Come & See is a festival of theatre, dance, circus, puppetry and new style’s showcases, specially presented for a public of international programmers and producers. The aim of Come & See is to promote the Catalan performing arts sector and show the best contemporary pieces produced in Catalonia.

In the 2010 edition Come & See become the Catalan Performing Arts Market, an event completely open to proposals from the entire performing arts sector.


This year the festival will be on the 19th, 20th and 21st of July in the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya and will include performances from the best Catalan shows touring in 2010 and 2011. The event will have also presentation projects by artistes and creative itineraries through the main venues for performing arts in Barcelona. 

Come & See is financed by ICIC - Catalan Institute for the Cultural Industry - and has the support of ICUB – Cultural Institute of Barcelona City Council - and Ramon Llull Institute.

The Catalan theatre meeting in Barcelona, Come & See, was born in 2006 as an initiative of CIATRE, the Association of Professional Theatre Companies from Catalonia. The objective was to promote the creations of Catalan theatre companies abroad and to mobilize the international theatre sector to Barcelona.

After the 2006 event, where it achieved the attendance of more than a hundred top-level programmers, in 2008 Come & See opened its doors to the Catalan performing arts sector, including dance proposals.


In 2008, during three days – from the 2nd to the 4th of July – one could see 28 performing arts showcases of approximately 30 minutes duration, project presentations, conferences and round tables, face-to-face meetings and many more activities for the one hundred accredited professionals.

Just Come & See!