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Barcelona's theatre listings run from text-based drama at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya and the Teatre Lliure to musicals and comedy on the Paral·lel and new plays in small neighbourhood venues; every July the Grec festival fills the city with performance.

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Most plays are in Catalan or Spanish, while dance, musicals and family shows travel across languages. This page lists the plays coming up in Barcelona, with the venue and dates of each, by genre.

  1. Immersive theatre experience “Voyeur”

    Saturday, 14 November 2026 16:00Several dates8 dates

    In Voyeur, audience members leave their seats to become silent observers of other people’s lives. There is no stage and no single story to follow: each spectator chooses one of the characters and accompanies them closely throughout the experience, discovering conversations, decisions and moments that normally remain hidden.

    • Café Teatro Tinta Roja
    • €25

  2. Show ‘The Jury Experience: El Robo de los 20 Millones de Dólares’

    Saturday, 12 December 2026 17:00Several dates8 dates

    In The Jury Experience: El Robo de los 20 Millones de Dólares, the audience enters the courtroom as a spectator and leaves as a jury member. The mission is to listen, observe and decide who is telling the truth in a case where every detail seems to open up a new contradiction.

    • Auditori L'illa de Barcelona
    • €20.4

  3. Ballet “The Nutcracker”

    8-11 December 2026 19:30Several dates2 dates

    The Nutcracker returns to the Gran Teatre del Liceu with a version that retains Tchaikovsky's music but changes the perspective from which the celebrated tale is viewed. Badisches Staatsballett Karlsruhe presents The Girl and The Nutcracker, choreographed by Bridget Breiner.

    • Gran Teatre del Liceu
    • €15

  4. Show «No me toques el cuento»

    Friday, 13 November 2026 22:45Several dates29 dates

    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.

    • Teatro Poliorama
    • €9

  5. Immersive show “Al cor del Liceu”

    Saturday, 30 January 2027 11:30Several dates4 dates

    Al cor del Liceu offers a different way to approach opera: less distance, less solemnity and an experience built to feel music from within. This immersive show invites the public into the heart of the choral universe and to discover one of opera’s most powerful and least visible forces.

    • Gran Teatre del Liceu
    • €7.5

  6. Production «El llibre de la selva»

    Saturday, 14 November 2026 12:00Several dates17 dates

    Sala Ars Teatre invites the youngest children — and those who still retain a childlike soul — to rediscover an immortal classic: El llibre de la selva. A story full of rhythm, humour and emotion that reminds us of the value of friendship, freedom and respect for nature.

    • Sala Ars Teatre BCN
    • €12

  7. Performance «Ballet of Lights: Cinderella in a Dazzling Show»

    Saturday, 5 December 2026 16:00Several dates14 dates

    The story of Sleeping Beauty awakens again, this time on a stage where classical dance meets the most astonishing lighting technology. «Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty» is much more than a show: it is a sensory experience that transforms the familiar tale into an unprecedented visual universe.

    • Auditori L'illa de Barcelona
    • from €21

  8. Musical ‘Després de nosaltres’

    3 October - 15 November 2026 Several dates13 dates

    Després de nosaltres explores an unusual territory on stage: that of those who try to preserve a bond when a romantic relationship has ended. With sensitivity, humour and a nuanced perspective, the musical asks whether love really disappears when a shared story comes to an end.

    • Espai Texas
    • €24

  9. ‘Morning Sun’ Show

    9 October - 22 November 2026 Several days

    New York is constantly changing, but some stories remain hidden among its streets, bars, and apartments. Morning Sun, the play by Simon Stephens directed by Pau Roca, follows the lives of three generations of women over the years, through family relationships and the small choices of everyday life.

    • La Villarroel
    • €30

  10. Opera «La torre dels somnis»

    16-17 January 2027 11:00Several dates3 dates

    «La torre dels somnis» offers a singular stage experience in which opera leaves its traditional limits behind to meet circus, dance and visual poetry. Drawing on the music of Giacomo Puccini, the show builds a fantastical universe in which imagination becomes a form of resistance.

    • Gran Teatre del Liceu
    • from €10

  11. Musical show «Guillermotta»

    19 October - 23 November 2026 Several days

    Guillermina Motta returns to the stage at El Maldà, though this time through a character whose name is a playful twist on her own: Guillermotta. The musical show is back for its fifth season, bringing back the repertoire of one of the most distinctive voices in Catalan song.

