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L’altra Matilda
A royal family’s marriage plans unravel when Matilda arrives. This family production mixes romance, confusion and magic, with an age recommendation of ten and above.
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El secret de les bruixes
Iris and Flora must discover why the sun has stopped rising in their world. Children’s participation helps the two witches search for a solution in this family production at Teatreneu.
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Manu Llari: Inexplicable
Manu Llari brings an audience-participation magic show to Teatreneu’s smaller café theatre. Illusion and humour share the stage, making this a close-up alternative to a large theatrical production.
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Xosé A. Touriñán
Touriñán mixes personal anecdotes, fiction and Galician popular culture in a monologue tracing his life. The late performance at Teatre Borràs gives the evening a storytelling-comedy focus.
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La llibreria màgica
A bookseller and his apprentice must protect a shop full of stories from destruction. Peixospeixeres turns the defence of reading into a family adventure, recommended for children aged three and above.
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Un somni pirata
Two very different sisters enter a pirate adventure and need the audience’s help. This Catalan-language production offers a participatory family outing, with a recommended starting age of three.
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Terra baixa
Guimerà’s story of Manelic, Marta and Sebastià returns in a small theatre setting. The conflict between desire, dependence and power gives this adaptation a clear dramatic centre.
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Impro Show
Audience suggestions become the raw material for an evening of improvised comedy. The performers build characters and situations in real time, so returning visitors will encounter a different show.
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La casa de Bernarda Alba
Sala Ars condenses Lorca’s drama into a one-hour adaptation. Repression and the desire for freedom define the household, making this an intimate alternative to a large-stage classical production.
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La jove Aïda
Verdi’s opera enters a virtual world in this Petit Liceu production, aimed at ages eight and above. New music and audiovisual staging give the story a contemporary, game-inspired frame.
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El hijo de la cómica
José Sacristán revisits Fernando Fernán-Gómez’s memories in a solo tribute at the Romea. Theatre history becomes personal through stories of family, survival and the desire to find a place onstage.
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Claudia Ramírez: Gallina
A childhood memory of the story of the Woman Hen returns years later to confront grief and difference. Claudia Ramírez combines autofiction and documentary elements in a solo performance recommended from sixteen.
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Martín Rechimuzzi: Alejandra
A fifteenth-birthday party near Buenos Aires frames Martín Rechimuzzi’s comedy about family and the limits of reason. One performer moves between characters, memories and absences; recommended from age thirteen.
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Les ungles
A visit to a friend in a psychiatric institution becomes a journey involving four women and a planned escape. La Preferida’s musical explores friendship, imposed identities and the meaning of freedom.
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Màgic Pablo: El Gran Repte
Pablo and his friends face the tests set by the magician Auri. Magic, dance and theatre combine in a family production about imagination, friendship and finding the confidence to try.
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Els plans
A couple pretend to separate to escape holiday plans with another family. Their small deception opens up much larger tensions in a comedy about friendship, parenting and social obligation.
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53 diumenges
Three siblings meet to decide how to care for their elderly father, and old resentments resurface. Cesc Gay’s family comedy makes an apparently practical conversation the trigger for a much larger reckoning.
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Llegendàries
Two travelling herbalists encounter the creatures and stories of Catalan oral tradition. Espurna Teatre combines objects, songs and storytelling for ages five and above; advance registration is required despite free admission.
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L’òpera de tres rals
Marta Pazos directs Brecht and Weill’s sharp musical portrait of power and money, with musical direction by Dani Espasa. The Catalan production offers Spanish and English surtitles on selected Saturdays.
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Juan Amodeo: 013 Origen
Juan Amodeo returns to neighbourhood memories and the unfiltered humour of his younger self. The Borràs show frames stand-up as a return to the conversations that first made him want to perform.
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La Mercè: Closing Ceremony
Join the farewell procession as Barcelona’s City Giants return from Sant Jaume to the Palau de la Virreina. This moving street event closes part of the traditional festival programme.
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Desxifrar l’art contemporani
Cèlia Leiva leads a four-session workshop on approaching contemporary art with better questions. The course looks at varied formats and current concerns; registration and the published course fee apply.
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La Mercè fireworks: Fwf Concept
French pyrotechnic company Fwf Concept opens the two-night International Fireworks Festival. Head towards the Espigó del Gas area for an outdoor display that makes the waterfront part of La Mercè.
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La Mercè fireworks: Fire-Show
China’s Fire-Show presents the second night of Barcelona’s International Fireworks Festival. The waterfront around Espigó del Gas provides the setting for a separate programme from Friday’s display.