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Open Arms and La Fura dels Baus present “3 Days, 3 Nights”
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A powerful, real-time solidarity action in the public space, reflecting the experience of those who cross the Mediterranean in search of refuge.

La Fura dels Baus Shakes Milan with “SONS: SER O NO SER,” a Cyberpunk Hamlet for the 21st Century
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La Fura dels Baus, one of Europe’s most groundbreaking experimental theatre companies, returns to defy artistic boundaries with “SONS: SER O NO SER”, a radical and fully immersive reimagining of Hamlet, now running at Milan’s Fabbrica del Vapore until December 14, 2025.

Àlex Ollé Receives the Gold Medal of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
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With this Gold Medal of Special Dedication, the Liceu pays tribute to Àlex Ollé for his outstanding international career and his artistic contribution as one of the theatre’s most influential collaborators.

Can Jubany Celebrates 30 Years of Excellence with La Fura dels Baus
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On November 2nd, La Fura dels Baus joined the celebration of Can Jubany’s 30th anniversary, the Michelin-starred restaurant led by chef Nandu Jubany and Anna Orte, in Calldetenes (Osona).

Encounters on “Independent Theatre during Francoism and its Legacy”
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CDAEM (Documentation Centre for the Performing Arts and Music) announces the 2025 edition of its Annual Encounters, this year dedicated to Independent Theatre during Francoism and its Legacy, as part of the Fifty Years of Spain in Freedom commemoration.

La Fura dels Baus joins ADE Green with the panel Creativity in a Polarised World
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On October 24th, La Fura dels Baus took part in ADE Green 2025, the international forum on sustainability, creativity, and culture held in Amsterdam as part of the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE).

La Fura dels Baus at ADE Green 2025 with “Emergency EXIT”: Art, Resistance, and Sustainability in Times of Crisis
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La Fura dels Baus will take part in ADE Green 2025, the sustainability and innovation program of the Amsterdam Dance Event, held in the Dutch capital this October.

“Pioneres 52Hz” by La Fura dels Baus turns the Ter River into a historic spectacle in Roda de Ter
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This weekend, Roda de Ter and the Osona region witnessed a historic moment in large-scale performing arts. Thousands of spectators gathered to experience “Pioneres 52Hz”, a breathtaking production by La Fura dels Baus that transformed the Ter River into a living stage for a performance that was poetic, powerful, and monumental.

La Fura dels Baus and Cardant Cultura transform the Ter River with “Pioneres 52Hz”
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On October 4th at 9 p.m., the Pont Nou of Roda de Ter and the flow of the Ter River will become a monumental open-air stage with the arrival of “Pioneres 52Hz”, a large-scale spectacle by La Fura dels Baus, directed by Carlus Padrissa with the collaboration of Pera Tantiñà.

La Fura dels Baus joins Open Arms in celebrating its 10th anniversary
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The bond between La Fura dels Baus and Open Arms runs deep. On September 29th, at the iconic Casa Llotja de Mar in Barcelona, their paths crossed once again in a heartfelt fundraising event marking the 10th anniversary of Open Arms—a night of gratitude and courage dedicated to those who refuse to look away, no matter how painful it is.

La Fura dels Baus returns to Milan with its most “furero” performance: SONS: TO BE OR NOT TO BE
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After its last appearance in 2019 with Quartett at the legendary Teatro alla Scala, La Fura dels Baus returns to Milan — the world’s capital of fashion and culture — with its latest immersive and most radical creation: SONS: TO BE OR NOT TO BE.

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Pep Gatell, Artistic Director of La Fura dels Baus, Featured in El País
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“A doctor told me: ‘You will never eat or drink through your mouth again’,” recalls Gatell in a testimony that both inspires and highlights the power of resilience and the ability to transform adversity into a driving force for creativity.

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“Emergency EXIT” triumphs at Boom Festival, Portugal
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What a night to remember! The 8th edition of Boom Festival opened with a powerful and groundbreaking performance: Emergency EXIT, a multidisciplinary spectacle merging music, theatre, multimedia art, and raw human energy into one unforgettable experience.

Carlus Padrissa brings “El vol d’Ícar” to the Ateneu Barcelonès
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On Thursday, July 17th, 2025, La Fura dels Baus, led by its artistic director Carlus Padrissa, will take part in the “Juliol a la Fresca” Festival at the Ateneu Barcelonès with the performance The Flight of Icarus, a poetic and visually striking piece created as a tribute to Xavi Padrissa.

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World Premiere at EXIT Festival: “EMERGENCY EXIT” Begins Its Journey
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On July 10th, the world premiere of EMERGENCY EXIT took place at the EXIT Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia —a raw, immersive, and genre-defying performance that captivated thousands.
What unfolded was a total sensory experience —a collision of sound, movement, imagery, and unfiltered human energy.

Despite the weather, “Carmen: 150 Years” lit up Madrid in grand style
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At the end the wind could not stop La Fura dels Baus. On Monday, July 7, the Puente del Rey in Madrid became the stage for a monumental open-air spectacle, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen and the composer’s own legacy.

Unique Artistic Performance “Emergency EXIT” to Open This Year’s EXIT Festival
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Emergency EXIT – a multidisciplinary performance that combines music, theater, and multimedia to explore themes of humanity’s connection with nature, coexistence, and transformation – will premiere on July 10 at the opening of this year’s EXIT Festival.

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La Fura dels Baus returns to Madrid with “Carmen: 150 Years”
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After several years away from Spain’s capital, La Fura dels Baus returns to Madrid with a spectacular open-air, large-scale production: Carmen: 150 Years, celebrating a century and a half since the premiere of Georges Bizet’s legendary opera.

La Fura dels Baus and EXIT Foundation announce artists selected for Emergency EXIT performance
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Following an international call for artists, La Fura dels Baus and the EXIT Foundation have finalized the performer lineup for Emergency Exit, a large-scale immersive perfomance set to premiere in July 2025. The production will debut at EXIT Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia, and Boom Festival in Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal, before continuing to Sea Star Festival in Umag, Croatia in May 2026, and Barcelona, Spain in summer 2026.

Standing ovation at the Ljubljana Festival for Haydn’s “Die Schöpfung”
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On Monday, June 30, 2025, the audience at Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana rose to its feet in a lengthy standing ovation following the performance of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio Die Schöpfung (The Creation), staged in a breathtaking production by Carlus Padrissa.