PAPAYA Fest 2026

Kickstart Papaya Fest 2026 with this award-winning production by Popelei, back by popular demand – catch this captivating story of love, loss and revolution performed in English on Friday and en Español (in Spanish) on Sunday

A powerful musical journey through South America’s resistance movements, woven through the folk songs that became the soundtrack of a continent, performed by Alex Etchart and Pepa Duarte (maker of Eating Myself) – showing as part of PAPAYA Fest 2026

See what happens when artists from Bristol and Latin America who’ve never met are given just 48 hours to connect, create and perform

A joyful act of resistance: a tender, defiant documentary telling the untold story of Argentina’s trans rights movement through archive, photographs and the voices of the women who lived it

Join PAPAYA Fest’s panel as we break open this divisive and provocative topic: the rise of the manosphere, the role of feminism, and the legacy of Latin machismo

Taking aim at one of society’s biggest expectations, this acclaimed hit show by Popelei is funny, fearless and guaranteed to get people talking – showing as part of PAPAYA Fest 2026

Exploring love in the age of AI, this cosmic, sexy and visually spectacular fever dream from Joana Nastari and Dre Spisto (50 Ways To Kill A Slug) will leave you laughing, swooning and slightly unhinged – showing as part of PAPAYA Fest 2026

Starring the makers of Jeezus! comes a dark comedy spanning sixty years of queer history, set in gay saunas where people gather to hook up, confess, worship, survive – and sometimes even find love. Showing as part of PAPAYA Fest 2026.