The clown from Valles, Pepa Plana, will perform at the Teatro Principal in Valls on Friday, November 14. She will represent At every turn, her latest show. This clown, who claims to live "in the world of yes," has received awards such as the Sant Jordi Cross and the National Culture Prize throughout her career, and, as she reveals in this interview, she has just received a new "gift from the Gods."

He's capable of making young and old laugh just with his gestures, without words. He plays a dog, as in his last show. Woof, which this Saturday and Sunday at 7 pm can be seen at the Port Olímpic in Barcelona during the Fiestas de la Mercè, or open and close doors, one of the traits for which he is best known. "I've been doing serious humor from Girona to the world for 20 years," he claims. He is Pere Hosta (Girona, 1975), clown, not to call him a clown, which is exactly the same but without the negative connotation we are used to giving him. "It's often said as a put-down: 'Don't be such a clown!'" he reflects. "But being a clown is about being transparent, sincere; reaching people through humor."

When he was 17, Pau Palaus saw a show by clown Leandre Ribera for the first time, and it changed his life. "I went to see him for three days in a row. My friends asked me, 'What does he do?' And I didn't know what to answer: he did nothing, and he did everything," explains Palaus. Although he studied forestry management, Pau left a steady job as a tree arborist to embark on the performing arts: "I started a clown course at the Rogelio Rivel school, but I only lasted two weeks because I didn't understand anything they were explaining to me; they didn't teach me how to do what that clown did."