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Espigó del Gas
This stretch of the Barceloneta waterfront is a setting for La Mercè’s fireworks programme.
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New to our Barcelona selection
Recently added recommendations, not a claim that these venues just opened. Explore the latest additions to our address book and use their neighbourhoods and linked venues to build a fresh route.
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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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Plaça d’André Malraux
A neighbourhood square becomes a meeting point for cultural celebrations, including the Mid-Autumn Festival.
EventConcerts
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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Avinguda de la Catedral
The broad approach to Barcelona Cathedral also hosts public celebrations and sardana gatherings.
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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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Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina
The avenue leading towards Montjuïc becomes a large outdoor stage during La Mercè.
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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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Paral·lel 62
Concerts, live podcasts and performance share this cultural venue on the Paral·lel.
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EventExhibitions
Vacances a Escòcia
ACS Bac de Roda presents a photography exhibition inspired by holidays in Scotland. The neighbourhood venue offers a free, smaller-scale stop that can sit alongside a walk through Poblenou.
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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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Sala Pangolí
A theatre on Carrer de Bailèn with a programme that includes musical storytelling and contemporary performance.
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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.