Josep Maria Flotats
Josep Maria Flotats i Picas (; born 12 January 1939) is a Spanish actor and theatre director. He was born in Barcelona, where he started as an actor in Associació Dramàtica de Barcelona, and made his theatre debut in 1957 with Les maletes del senyor Bernet. He received a student grant to study drama in Strasbourg in 1959, and he joined the Théâtre National Populaire in 1967, Théâtre de la Ville in 1968, and French National Theatre Comédie Française in 1981. In 1983, he went back to Catalonia with the play Dom Joan by Molière, and created the "Companyia Flotats" in 1984. From 1995 to his polemic dismissal in 1997, he was the principal of TNC (Catalan National Theatre) He went to Madrid in 1998 and created the theatre company "Taller 75 S.L.". They debuted with 'Art' (play), by Yasmina Reza. Theatre plays Named by the language of the performance 2015: Ser-ho o no. Per acabar amb la qüestió jueva, by Jean-Claude Grumberg. Director and actor with Arnau Puig i Casas. Teatre Lliure de Barcelona. 2014: El joc de l'amor i l'atzar, by Pierre de Marivaux. Director. Production by TNC. 2007: "Stalin" by Marc Dugain. Director, adaptation, producer and actor. Teatre Tívoli, Barcelona. 2004: "La cena" by Jean-Claude Brisville. Director, actor and producer. Teatro Bellas Artes de Madrid. Spanish tour. 2002: "París 1940" by Louis Jouvet. Director, actor, adaptació i productor. Teatro Bellas Artes de Madrid. Spanish tour. 1998: "Arte" by Yasmina Reza. Director, adaptation, producer and actor. Teatro Marquina de Madrid. Spanish tour. 1997: "La Gavina" by Anton Chekhov. Director and actor. Companyia TNC de Barcelona. 1996: "Àngels a Amèrica" by Tony Kushner. Director. Companyia TNC de Barcelona. 1994: "Cal dir-ho" by Eugène Labiche. Director and actor. Companyia Flotats. Teatre Poliorama de Barcelona. 1993: "Tot assajant Dom Joan" by Louis Jouvet i Brigitte Jaques. Director and actor. Companyia Flotats. Teatre Poliorama de Barcelona. 1992: "Don Quijote: Fragmentos de un discurso teatral" by Mauricio Scaparro and Rafael Azcona. Dir.: Mauricio Scaparro. Spanish, Italian and New York tour. 1992: "Cavalls de mar" by Josep Lluis i Rodolf Sirera. Director. Companyia Flotats. Teatre Poliorama de Barcelona. 1990: "Ara que els ametllers ja estan batuts" by Josep Pla. Companyia Flotats. Teatre Poliorama de Barcelona. Spanish, Frankfort tour. Teatro María Guerrero de Madrid. 1989: "El misàntrop" by Molière. Director and actor. Companyia Flotats. Teatre Poliorama de Barcelona. Teatro Español de Madrid. 1988: "Lorenzaccio" by Alfred de Musset. Director and actor. Companyia Flotats. Teatre Poliorama de Barcelona. Teatro Español de Madrid. 1987: "El dret d'escollir" by Brian Clark. Director and actor. Companyia Flotats. Teatre Poliorama de Barcelona. 1986: "Infantillatges" by Raymond Cousse. Director. Companyia Flotats. Teatre Poliorama de Barcelona. 1986: "Per un sí o per un no" by Nathalie Sarraute. Director and actor. Companyia Flotats. Teatre Poliorama de Barcelona. 1986: "El despertar de la Primavera" by Frank Wedekind. Director and actor. Companyia Flotats. Teatre Poliorama de Barcelona. 1985: "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand. Actor. Dir.: Mauricio Scaparro. Companyia Flotats. Teatre Poliorama de Barcelona. Teatro