    • Teatre El Maldà
    • €24

  13. Show «Els tres porquets»

    Saturday, 14 November 2026 16:30Several dates33 dates

    Classics can also sound like new music. «Els tres porquets» returns to the stage in a modern, fun and rhythm-filled version, designed to be enjoyed by all the family. This family musical reinterprets the celebrated traditional tale with live music, clever humour and a contemporary look at the challenges of growing up and learning to live together.

    • Sala Ars Teatre BCN
    • €15

  14. «Ballet of Lights: Cinderella» show

    Saturday, 5 December 2026 16:00Several dates17 dates

    Cinderella has never shone so brightly. The classic tale comes to new life in «Ballet of Lights: Cinderella», a stage experience that fuses the elegance of ballet with the magic of light. After the international success of «Peter Pan», the company returns with a proposal that dazzles with its originality and beauty.

    • Centro comercial «L'illa Diagonal»
    • from €21

  15. Show ‘Érase una vez los 80’

    6 September - 29 November 2026 Several dates27 dates

    In Érase una vez los 80, Jorge Santini invites the audience to board a time machine made of laughter and memories. In this endearing monologue, the comedian looks back with irony and tenderness at a decade that marked an entire generation: the years of cassette tapes, Nocilla sandwiches and endless afternoons in front of the living-room television.

    • Teatreneu
    • €18

  16. Mamma Mia!, the musical

    1 October - 20 December 2026 Several dates7 dates

    Mamma Mia! The Musical arrives at the Teatre Tívoli de Barcelona after three seasons in Madrid and an extensive tour around Spain. The production has staged more than 1,400 performances and has attracted over a million spectators in the country.

    • Teatre Tívoli
    • €18

  17. ‘Biopic’ Show

    From 2 October 2026 Long run3 dates

    Biopic starts from a simple idea: a person sums up their life and, from those details, a film is created that will never be repeated. Impro Barcelona turns the audience’s experiences into the script for a comedy created live.

    • Espai Texas
    • €13.5

  18. Show «El secret de les bruixes»

    11 October - 29 November 2026 Several dates3 dates

    Iris and Flora live peacefully in their little universe of witches until something impossible happens: the sun stops rising and night becomes eternal. What seemed like a perfect world turns into an enigma, and both of them will have to investigate whether they are facing a spell, a curse or something far more unexpected.

    • Teatreneu
    • €16

  19. ‘Inexplicable’ performance, with Manu Llari

    1-29 November 2026 Several dates7 dates

    In ‘Inexplicable’, illusionist Manu Llari offers a show that plays with the limits of what is taken for granted. Far from traditional magic, his staging combines technique, rhythm and closeness to create an experience in which every detail matters.

    • Teatreneu
    • €17

  20. Show «El Mago Pop. Nada es imposible»

    5 November - 12 December 2026 Several dates19 dates

    Antonio Díaz, known around the world as El Mago Pop, returns to Barcelona with his most ambitious show: «Nada es imposible», a stage experience that transforms illusion into art and disbelief into pure emotion.

    • Teatre Victòria
    • €42

  21. Show Ya me has tocado el cuento

    7-21 November 2026 Several dates15 dates

    From the irreverent universe of No me toques el cuento comes Ya me has tocado el cuento, a comedy that gives the classic story an unexpected twist and puts the focus, this time, on the princes.

    • Teatro Poliorama
    • €12.5

  22. Show «Y no quedará ninguno»

    Sunday, 15 November 2026 18:00Several dates55 dates

    Agatha Christie’s sharpest intrigue comes to Sala Ars Teatre with Y no quedará ninguno, an adaptation that recaptures all the tension and ingenuity of the author’s most unsettling novel.

    • Sala Ars Teatre BCN
    • €22

  23. “Burundanga” show

    Sunday, 15 November 2026 19:00Several dates3 dates

    What would happen if there were a substance capable of extracting the truth without filters? That is the premise of Burundanga, Jordi Galceran’s comedy that turns a small lie into a succession of situations as absurd as they are unpredictable.

    • from €12

  25. «Pintamúsica» Show

    Sunday, 22 November 2026 11:00Several dates5 dates

    «Pintamúsica» is an exciting meeting of music, art and imagination, designed especially for young children and their families. Starting with a blank canvas, four colours and live music, this show transforms the stage into a living canvas, where the seasons inspire a Miró painting full of life and sensations.

    • Teatre Goya
    • €12

  26. Puppet show “El monstre de colors”

    Sunday, 22 November 2026 11:00Several dates6 dates

    The puppet show “El monstre de colors” comes to Barcelona to captivate young and old with its charming story. Based on the popular book by Anna Llenas, this production is an educational exploration of emotions.

