Theatre of the Ancients founder Joanna Hruby is passionate about preserving, reviving and celebrating the rich folk culture of Ibiza through storytelling. She has an ever-expanding repertoire of folk tales from Ibiza and Formentera, collected by the Balearic folklorist Joan Castelló Guasch in the early to mid-1900’s, and translated from Eivissenc (Ibiza’s native Catalan dialect) into English. She sees these stories as portals into the rich underbelly of Ibiza’s traditional folklore and culture…

Joanna has performed tellings of Ibiza’s folktales for diverse events, including the Dia Europeu de les Llengües (the European Day of Languages), organized by the government of Santa Eulària, Ibiza, and World Localization Day, in association with Local Futures (founded by Helena Norberg-Hodge). She has also performed for Extinction Rebellion’s Earth Day, as well as for the regenerative farm Juntos, the multi-disciplinary arts event Rooted Revelry, and various private parties and retreats.