Umore Azoka is Leioa’s street comedians’ fair. Lasting for four days, it brings together people from the performing arts and provides a unique opportunity for companies, distributors, programmers and journalists to experience theatre in its pure state. It is a chance to make contacts, exchange ideas, show work and hire performances – a forum for experiencing theatre twenty-four hours a day.
Focusing on street theatre, Umore Azoka has become established as a fair that features leading Basque, Spanish and foreign companies and many premiere performances year after year, though it also offers up-and-coming artists the possibility of showing their work. With this mixture of veterans and youngsters, every edition of Umore Azoka is a breath of fresh air.
More than 40 companies presented their shows at this year’s event, which included important premieres. Artists from countries as diverse as France, Japan, Australia, India, the United States, Argentina and Chile, among others, together with companies from Spain's autonomous communities, filled the streets of Leioa with magic and fascination, acrobatic and circus shows, clowns, music and theatre, among other performances.
AC/E supported the presence of international programmers by awarding Visitors grants through its Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Culture.
Focusing on street theatre, Umore Azoka has become established as a fair that features leading Basque, Spanish and foreign companies and many premiere performances year after year, though it also offers up-and-coming artists the possibility of showing their work. With this mixture of veterans and youngsters, every edition of Umore Azoka is a breath of fresh air.
More than 40 companies presented their shows at this year’s event, which included important premieres. Artists from countries as diverse as France, Japan, Australia, India, the United States, Argentina and Chile, among others, together with companies from Spain's autonomous communities, filled the streets of Leioa with magic and fascination, acrobatic and circus shows, clowns, music and theatre, among other performances.
AC/E supported the presence of international programmers by awarding Visitors grants through its Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Culture.