Twelve works that you cannot miss from the performing arts festival Temporada Alta 2026
A selection of the best works that can be seen in Girona and Salt from October 3rd to December 8th in a theatrical event with great names of the scene
The Temporada Alta festival will celebrate a new edition between October 3rd and December 8th and will once again turn Girona and Salt into capitals of the performing arts. Great international masters, radical voices, and cult companies will meet there. We offer you a selection of the proposals that should not be missing from your agenda.
'Has been', a tragicomedy about the passage of time
October 4th and 5th at the Girona Municipal Theatre
A high-level duel. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, one of the most international European choreographers, joins forces with Martin Zimmermann, a Swiss master of physical theatre. Between theatre, dance, and circus, together they have created a tragicomedy about the passage of time and the fear of being out of frame. More information: https://temporada-alta.koobin.com/ca/has-been
'Júlia–15 years later (2011–2026)', a new version of the celebrated play 'Miss Julie'
October 16th and 17th at El Canal (Salt)
Fifteen years later, the Brazilian Christiane Jatahy revisits her celebrated version of Miss Julie. A master in the blend between cinema and stage, she transports Strindberg to present-day Catalonia to speak once again about class, desire, and misogyny. More information: https://temporada-alta.koobin.com/ca/julia
'Thésée, sa vie nouvelle', a family grief to reflect a disoriented Europe
October 23rd and 24th at El Canal (Salt)
The Belgian Guy Cassiers, a renovator of the European scene, and the French actress Valérie Dréville adapt the award-winning book by Camille de Toledo. A family mourning serves to reflect the traumas of a disoriented Europe. More information: https://temporada-alta.koobin.com/ca/thesee-sa-vie-nouvelle
'The Forest', records, betrayals and family wounds with echoes of Shakespeare
October 24th and 25th at the Teatre de Salt
Cristiana Morganti, linked for more than twenty years to Pina Bausch's company, unites dance and biography with the theatre of the Argentine Claudio Tolcachir. Two women delve into a forest of memories, betrayals, and family wounds with echoes of Shakespeare. More information: https://temporada-alta.koobin.com/ca/the-forest
'Parlamento', a sharp satire on politics as performance
October 30th at the Teatre de Salt
Piel de Lava returns, the Argentine collective that seduced the festival with Petróleo. Now, they place four deputies on a spaceship while the Earth burns. A sharp satire on politics as representation. More information: https://temporada-alta.koobin.com/ca/parlamento
'The human form', a reflection on the reaction that a physical presence can provoke in those who look at it
November 14th at El Canal (Salt)
Pablo Messiez brings into dialogue the interviews of the painter Francis Bacon with the novel El cordero carnívoro, by Agustín Gómez-Arcos. Instead of adapting them, he uses them to investigate the body and the reaction that a physical presence can provoke in those who look at it. More information: https://temporada-alta.koobin.com/ca/la-forma-humana
'EPITAPH', a scenic poem about death, memory and accompaniment
November 19th at the Salt Theatre
Xavier Bobés, a Catalan reference in visual and object theatre, premieres a scenic poem about death, memory, and accompaniment. Words, images, and presences to observe what is transformed when someone leaves. More information: https://temporada-alta.koobin.com/ca/epitap
'Massacre', scenic dynamite against religion, blind obedience and the merchants of faith
November 20th at El Canal (Salt)
After turning sexism and fascism into scenic dynamite, Agnès Mateus and Quim Tarrida now take aim at religion, blind obedience, and the merchants of faith. The fuse is lit once again. More information: https://temporada-alta.koobin.com/ca/massacre
'Le Salon ‘revisited’, a classic returning to the stage
November 21st and 22nd at the Girona Municipal Theatre
Peeping Tom, a cult Belgian company and a benchmark in dance-theatre, recovers a key piece from its trajectory. A family keeps up appearances while their house falls apart. A classic of disturbing beauty, a trademark of the house. More information: https://temporada-alta.koobin.com/ca/le-salon-revisited
'Calentamiento', a success that mixes flamenco, theater and music
November 27th at the Municipal Theater of Girona
One of the undisputed successes of the season lands in Girona. The bailaora iconoclast Rocío Molina joins forces with director Pablo Messiez and musician Niño de Elche. Flamenco, theater and music to try to ensure the party never ends. More information: https://temporada-alta.koobin.com/ca/calentamiento
'Faust. Done, not said', an immersion into the crisis of language
December 4th and 5th at El Canal (Salt)
Romeo Castellucci, one of the most influential and radical creators in Europe, takes on Faust and the enigma prior to the pact with the devil. An immersion into the crisis of language with the visual power and mystical poetry of the Italian artist. More information: https://temporada-alta.koobin.com/ca/faust
'Everything Must Change', an anti-dystopian manifesto about effort, failure and human resistance
December 7 at the Teatre de Salt
Succession at the legendary Needcompany: Maarten Seghers and Sung Im Her take the creative reins and sign an anti-utopian manifesto about effort, failure, and human resistance. A new impulse for an unmistakable hallmark. More information: https://temporada-alta.koobin.com/ca/everything-must-change