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A Local Pour Between Acts

At Figueres a Escena, the interval can become part of the performance rather than a pause between scenes. A carefully chosen glass of Empordà wine gives…

The Chandelier That Welcomes Audiences at El Jardí

Before the curtain rises at Teatre El Jardí, the foyer offers its own quiet performance. Light catches on glass, visitors gather beneath it, and the transition…

What Venue Managers Do During A Sold-Out Weekend

A sold-out weekend looks simple from the audience side: arrive, scan a ticket, find a seat and enjoy the show. Behind that smooth experience, venue managers…

The art of creating a mood board for a new production

A mood board gives a new production its first visual heartbeat. Before a director, designer, performer or producer settles on sets, costumes and lighting, a…

Captioning That Opens the Stage to More Audiences

A live performance depends on connection: a line landing at the right moment, a lyric carrying emotion, or a movement cue changing the meaning of a scene. For…

The evolution of our cinema screen from film to digital

For more than a century, the cinema screen has been a portal to other lives, other worlds, other centuries. From the flickering nickelodeons of the 1890s to…

A Lighting Board Operator’s Role in a Rock Opera

A lighting board operator for a rock opera works where music, theatre and technology meet. From a control position at the back of a venue, they turn the…

Why we program a winter opera and a summer opera

Figueres a Escena has long treated opera as a craft that breathes with the calendar. Rather than scheduling productions at fixed intervals, we listen to the…

The Science of Stage Combat Safety in Our Action Shows

When a sword slices through the air or a fist connects with a jaw on stage, the audience gasps, leans forward, and simply believes. What they rarely see is the…

How Residencies Help New Playwrights Find Their Voice

At Figueres a Escena, we believe that a play begins long before the first rehearsal. It begins in the quiet hours when a writer sits with an idea, half-formed,…