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Juli Bellese
Following Casi Adulto, Julián Bellese brings his new Spanish tour to Teatre Muntaner. The stand-up performer’s Barcelona appearance is a late Sunday option for an evening built around comedy.
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Let the day take shape
Museums, a market and open space between the appointments. Choose one anchor for the day and leave time for the journey. The linked places hold the addresses and visiting information.
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Mid-Autumn Festival at La Mercè
Barcelona’s Chinese community brings moon-festival traditions to Plaça d’André Malraux. Expect cultural activities and stage performances, with opportunities to encounter tea, paper crafts and the stories behind the celebration.
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La Mercè: Historic Human Tower Performance
Castellers de Barcelona welcome Minyons de Terrassa and Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls to Sant Jaume. This gathering offers a close view of the teamwork and music surrounding Catalan human towers.
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El gran inquisidor
Lluís Homar joins Piano Duo Brugalla & Stambolov to connect Dostoevsky’s text with Bach and Messiaen. Spoken theatre and live piano examine the tension between individual freedom and authority.
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La Mercè: Sardana Competition
Dance groups compete in front of the cathedral to music by Cobla La Principal del Llobregat. The programme also announces a participatory sardana after the competition, opening the tradition to the crowd.
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Tot fent La bella Helena
Young theatre-makers try to revive a 1979 Teatre Lliure production in Miquel Mas Fiol’s Catalan-language play. Collective ambition meets nostalgia in a story about making work together.
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Terra i Gust
Seasonal food, workshops, talks and music take over Passeig dels Til·lers for La Mercè. Entry and food purchases are different: the programme lists small dishes and drinks with their own prices.
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Todos los Ángeles alzaron el vuelo
La Zaranda explores life at society’s margins through Eusebio Calonge’s writing and Paco de La Zaranda’s direction. Dark humour and poetry shape a production that seeks out voices often left unheard.
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Chinese games corner at La Mercè
The Institut Confuci invites families to discover Chinese language and traditions through games and workshops. The activities take place in Parc de l’Estació del Nord during the city’s festival.
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Diego Arjona: Me veo en Wallapop
Diego Arjona brings personal stand-up and audience interaction to Teatre Muntaner. The organiser recommends this late-night show for adults; improvisation means the audience helps shape the performance.
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Songe
Marcial Di Fonzo Bo brings Shakespeare, Lorca and references to Goya into a multilingual stage experiment. Young performers from the Académie Européenne – Angers explore the shifting boundary between dreams and public life.
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Hàlia o rumba boja d’un peixater
A fishmonger struggling with work and parenthood encounters an unexpected magical visitor. Cia. Dikanka uses music and magical realism to explore the small rebellions that interrupt everyday routine.
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La noche y el día
A blocked novelist, his pragmatic partner and an arriving plumber unsettle one another’s assumptions. This contemporary comedy at Sala Pangolí connects creative frustration with the work of maintaining a relationship.
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Lucas Lauriente Stand Up
The Argentine comedian brings his solo show to Teatre Borràs. His Barcelona date offers a Sunday evening of observational stand-up for audiences interested in the Spanish-language comedy circuit.
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Hikikomori
Sala Pangolí presents a play examining withdrawal and loneliness among young people. Social pressure, online connection and the fear of failure shape a story about struggling to find a place in the world.
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Edu Mutante: Saludos cordiales
Impressions and stand-up meet in Edu Mutante’s comedy show. Personal stories and recognisable public voices give the performer several ways to pull the audience into the conversation.
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Burundanga
Jordi Galceran’s farce follows a young woman whose attempt to discover her boyfriend’s secrets produces much larger complications. Eixample Teatre stages the chain of misunderstandings as an evening comedy.
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Jazmín Abuín: Riquiña
Jazmín Abuín draws on her Galician and Canadian family background in a late-night comedy show. The apparently gentle persona leaves space for sharper observations and the less agreeable thoughts underneath.
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Bonobos
Three friends decide to conceal aspects of their lives at a speed-dating event. Laurent Baffie’s comedy builds its complications around their elaborate plan, in a Spanish-language production at Eixample Teatre.
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Ana Polo: Cases d’algú
Guessing Barcelona’s rental prices becomes an interactive game show. Ana Polo and her guests turn housing frustration into shared comedy, with the audience competing to identify the most implausible asking prices.
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Alícia al País de les Meravelles
Alice’s journey is retold through contemporary and neoclassical dance, without spoken dialogue. Sant Andreu Teatre offers this family production for audiences from age four, making language a smaller barrier to the story.
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Manual para follarse a un macho con vagina
Pablo Alamá uses irony and personal performance to challenge assumptions about trans identities. Sala Fènix recommends this solo show for ages fourteen and above; the title signals its deliberately direct approach.
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Led Varela: Popular
Led Varela brings his new stand-up show to Teatre Borràs. The Venezuelan-Uruguayan comedian’s observational style moves from online audiences and podcast conversations into a full theatre performance.
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Amor (a) muerte
Two young women navigate precarious work, unaffordable housing and an uncertain future. Luna Navajas and Ana Luna Moya place friendship at the centre of their response; recommended from age fourteen.