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Scene from the participatory performance UNIVERS: Performers and children sit on the floor, playing together with small stone-like objects.
© Arian Botey

UNIVERS

Engruna Teatre, Mireia Fernàndez, Anna Farriol, Txell Felip, Júlia Santacana, Jordi Sala

German Premiere

Junge Triennale
10.9.-13.9.2026
PACT Zollverein

A poetic playground in the universe

UNIVERS gives the very youngest audiences from babies to two-year-olds a sensory experience of the gigantic cosmos in sounds and shapes. Planets visit the Earth and we look through a telescope into space. This poetic space is a chance to wonder, touch and join in – and becomes a shared playground for the dancers and children where time briefly stands still. For space explorers and those who can still become one.

With BEYOND UNIVERSE, this event will also be accessible for a neurodivergent audience with children from 3 to 7 years. 

Produced by Engruna Teatre. Co-produced with LaSala / Festival elPetit. With the support of ICEC, L'Estruch Fàbrica de Creació, TTP, Ajuntament de Castellar del Vallès, and La Tombarella

  • Two performers hold an illuminated hoop together as toddlers move among padded cylindrical objects around them.
    © Katharina Kemme
  • A performer sits on the stage floor facing a toddler, with padded cylindrical objects between them.
    © Katharina Kemme
  • Two performers hold a large illuminated object with hanging strands.
    © Katharina Kemme
  • Two toddlers stand at the edge of a brightly lit stage looking towards the performance, while adults sit on the floor behind them.
    © Katharina Kemme
  • A smiling performer holds an illuminated hoop with numerous dark chains hanging from it.
    © Katharina Kemme
  • A toddler stands among long, glowing blue strands hanging from a large suspended object to the floor.
    © Katharina Kemme
  • Toddlers and adults are on a dark stage beneath large glowing spheres and objects with long illuminated strands. Points of light are reflected across the white floor.
    © Katharina Kemme

Cast

  • Original Idea
    • Anna Farriol,
    • Mireia Fernàndez,
    • Txell Felip,
    • Júlia Santacana
  • Direction
    • Mireia Fernàndez
  • Assistant Director
    • Núria Olivé
  • Performed by
    • Anna Farriol,
    • Iria Corominas
  • Original Music
    • Jordi Sala
  • Music performed by
    • Victor Miguel
  • Tour Management
    • Júlia Santacana
  • Production
    • Txell Felip
  • Distribution
    • Ana Sala
  • Production Manager Ruhrtriennale
    • Thabea Lange
  • Technical Project Manager Ruhrtriennale
    • Helmut Schandl
  • Technician
    • Boris Aleksandrov,
    • Henning Arend,
    • Ralf Mittag,
    • Daria Motalebsade

Supporters Ruhrtriennale

Main Funder RAG-Stiftung.

Funded by Stiftung Mercator.

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Visit

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    PACT Zollverein
    Bullmannaue 20a
    45327 Essen

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    • Exterior view of the PACT Zollverein building in Essen with red brick walls and large windows, the mining tower visible in the background.
    Dates and Tickets
    September
    Thu 10.9.2026
    9 am Junge Triennale PACT Zollverein
    First performance

    UNIVERS

    Engruna Teatre, Mireia Fernàndez, Anna Farriol, Txell Felip, Júlia Santacana, Jordi Sala
    Past event
    11 am Junge Triennale PACT Zollverein

    UNIVERS

    Engruna Teatre, Mireia Fernàndez, Anna Farriol, Txell Felip, Júlia Santacana, Jordi Sala
    Past event
    Fri 11.9.2026
    9 am Junge Triennale PACT Zollverein

    UNIVERS

    Engruna Teatre, Mireia Fernàndez, Anna Farriol, Txell Felip, Júlia Santacana, Jordi Sala
    Past event
    11 am Junge Triennale PACT Zollverein

    UNIVERS

    Engruna Teatre, Mireia Fernàndez, Anna Farriol, Txell Felip, Júlia Santacana, Jordi Sala
    Past event
    Sat 12.9.2026
    11 am Junge Triennale PACT Zollverein

    UNIVERS

    Engruna Teatre, Mireia Fernàndez, Anna Farriol, Txell Felip, Júlia Santacana, Jordi Sala
    Past event
    3 pm Junge Triennale PACT Zollverein

    UNIVERS

    Engruna Teatre, Mireia Fernàndez, Anna Farriol, Txell Felip, Júlia Santacana, Jordi Sala
    Past event
    4 pm Junge Triennale PACT Zollverein

    Workshop zu UNIVERS

    Engruna Teatre, Mireia Fernàndez, Anna Farriol, Txell Felip, Júlia Santacana, Jordi Sala
    Sun 13.9.2026
    11 am Junge Triennale PACT Zollverein

    UNIVERS

    Engruna Teatre, Mireia Fernàndez, Anna Farriol, Txell Felip, Júlia Santacana, Jordi Sala
    Past event
    12 pm Junge Triennale PACT Zollverein

    Workshop zu UNIVERS

    Engruna Teatre, Mireia Fernàndez, Anna Farriol, Txell Felip, Júlia Santacana, Jordi Sala
    3 pm Junge Triennale PACT Zollverein

    BEYOND UNIVERSE

    Engruna Teatre, Mireia Fernàndez, Anna Farriol, Txell Felip, Júlia Santacana, Jordi Sala
    Past event

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