Barcelona

Besides those mentioned, this year the Grec Festival de Barcelona also hosts three more circus performances:

• Compaña, by Xampatito Pato Company (11 and 12 July, at Teatre Lliure de Montjuïc)
• Ceramic Circus, by Julian Vogel (14 and 15 July at Mercat de les Flors)
• PYYKKI – Perduts al país de la bugada, by Company Portmanteau & Helga Stentzel (2 and 3 July at SAT! – Sant Andreu Teatre)