Listen to Us on Onda Regional de Murcia

A few days ago, we took part in the radio programme La Hora de la Cigarra on Onda Regional de Murcia to talk about the school tour in Galicia featuring Vuela Pluma, a production that has reached more than eleven thousand Galician schoolchildren in recent weeks.

During the interview, we shared some reflections on the importance of school performance circuits in bringing the performing arts closer to young audiences, as well as initiatives such as the Re-Crea programme, which has also begun to develop this season in the Region of Murcia.

You can listen to the full interview here:

https://www.orm.es/la-hora-de-la-cigarra/de-guitarristas-olvidados/

We Brought BoBo to Teatro Arniches in Alicante as Part of the Som Menuts Programme

Periferia Teatro’s penguin family visited Alicante on May 17 with a performance for family audiences

At Periferia Teatro, we continue bringing BoBo to new stages, and on May 17 we presented our show at Teatro Arniches in Alicante with a performance aimed at family audiences.

The performance took place on Sunday, May 17 as part of Som Menuts, the regular programme at Teatre Arniches promoted by the Institut Valencià de Cultura and focused on children and families. The programme brings together theatre, puppetry, dance, music, circus and magic performances specially designed for children, becoming an important reference point for family-oriented performing arts in Alicante.

BoBo is a puppet show full of sensitivity, humour and tenderness that explores difference, identity and the importance of accepting oneself. Through a poetic and highly visual staging, we follow little Bobo on an adventure that begins the day his parents tell him he is going to have a baby brother.

The story takes us to the South Pole, where the Pingüin family lives. While Mama Pingüin and Papa Pingüin share household chores and fishing duties, Bobo spends his days playing and eating. But everything is about to change for him.

This production continues to bring us great joy throughout its journey. During 2025, BoBo received the Azahar Award for Best Children’s Theatre Production and the Azahar Award for Best Original Music, as well as the Alfonso X Theatre Award of Murcia. It was also recommended by the Spanish Network of Theatres and was part of the official programme at FETEN 2025.

We are very happy to have shared this story with audiences in Alicante and to continue meeting new families and young spectators who are moved by Bobo in every performance.

Our «Vuelapluma» school tour brings together 11,500 boys and girls in Galicia

Our school tour through Galicia, promoted by Afundación, has taken the story of Robin to seven cities and reminds us that puppet theatre continues to fly straight to the heart of childhood.

This spring we had a very special experience with Vuelapluma. A total of 11,500 children from Galicia joined Robin in his quest for freedom on a school tour that took us through Ourense, Ferrol, Vigo, Pontevedra, Lugo, Santiago de Compostela, and A Coruña, thanks to the support of Afundación.

Each performance was a new opportunity to share with school audiences the story of our little bird who lives in a cage where nothing is lacking, but where everything is too quiet, too predictable, and, above all, very boring. Robin dreams of flying, of discovering what lies beyond, of finding friends and having adventures. And when the door finally opens, a journey full of discoveries begins, leading him to a strange island inhabited by paper birds.

With this play, we continue to champion children’s theater that moves audiences, encourages reflection, and addresses universal themes such as freedom, curiosity, and the need to find our own place in the world.

The tour began on April 27th and 28th in Ourense, continued in Ferrol on the 29th and 30th, then in Vigo on May 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th, Pontevedra from the 7th to the 10th, Lugo on the 11th and 12th, Santiago on May 13th, and concluded in A Coruña on May 14th and 15th. 

Vuelapluma, written and directed by Juan Manuel Quiñonero and starring Ana Morcillo Lara, Alba de los Ángeles, and Mariso García, received the TITIRIJAI Award for Best Show at the Tolosa International Puppet Festival in 2015, an accolade that continues to accompany this beloved story on its journey. 

At Periferia Teatro, we continue our passion for children’s puppet theater, exploring new ways of telling stories and championing an art form that is more vibrant than ever, with deep gratitude for being able to share shows like Vuelapluma with thousands of schoolchildren. Furthermore, the Faro de Vigo newspaper reported on our arrival in Pontevedra, highlighting how the puppets «break down barriers» to speak of freedom and discovery through Robin’s perspective.