Tuesday 11 November 2025 | 18:00 | Espai Lliure de Montjuïc
The MA Programme in Construction and Representation of Cultural Identities (CRIC), in collaboration with the Contemporary British Theatre Barcelona Research Group (CBTBarcelona) and Teatre Lliure, is hosting the presentation of the awards for the best BA and MA dissertations in contemporary theatre studies and performing arts.
The event will open with the plenary session “Ser y no ser”, presented by director and playwright Gabriel Calderón, recipient of Uruguay’s National Prize of Literature and Artistic and General Director of Comedia Nacional de Uruguay (2022-2025). Between reality and fiction, Calderón will explore the foundational myth of his artistic vocation through personal reflections on writing and theatre. He will analyse the tensions that give meaning and depth to artistic creation. The event will conclude with the launch of the book Sense voler: resistències corporals a la lògica del rendiment, by Mireia Serrano, winner of the fourth edition of the prize, and published by Edicions UB.
Free entry (with limited availability): book your tickets in advance here.
The CRIC–Teatre Lliure–CBTB Awards were established in March 2021 by the Faculty of Philology and Communication and Teatre Lliure, with the aim of promoting research and dissemination in the field of contemporary theatre studies.
This event is organised with the support of the Faculty of Philology and Communication, the Vice Chancellor for Research of the University of Barcelona and ADHUC – Research Center for Theory, Gender and Sexuality.
The event marked the launch of the call for the 5th Edition of the awards CRIC-Teatre Lliure-CBTBarcelona to the best BA and MA dissertations in contemporary theatre studies and performing arts submitted between the academic years 2020-21 and 2024-25, and graded with a minimum score of 9/10. Submissions will be accepted until 30 January, and the awards will be presented during the closing ceremony of the CRIC Master’s Programme at the end of the academic year.
At the event, participants included Juan Carlos Olivares, head of content and research at the Teatre Lliure; Myriam Mallart, coordinator of the CRIC Master’s programme; Mònica Rius and Elisabeth Massana, members of the CRIC academic committee; and Víctor Ramírez, lecturer on the Master’s Degree in Advanced Studies in Art History at the University of Barcelona.
