Tutilimundi

A very peculiar character moving around on a tricycle sets up, in a matter of seconds, a storytelling theatre in the middle of a square; further on they perform a concert on a street corner, higher up they present puppets, lower down magic tricks, a shadow theatre...

or all at once. Tutilimundi, which means "all worlds", takes its name from a travelling show that, around the 1860s, transported a portable cosmorama inside which figures and landscapes moved in an ingenious way.

However, the idea is older, as it comes from small puppet theatres, known as retaules, which have been recorded since 1539.

cat scheme, a grant promoted by the Department of Culture of the Government of Catalonia and the Provincial Councils of Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona. Last updated: 30/09/2026