Departures of note

Manel Dueso was born in Sabadell (Barcelona) in 1953 and trained in interpretation at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona, developing his directing and playwriting skills largely as an autodidact. He built a long career across theatre, film, and television in Catalonia, both as an actor and as a director, staging more than 100 productions of classic authors such as Shakespeare, Molière, Tennessee Williams, and Samuel Beckett.

As an author he wrote more than 20 plays premiered in various Catalan theatres, and in his final year staged Jambo Bwana at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya. His writing was marked by a poetic sensibility; he published three books, including the poetry collection Som cavalls d'espuma en camps de menta. Dueso died in Barcelona in September 2026 after a long illness, aged 73.