Joan-Andreu Vallvé and Julieta Agustí, cofounders, with puppets for the production Hamelin performed by Centre de Titelles de Lleida (Catalonia, Spain), direction, design and puppet building: Joan-Andreu Vallvé (1996). Photo courtesy of Collection: Centre de Titelles de Lleida. Photo: Oriol Ferre
Gúlliver al país de Lil·liput / Gulliver en el país de Liliput, after Jonathan Swift, performed by Centre de Titelles de Lleida (Catalonia, Spain), direction design and puppet building: Joan-Andreu Vallvé, actor-puppeteers: Ángel Pérez, Clara Olmo, Ingrid Teixidó (and Xavier Iglesias, Marta Rosell) (1996). Photo: Silvia Poch
Mowgli and elephant in Mowgli, el niño de la jungla, after Rudyard <em>Ki</em>pling, performed by Centre de Titelles de Lleida at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, direction, design and puppet building: Joan-Andreu Vallvé (1998). Photo courtesy of Collection: Centre de Titelles de Lleida. Photo: Oriol Ferre
Mowgli and Joan-Andreu Vallvé in Mowgli, el niño de la jungla performed by Centre de Titelles de Lleida (Catalonia, Spain), direction, design and puppet building: Joan-Andreu Vallvé (1998). Photo courtesy of Collection: Centre de Titelles de Lleida. Photo: Oriol Ferre
Joan-Andreu Vallvé and Julieta Agustí, cofounders, with puppets for the production Hamelin performed by Centre de Titelles de Lleida (Catalonia, Spain), direction, design and puppet building: Joan-Andreu Vallvé (1996). Photo courtesy of Collection: Centre de Titelles de Lleida. Photo: Oriol Ferre

Institution created in 1986 in Lleida in Spanish Catalonia, co-directed by the educational psychologist, Julieta Agustí, and visual artist and playwright, Joan Andreu Vallvé, who also served as the headmaster of the Institut del Teatre (Theatre Institute) of Barcelona between 1971 and 1989.

The centre promotes the creation and diffusion of puppetry and drama by producing its own shows and organizing the annual Feria Internactional de Teatro de Títeres de Lleida (Lleida International Puppet Theatre Fair). This festival, held since 1989, serves as both an exhibition and a market for shows. The centre also organizes the annual Feria del Libro de las Artes Escénicas (Performing Arts Book Fair), produces exhibitions, and publishes and promotes workshops and events related to the theatre arts. As a social activity centre, it supports the Asociación de Espectadores del Centro (Spectators Association Centre), with which it collaborates on multiple cultural and artistic activities.

Under the artistic direction of Joan Andreu Vallvé, the centre has produced a large number of shows including El Retablo de Maese Pedro (Master Peter’s Puppet Show, 2002). Its collaborations with other institutions include En Jan Titella (1998), Mowgli (1998), El Retablo de Navidad (The Nativity Puppet Show, 1999), and the opera, Hansel y Gretel (2003). Its shows have been presented in various countries in Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

(See Spain.)