'Let's Play!': Catalan talent on show as Barcelona's Festival Grec kicks off

Audience of essential workers witness curtain-raiser from theatrical circus company Baró d'evel and collaborators

Jaume Mateu (Tortell Poltrona) and the daughter of Blaï Mateu and Camille Decourtye (Baró d'evel) during the opening event of Festival Grec 2020, 'A tocar!', June 30, 2020 (by Pau Cortina)
Jaume Mateu (Tortell Poltrona) and the daughter of Blaï Mateu and Camille Decourtye (Baró d'evel) during the opening event of Festival Grec 2020, 'A tocar!', June 30, 2020 (by Pau Cortina) / ACN

ACN | Barcelona

July 1, 2020 05:04 PM

Barcelona's Festival Grec kicked off on Tuesday evening with Catalan-French outfit Baró d'evel collaborating with a host of local talent to perform 'A tocar!' or 'Let’s Play!'.

Opening night at the open-air Teatre Grec saw a socially-distanced audience of front line coronavirus workers – cleaners, public transport staff, health workers, police, market workers and volunteers among others – treated to a spectacle that invites you to "get up", and not give up, in difficult times.

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