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Marco de Ana: Poder de protesta
A participatory flamenco performance brings movement and protest to La Mercè.
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Put Barcelona in the diary
Real dates, linked places and useful booking details. Choose a date, then check the venue, admission conditions and booking link before making it the centre of your day.
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The Cult of Beauty
An afternoon for questioning what we call beautiful. Take the exhibition’s questions out into the Raval afterwards.
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Like a Dance of Starlings
The final week of MACBA’s collection presentation. Choose a few works to stay with, rather than racing to see the lot.
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Nitsa: Villano Antillano, PETERBLUE & Solsi
A Friday-night plan with Saturday on the clock. Dinner first, then Apolo for a programme led by Villano Antillano.
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Free Thursdays at Museu Picasso
Put art before dinner on an October Thursday. Reserve a free slot, then keep the evening open for the surrounding streets.
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Free first Sundays at MACBA
Three Sunday mornings to build around art. Keep the afternoon for lunch, a walk or a different side of the city.
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Free Sunday afternoons at CCCB
Give Sunday a second chapter. Book an exhibition after lunch and stay with an idea a little longer.
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Nenaaa
Two actresses caring for their elderly mothers turn their experiences into a stage project. The comedy explores the strain, affection and role reversals of caregiving, with everyday situations carrying the emotional weight.
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Poncia
Lolita Flores gives Lorca’s servant a voice of her own in Luis Luque’s solo production. A Spanish-language evening built around the grief and silences of Bernarda Alba’s household.
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L’ombra de Pinotxo
A grown-up Pinocchio becomes a puppet maker and retells his adventures with the Cricket. La Puntual’s Catalan-language family production is recommended from age three and gives the familiar story a workshop setting.
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La biblioteca secreta
A mysterious library becomes the setting for Hugo’s search for a secret left by his grandfather. Màgia Kids combines illusions and storytelling in a family show recommended from age four.
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Mamma Mia!
ABBA’s songs drive a wedding story in which Sophie invites three possible fathers to a Greek island. The Tívoli production offers a full musical evening, with several performances and special-date schedule changes.
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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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Enzocerobulto
The Argentine trap artist takes his De vuelta solo tour to Razzmatazz. It is a compact Sunday-night concert option for listeners following the younger Latin American urban-music scene.
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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.