Tricicle is a humorous gestural theatre company of three actors, Joan Gràcia, Paco Mir and Carles Sans. They founded the company in 1979 to perform brief sketches in the street and at alternative venues.
At that time, the three members of Tricicle were students at Barcelona’s Institut del Teatre and specialized in pantomime and in the dramatic arts. In 1982, following several seasons of performances at alternative venues, they made their debut on the professional circuit at the Sala Villarroel in Barcelona with a show comprising a collection of different sketches created during their time at the so-called cafés-teatro (bars and cafés offering live performances). The show, entitled Manicomic, was both a critical and commercial success and went on to win a prize at the Sitges International Theater Festival that year.[1]