Teatres en xarxa

Teatres en xarxa ("Theatres in Network") is a cooperative association of municipal proximity theatres in Catalonia, Spain. According to its official website, it is a group of local theatres with shared cooperative working objectives that have been working together regularly since 2014. The network brings together publicly owned cultural facilities from several Catalan municipalities, including Barberà del Vallès, Sant Joan Despí, Sant Andreu de la Barca, Tordera, Llinars del Vallès, El Vendrell, Lloret de Mar and Valls. The network's stated purpose is to make efficient use of the resources and teams of municipal cultural facilities in order to bring quality cultural proposals closer to local audiences. It operates as a touring circuit: member theatres jointly programme and host performances that travel between the participating municipalities, under the label "Espectacles en gira" (Touring Shows). This allows smaller municipalities to share the costs and risks of professional performing arts programming and to offer their citizens access to productions that a single town might not be able to afford on its own. Teatres en xarxa also organises the Festival Zero, a festival held in February and March across the member municipalities. The festival is described as featuring risky and unconventional proposals that seek to eliminate the distance between audience and artist, encouraging dialogue, interaction and almost immersive experiences. The third edition of Festival Zero was announced on the network's website. The organisation is a non-profit-style collaborative structure rather than a commercial company; it is best understood as a brand and joint platform for the participating municipal theatres. Its members are public cultural facilities, and its activity is focused on performing arts programming, touring shows and festival organisation within Catalonia. The network maintains a website at teatresenxarxa.cat where it publishes information about member municipalities, touring shows and the Festival Zero. Because Teatres en xarxa is a network of public theatres rather than a conventional company, it does not have a single headquarters, owner or parent company in the usual corporate sense. Its identity is tied to the group of participating municipalities and their cultural departments. The network has been active since 2014 and continues to operate as a joint programming and touring platform for proximity theatres in Catalonia.

Teatres en xarxa was formed as a cooperative working group of municipal proximity theatres in Catalonia. According to the network's official website, its member theatres have been working together regularly since 2014. The founding municipalities named on the website are Barberà del Vallès, Sant Joan Despí, Sant Andreu de la Barca, Tordera, Llinars del Vallès, El Vendrell, Lloret de Mar and Valls. The initiative emerged from the recognition that municipal cultural facilities have a role in bringing culture closer to the citizens of their town or city. By joining forces, the participating theatres aim to make efficient use of their tools and teams and to contribute to bringing quality proposals to proximity audiences. This cooperative model allows the member municipalities to share the costs and organisational burden of professional performing arts programming. One of the network's main activities is the touring shows programme, "Espectacles en gira", through which productions circulate among the member municipalities. The network also created the Festival Zero, held during February and March in the member municipalities. The website announced the third edition of the festival, describing it as featuring risky and unconventional proposals that seek to eliminate the distance between audience and artist, encouraging dialogue, interaction and almost immersive experiences. As of the information available on its website, the network consists of the eight municipalities listed above. It operates as a joint platform rather than a single company, and its activity is focused on performing arts programming, touring and festival organisation within Catalonia.

• 2014

  Member theatres begin working together regularly as Teatres en xarxa.

• Festival Zero is held in February and March across member municipalities; the website announces its third edition.

A cooperative network of municipal proximity theatres in Catalonia that shares resources to bring quality performing arts to local audiences.

• Espectacles en gira (Touring Shows)

  Touring performing arts productions that circulate among the member municipal theatres.

• Festival Zero

  A festival held in February and March in the member municipalities, featuring risky and unconventional proposals.

1. 1Teatres en xarxa official websiteteatresenxarxa.cat
2. 2Teatres en xarxa on Wikidatawikidata.org