Bad practices, contemptuous attitudes, mistreatment, and threats directed at cultural professionals and organizations. This is just the tip of the iceberg that has led to a rupture between the performing arts sector—the main professional associations in the area signed the statement issued a week ago—and the Palma City Council. The rupture comes after a series of incidents reported over the past two years by organizations such as the Association of Playwrights (ADIB) and the Association of Professional Actors (AAAPIB), which together have nearly two hundred members. Now, they are all jointly pointing the finger at the Director General of Performing Arts and Music for the City Council, Rafel Brunet, and demanding accountability from the councilor for the area, Javier Bonet.

The main performing arts professional associations of the Balearic Islands – APCIB (circus), APDIB (dance), AAAPIB (actors and actresses), Illescena (performing arts companies), ADIB (playwrights), and Mesa (practical educators who deal with abuse) – have denounced threats from the Director General of Culture of the Palma City Council, Rafel Brunet. The organizations consider this behavior "absolutely intolerable" and have announced the severing of all institutional relations with the City Council. According to them, they have tried for months to resolve the conflicts through "dialogue and constructive means," but without receiving any response or sign of willingness to collaborate from the Department of Culture. "Brunet and Councilor Javier Bonet are no longer valid interlocutors," the associations state, accusing the City Council of generating "lack of coordination, distrust, and widespread unease" within the sector. The organizations also reject the public statements made by Brunet and Bonet, who accused APCIB of "sectarianism and favoritism." The circus association maintains that its selections for the Palma Circus Cycle were transparent and consensual, and accuses the Director of Culture of having "unilaterally intervened" in the selection of companies, deliberately excluding proposals from association members. "The truly sectarian attitude comes from Mr. Brunet," they state. Furthermore, the associations denounce a lack of transparency in the management of projects and public funds, an absence of dialogue with the sector, and unilateral decisions that would have led to the disappearance of initiatives such as the program Although much and the Dramatized readings, Among other things, they also criticize the elimination of collaboration agreements with professional organizations, which, they say, "has impoverished Palma's cultural fabric." The organizations demand an immediate reversal and the restoration of channels for institutional participation, as well as the reinstatement of the eliminated projects. "Palma's culture needs ethical, professional, and collaborative management, based on respect and transparency," they conclude. The six organizations maintain that culture is "a common good and a citizen's right" and demand urgent solutions to reverse "the institutional decline and loss of cohesion" they denounce.

The Teatro del Mar (TdM) begins its fall 2025 program with a combination of social theater, in-house productions, creative residencies, and guest performances. Its aim is to establish itself as a space for cultural and community gatherings.