Kamchàtka is an immersive and contextual theatre collective based in Catalonia. Its members come from different countries and have been working together since 2006. 

Creating work in public spaces and non-conventional venues, they propose a form of theatre that emerges from place and awakens the memory of the past to illuminate the present. They are the creators of an epic cycle on migration, composed of four performances exploring human movement. They have presented more than 500 performances in 37 countries. They have developed a distinctive, poetic, wordless language and a contemporary form of writing in which the audience plays a fundamental role in the dramaturgy.

They continue to explore human displacement, the power of the gaze, and collective creation. They also offer training programs and develop creations with community involvement. Their work has received several professional awards, including two MAX Awards for Best Performance for Alter and Fugit.

Professional Trajectory

In March 2007, they premiered their show “Kamchàtka”, which, after achieving instant success and winning over international programmers at FiraTàrrega 2007, continues to be performed today and to triumph wherever it is programmed. In 2008, it received the Jury Prize for Best Show at the international MiramirO festival in Ghent, Belgium.

In an attempt to share its research work and unique theatrical language, the company has also developed “Migrar”, a workshop aimed at anyone who has an interest in theatrical improvisation in public space and in the topic of immigration.

In 2009 the company created an indoor production, as part of Barcelona’s Grec festival, together with the city’s symphonic orchestra: “Music for Wild Beasts”, a show which succeeded in bringing classical music closer to audiences of all ages.

In 2010 they premiered a new production in FiraTàrrega: “Habitaculum”, a living installation which continues their work on the issue of human migration. “Habitaculum” has been performed in numerous festivals across the globe, in places as diverse as the Arctic Arts Festival in Harstad, Norway and Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC), in Mishima, Japan.

In 2014 they complete their ‘immigration trilogy’ with their third street theatre production: “Fugit”. A show which after several appearances in venues across Europe has gone on to be shown and receive accolades worldwide in places such as Moscow and St Petersburg, Russia and in festivals such as GREC in Barcelona, FiB in Bergen, Norway, Miramiro in Gent, Belgium, Metropolis in Copenhaguen, Mirada in Brasil and Cielos del Infinito in Chile.

In 2019 a unique musical adaptation of “Fugit” was conceived and performed, with the participation of live musicians. “Musica Fugit” is performed in ZAMUS ‘Zentrum für Alte Musik’, in Köln, Germany, in Diaghilev Festival, in Perm, Russia and in the prestigious and perhaps most important early music festival in the world, Utrecht Early Music Festival.

In September 2021, the company premiers “Alter”, it’s fourth street theatre production set in a rural and nocturnal environment and combining it’s unique and immersive language with intimate video projections and storytelling.

In 2022 “Alter” wins the MAX award for best Street Theatre Performance (Spain’s most prestigious performing arts award) and the following year, after its UK premiere, makes the ‘Top 10 theatre shows for 2023’ list in ‘The Guardian’ (the only non-British and outdoor show to be included in the list that year).

In 2025, with “Fugit”, the Kamchatka company has awarded a MAX to the Best Street show for the second time, making them the first company to represent two guards in this category.

In parallel the company continues to perform its shows throughout the world, interested as ever in adapting them to unique and particular contexts and environments