arts & culture

Solitudes brings Basque company Kulunka Teatro’s acclaimed mask-based theatre piece to Grec Festival with a bittersweet story about ageing, family and the quiet ache of not being understood. Following the success of works such as André y Dorine and Forever, the company returns to its wordless, highly expressive style, where gesture, rhythm and physical detail do the talking.

The story centres on an elderly man who feels increasingly invisible to the people around him. Like many older people, he no longer asks for much - only small, simple things that others fail to recognise as deeply important. But instead of giving up, he fights for those desires with stubborn dignity. The piece mixes humour with t