This week, Barcelona's theater billboard offers proposals ranging from political reflection to the most ironic humor, passing through ancestral rituals or historical memory. The theaters become spaces for debate where adaptations of important works of universal literature go hand in hand with brave perspectives, current conflicts, and documentary theater proposals that collect the living memory of our neighborhoods.
Josep Maria Mestres returns with the play L'herència at Lliure
- Teatre Lliure de Montjuïc
- From November 14 to December 13, 2026
The Teatre Lliure de Montjuïc returns with the staging of L'herència, the multi-award-winning play by American playwright Matthew López under the direction of Josep Maria Mestres. Originally premiered in 2018 and loosely inspired by E. M. Forster's novel Howards End, the work is considered by international critics as one of the most important theatrical creations of the 21st century.
The cast includes Carlos Cuevas, Carles Martínez, Abel Folk, Dafnis Balduz, and Albert Salazar. On stage, we will find a moving, political, and sensual portrait of a generation of young gay men in New York decades after the peak of the AIDS crisis. The play reflects on intergenerational transmissions, pain, love, and responsibility towards those who fought before us.
Josep Maria Flotats premieres Romain Gary's play La promesa de l'alba
- Teatre Romea
- From November 14 to December 13, 2026
- Tickets already available here
The Teatre Romea presents the stage adaptation of La promesa de l'alba, the autobiographical masterpiece by writer Romain Gary, adapted and directed by Josep Maria Flotats. The proposal features a man marked by the unconditional relationship with his mother, a visionary woman who decides from his childhood that her son is destined for an extraordinary life.
The proposal traces the protagonist's life from his childhood in Russia to his youth marked by war, exile, and the search for his own identity. The play exposes the commitment of a man who tries to fulfill an almost impossible maternal dream in a story that moves between fidelity and tenderness.
Àlex Rigola adapts Retorn a Haifa by Ghassan Kanafani
- Heartbreak Hotel
- From November 10 to December 13, 2026
Heartbreak Hotel premieres Return to Haifa, the theatrical adaptation of the novel by Palestinian writer and activist Ghassan Kanafani, directed by Àlex Rigola. The production features performances by Chantal Aimeé, Jordi Figueras, Ariadna Gil, and Carles Roig to bring to the stage a story that is part of the local theater cycle Beating for Palestine.
The plot follows the journey of Palestinian parents returning to their hometown twenty years after being expelled from their home during the 1948 Nakba. The piece is a scenic manifesto of memory and denunciation in the face of the situation of the Palestinian people.
Silvia Albert Sopale presents the corporal emancipation ritual Lötò
- Sala Fènix
- From November 12 to 29, 2026
The Sala Fènix presents Lötò, a performative ritual of corporal emancipation created and interpreted by actress Silvia Albert Sopale. Through an intimate proposal that takes as a reference the funerary tradition of the Boobe people, the artist uses her own body as an archive of memory to reflect on aesthetic pressure, fatphobia, and ageism.
A scenic and collective experience that combines dance, theater, music, and visual arts to question social canons and the wounds caused by the search for acceptance. The show invites an exercise of reconciliation with one's own body from a political, critical, and restorative perspective.
Xavier Albertí and Lluïsa Cunillé premiere their new work at La Beckett
- Sala Beckett
- From November 12, 2026
The Sala Beckett premieres I count every step I take on earth, a collaboration between playwright Lluïsa Cunillé and director Xavier Albertí. Interpreted by actor Oriol Genís, the production commemorates more than three decades of joint work between both creators in their 28th shared production.
The story takes place during the night before a heart operation with an uncertain outcome to which the protagonist, a man who has worked all his life as a newspaper vendor near a maritime convention center, undergoes. The confessions to the room's companion show the shadow areas and torments of an apparently anodyne existence, but one that reveals human vulnerability in the face of fears and guilt.
Dau al Sec hosts the play about post-war memory I will come to cover you
- Dau al Sec
- From November 12 to 22, 2026
- Tickets already available here
Dau al Sec programs Et vindré a tapar (I will come to cover you), a production inspired by real events. The piece recalls the situation of thousands of men who disappeared during the Spanish Civil War and the long process of search and waiting experienced by their families over decades.
The plot is set in 1940 and follows the journey of three friends who embark on the search for the husband of one of them, last seen by a river. In a claustrophobic post-war atmosphere, the play talks about dignity, collective memory, and the invisible pain of the women who kept hope alive in the face of loss.
Cia. Les Pinyes reflects on the gentrification of the Gothic Quarter
- El Maldà
- From November 12 to December 6, 2026
El Maldà premieres Hi! I’m Steven, the creation of Cia. Les Pinyes. The show talks about the transformation of Barcelona's Gothic Quarter due to mass tourism, gentrification, and the loss of traditional local businesses.
The piece has been built in collaboration with the neighborhood fabric of the area, taking as a starting point the experiences of the old merchants of Petritxol street. Through a poetic and critical gaze, the work vindicates the importance of preserving the identity of neighborhoods, community life, and everyday meeting spaces.
Sílvia Navarro premieres the comedy about couples Mitja taronja
- Teatre Eòlia
- From November 12 to 29, 2026
- Tickets already available here
Mitja taronja (Half an orange), the comedy written and directed by Sílvia Navarro for the company La Canina, arrives at Eòlia. Using comedy, it talks about social expectations regarding couple relationships, prejudices, and the myth of the search for the ideal partner in contemporary society.
The story begins when David attends the housewarming of his friends Adam and Eva with the intention of introducing his new partner. The situation becomes absurdly complicated when he explains the unconventional characteristics of his partner. A work full of humor and irony about fetishes, insecurities, and the romanticized concept of love.
Taller Placer brings the object theater Una idea inacabada
- Centre de les Arts Lliures
- From November 13 to 15, 2026
The Centre de les Arts Lliures de la Fundació Joan Brossa hosts Una idea inacabada (An Unfinished Idea), an object theatre proposal created by the Taller Placer collective (Paula Miralles and Vicente Arlandis). Designed for a reduced capacity of forty people, the action takes place inside a scale model of the historic Rialto theatre and former cinema in Valencia.
The show is based on the nature of visual perception and cinematographic memory to see how our personal history conditions what we decide to look at or ignore. The proposal incorporates family memories and paternal figures in an immersive scenic experience that invites dialogue.
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