Guide
Fight Like a Girl! Events for International Women's Day in Barcelona and March Highlights
Updated by Miriam Lado on 19 March at 14:17
Barcelona is celebrating the Gaudí Year with a programme that combines free events and unique experiences to rediscover the architect's legacy from new perspectives. From the Fira Modernista de Barcelona (29–31 May), which revives the spirit of the city at the end of the 19th century, to exhibitions such as “Beyond the Façade” at Casa Batlló or “Sagrada Familia y Barcelona” at Palau Robert, the schedule is as broad as it is inspiring.
There are also original ideas such as the community dinner for the centenary of Park Güell, family days at the Sagrada Familia, or immersive activities like “Gaudí: la experiencia inmersiva”. An itinerary that blends culture, history, and leisure to get closer to Gaudí beyond his most famous works.
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- “Petites històries, grans dones” series
A free course for those who want to learn more about the great women of history and their achievements, which have influenced the development of our world.
- Express visits «Women in 1700»
Every Sunday in March, International Women’s Day is commemorated with a singular proposal: the express visits «Women in 1700». This is a free 30-minute guided tour that invites visitors to look at Barcelona at the beginning of the 18th century through the steps and voices of its women residents.
- “Women in the Shadows” Series
The “Women in the Shadows” series, promoted by Bibliotecas de Barcelona, offers a critical review of the historical narrative to recover names and careers left out of the textbooks: activists, writers, scientists, artists, workers, campaigners and explorers who transformed their time, but whose memory was relegated to footnotes.
- Show «No me toques el cuento»
What happens when the curtain falls and “they lived happily ever after” no longer sounds so convincing? «No me toques el cuento» offers a sharp and very funny look at that universe of princesses everyone thinks they know. The show comes to Teatre Poliorama to dismantle the myths of the traditional fairy tale with humour and cheek.
- «Criatura emocional» show
«Criatura emocional» is a theatre proposal based on the book by V (formerly Eve Ensler) which explores an uncomfortable and necessary question: what does it mean to be a girl in today's world? Across thirteen scenes combining monologues, dialogue and songs, the work traces a mosaic of experiences shaped by vulnerability and resistance.
- «Loop» show
Sala Flyhard presents «Loop», a play written by Ramon Madaula and directed by Mònica Bofill that delves into the most complex and enduring bond: that of a father and his daughter.
- Musical «Ànima»
«Ànima» does not look to the past with nostalgia, but with purpose. The musical is set in the major North American animation studios of the late 1930s, a universe of sharpened pencils and rigid hierarchies where creativity had a gender. There, in male-dominated offices and drawing tables, a group of women begins to question the established order.
- Show “Dones valentes”
“Dones valentes” is a theatre piece that gives names and voices to realities that often arrive in fragments through headlines. Joumana, Samar, Gulan, Hiyam, Khadija, Benchymar, Lara, Maya, Nancy and Samir share the stage from geographies such as Lebanon, Gaza, Rojava, Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria and Afghanistan. Their stories speak of the present, ongoing conflicts and lives marked by violence, but also by dignity.