    • Teatre Condal
    • from €13

  27. Poncia – A Theatrical Production

    4-8 December 2026 19:30Several dates4 dates

    Poncia brings one of the central characters from La casa de Bernarda Alba to the forefront. Lolita Flores plays Bernarda’s maid in a text written and directed by Luis Luque, based on the work of Federico García Lorca.

    • Teatre Goya
    • €31

  28. Musical «The Chorus Boys»

    26 November 2026 - 31 January 2027 Several dates2 dates

    The story follows Clément Mathieu, a passionate music teacher in search of purpose, who becomes immersed in the challenge of educating a group of rebellious young people through the unifying power of music.

    • Teatre Apolo
    • €34

  29. Family show ‘Conte de Nadal’

    13-20 December 2026 Several dates15 dates

    The family show ‘Conte de Nadal’ comes to Sala Ars to revive one of Charles Dickens’s most emblematic tales, a story which, generation after generation, continues to remind us of the transformative power of empathy and kindness. In this theatrical adaptation, old Ebenezer Scrooge, miserly, grumpy and a declared enemy of any celebration, once again faces his most decisive night.

    • Sala Ars Teatre BCN
    • €12

  30. Ballet “The Nutcracker”

    15-17 December 2026 20:00Several dates8 dates

    The Ballet de Kiev returns to the stage with a renewed version of The Nutcracker, a classic which, despite the passage of time, continues to inspire the same amazement as when it premiered. Its magic arises from the meeting of Tchaikovsky’s unforgettable score and the delicate choreographic architecture of Petipa and Ivanov, on which the Ukrainian company builds a contemporary, luminous and deeply moving interpretation.

    • Teatre Coliseum
    • €40

  31. IT Dansa Show

    Friday, 12 March 2027 18:30

    IT Dansa, the young company of Institut del Teatre de Barcelona, returns to the stage with a programme combining professional training, contemporary creation and two very different ways of understanding movement.

    • Gran Teatre del Liceu

  32. Grand dance gala at the Liceu

    9-10 March 2027 19:30Several dates3 dates

    Gran Teatre del Liceu becomes a territory suspended between music and air. There, where every leap cuts through silence and every turn traces an ephemeral story, the Gran gala de danza is born, a celebration that pays tribute to the expressive power of movement. It is not merely a display of technique: it is a ceremony of emotion, precision and pure beauty.

    • Gran Teatre del Liceu
    • €15

  33. Musical performance ‘I Love Rock and Roll’

    Sunday, 28 February 2027 12:00Several dates5 dates

    A passion for rock will reach audiences of all ages with ‘I Love Rock and Roll’, a production combining live music, humour and staging designed for family enjoyment.

    • Teatro Poliorama
    • €10

  34. “Amazing Michael” show

    Sunday, 4 April 2027 12:00Several dates5 dates

    “Amazing Michael” is a show designed to share with the family and reconnect with the legacy of one of the most influential artists in the history of music.

    • Teatro Poliorama
    • €10

  35. «Els Fills» show

    1 July - 1 August 2027 Several dates2 dates

    Els Fills poses an uncomfortable question that runs through the entire production: what legacy do we leave when the damage has already been done.

    • La Villarroel
    • €31

  36. Show “La Nit de Sant Joan”

    27-28 February 2027 11:00Several dates3 dates

    Antonio Ruz revives “La Nit de Sant Joan” with a choreography that fuses tradition and modernity. Inspired by the San Juan festival and Catalan elements such as the sardana and castells, the show links Robert Gerhard’s music with ancestral rituals in a vibrant celebration of Spanish culture.

    • Gran Teatre del Liceu
    • from €9

  37. show ‘La cuina de Rossini’

    Saturday, 13 February 2027 11:00Several dates9 dates

    Gioachino Rossini, one of the greatest composers of the 19th century. Rossini captivated audiences with his musical brilliance. The show ‘La cuina de Rossini’ is presented, which will delve into Rossini's operas.

    • Gran Teatre del Liceu
    • €10

  38. «La barcarola» opera

    Saturday, 10 April 2027 11:00Several dates6 dates

    Sala Foyer offers a unique experience with the children's opera «La Barcarola». This immersive show promises to delight children and adults with a magical combination of music, live illustrations and close-up performances.

    • Gran Teatre del Liceu
    • €15

  39. Night guided visit «La Pedrera Night Experience»

    When night falls, La Pedrera reveals an entirely different side. Antoni Gaudí's iconic building becomes the setting for an experience combining heritage, technology and visual shows in one of Barcelona's most distinctive spaces.

    • Casa Milà — La Pedrera
    • from €12

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