“Ànima Lliure” stems from the desire to turn the Teatre Lliure theatre into an artistic space that is open to everyone and that brings together a wide range of voices and bodies. Its aim is to cast a spotlight on a social reality that is often overlooked, not only to create an awareness-raising tool, but also to provide a space for high-quality artistic creation with these bodies and voices that form part of our society.

The project also seeks to produce systematic outcomes from the experience, with a dual objective. On the one hand, the possibility of replicating the same theatrical proposal with other performing arts centres in Spain and, on the other hand, the creation of documentation that will be useful to apply the same methodology to other theatrical proposals, to the Teatre Lliure theatre itself, and to other performing arts centres.

First up in the schedule was the play “Hamlet”, at the Teatro de la Plaza de Perú theatre, a performance in which a team of people with Down syndrome put on Shakespeare’s classic, with a Hamlet that plays with the differences and makes it clear that they are enriching, which is precisely the aim of the project.