the company

Cal y Canto Teatro began its professional work in 2002. Their personal aesthetic, especially in visual theater, is the result of the bet of the founding members, Ana and Marcos, for a work of own creation.

In the evolution of Cal y Canto, their shows have invented new languages ​​that surprise the audience. Research in the world of kites, where they have created their own imagery and the creation of site-specific shows such as Lost Dog, which takes place inside a shanty-house.

They have been present at prominent festivals around the world: Japan, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Russia, England, Holland, Poland, Taiwan, Italy, South Korea, China, Israel, France, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Romania…

The name of the company refers us to an artistic hermeticism (“closed under lock and key”) that is resolved with each new creation.

Family Photo Stage Direction: Marcos Castro ©calycantoteatro

2023

New creation: “Family Photo”

European tour in Portugal , Ireland ( The Wind Garden ) and The Netherlands ( Lost Dog )

2022

Lost Dog tours in Poland and Austria and The Wind Garden in Romania

Assitej Circuit with Lost Dog

Lost Dog, premiere in Poland . Poster FETA Gdansk 2022
Lost Dog at Festival de la Cité, Laussane ( Switzerland )

2021

Lost Dog travels to Switzerland at the Lausanne Festival

2020

National premiere of The Wind Garden at the FEX in Granada

The Wind Garden at Feria de Ciudad Rodrigo ( Spain ) 2021
LOST DOG : Finalist MAX Awards Best Street Show 2019

2019

LOST DOG finalist for Best Street Show at the Max Awards.

Tour in Taiwan, Belgium, Portugal, Bulgaria with A-Ta-Ka! and Lost Dog premiere in England (Tunbridge Wells)

2018

A-Ta-Ka! tour in Switzerland, Hungary and Romania and premiere of Lost Dog in Stuttgart Germany

Alcides Moreno Awards: Best message for humanity and Best show for Lost Dog

Lost Dog in Circuito Abecedaria

Ana Ortega, David Alba, Sofia Gómez y Marcos Castro at the house-shanty of Lost Dog
Award 2017 Best Non-Conventional Show in The European Children's Performing Arts Fair (FETEN)

2017

Lost Dog FETEN Award Best Unconventional Show

International Tour with A-Ta-Ka! in Israel, Romania and Germany

2016

A-ta-Ka! travels to Shanghai (China), Belgium, Romania and Israel

Lost Dog travels to Germany and Portugal

Memento Mori Premiere

Poster Memento Mori. ©calycantoteatro
A-Ta-Ka ! at Jardines de Serralves, Oporto ( PORTUGAL )

2015

Lost Dog Premiere

A-Ta-Ka! in Japan, Taiwan, Bulgaria, Israel and Portugal

2014

Fosil premiere for the MEH

A-Ta-Ka! travels to Macau (China), Nice (France), Veregra (Italy) and Henley Festival (England)

Closure of the FACYL Festival with Abyssal

Poster Fósil. Design Julio Cordero ©calycantoteatro
A-Ta-Ka ! perform in Taipei ( TAIWAN ) ©calycantoteatro

2013

A-TA-KA! at the Festival d’été of Québec (Canada)

Travel to the Arkhangelsk Theater Festival (Russia) and Asian tour in Taiwan and South Korea

2012

End of Exodos tour at the FIT de Vilareal

A-TA-KA! Best International Company Award, South Korea Keochang International Festival

Éxodos Stage Direction: Marcos Castro Photo: José Vicente ©calycantoteatro
Zero Stage Direction: Marcos Castro Design poster: Marcos Mesa ©calycantoteatro

2011

A-TA-KA! Premiere in Colombia ( Bogotá-Mesitas-Tenjo-Tunja ), France ( Nice ), Belgium ( Namur ) and South Korea ( Keochang )

Zero Premiere

2010

Despido Improcedente Premiere

Premiere “ Despido Improcedente” Artistic Creation: Ana Ortega- Marcos Castro
A-Ta-Ka! in FETA GDANSK 2009 ( Poland )

2009

Premiere of the large-format street show Exodos in Lekeitio Kale (Euskadi)

A-Ta-Ka! in Poland (Gdansk) and Romania (Sibiu)

2008

First international tour in the Netherlands with A-Ta-Ka! Poppentheater Festival

First international adventure in The Netherlands with A-TA-KA! ©calycantoteatro
Ana Ortega in Aventis ©calycantoteatro

2007

Aventis Premiere

CyL Young Arts Award: Performing Arts 2007. “Aventis”

2006

Premiere of Colonbululú at the Festival of Puppets and Objects of Granada

CyL Young Art Award: Performing Arts 2006. “Colonbululú”

Presentation “Colonbululú” in Portugal

Colonbululú Creation: Ana Ortega- Marcos Castro Poster design: Toni Berciano
A-Ta-Ka! Idea and Creation : Ana Ortega – Marcos Castro ©calycantoteatro

2004

A-Ta-Ka! Premiere

CyL Young Art Award: Performing Arts 2004. “The Hermetic Museum”

2003

First Show: El Museo Hermético

Ana Ortega - Marcos Castro in his rehearsal place ©calycantoteatro
Marcos Castro and Ana Ortega

2002

Ana Ortega and Marcos Castro create Cal y Canto Teatro