Josep Canet is a locksmith with a business in Sant Feliu de Codines, working nine hours a day as a self-employed professional. When he finishes work, he heads up to the theater. From a young age, his parents instilled in him a passion for the stage, a passion he has maintained—and continues to maintain—for over 50 years. When asked to explain what drives him to direct and act in the amateur theater company Deixalles 81, the locksmith dusts off a cherished memory. "When I was little, my father had a fantastic toy. He would sit in an armchair and bring everything that came to mind to the stage: a raging sea, a sword fight. I would watch him and just want to do the same, because it was amazing," Canet explains. His father founded Deixalles 81 in 1981, when he was nine years old. In 2002, he took the reins, and he still holds them. Deixalles 81 is one of the companies associated with the Federation of Amateur Theatre Groups, which comprises 344 groups throughout Catalonia. All of them, together with other non-associated companies, form a vibrant and dynamic network of amateur theatre that feeds community centers, cultural centers, and theatres across the country, and includes groups with long histories; for example, AEM Teatre de Lleida and La Teatral de La Caixa, which have just celebrated their 100th anniversaries.