The freshest Portuguese contemporary dramaturgy

We continue to export Catalan talent and discover new European voices with the second edition of European Emerging Playwriting and a new country in the spotlight: Portugal.

We will welcome two Portuguese plays, which will be translated and premiered in Catalan: Regras para um beijo (Regles per fer-se un petó) by Sara Barros Leitão and Viagem a Portugal – última paragem ou o que nós andámos para aqui chegar (Viatge a Portugal – última parada o el camí que hem fet per arribar aquí) by Joana Craveiro.

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Àngel Llàcer directs a classic that invites us to live life

We submerge ourselves in the life of a wealthy family from Yorkshire, the Conways, during the interwar period. It is the year 1919 and Kay, one of the daughters, is celebrating her birthday. During this celebration, and through a peculiar use of time, Priestley shows us how the members of this well-off English family with great expectations in life will not achieve any of these aspirations.

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An eight-handed drama marathon

Four playwrights. 48 hours locked in the TNC. An eight-handed play. A song at the end of every scene.

This is the starting point of Literary Dances, a different event that puts a Catalan playwright in contact with an international playwright.

Mystery, humor and mysticism

Mal de Coraçon is born out of the fascination with Saint Teresa of Ávila.

Why are the texts of a 16th century nun still so challenging?

This time we will not ask these questions alone; we will ask them with the playwright Victoria Szpunberg and her company Teatro en Vilo.

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Three characters living inside an abandoned botanical garden are waiting for us to tell us the story of Momo, a girl who has the wonderful quality of listening to others. Momo also wants to help people when the grey men decide to take hold of one of the most precious goods people possess: their time.

We live and bring up our children in haste. We want them to speak languages and be good in all things. But, do we bring them up so that they think freely or learn how to listen?

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We are in 16th century Flanders and we accompany Zenon, a doctor and alchemist, in the final years of his life. L’alquimista is an adaptation of the novel by Marguerite Yourcenar Opus Nigrum, which recreates a Europe halfway between the darkness of the Middle Ages and the light of the Renaissance. A world that we see as almost dystopian while exploring issues in an almost visionary way.

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Xiula is a musical motivation group made up of four musicians and educators, which has revolutionised children’s entertainment.

With committed lyrics and current rhythms such as hip hop, reggae, Catalan rumba and pop rock, its secret lies in composing songs that will make the whole family dance in the Gardens of the TNC.

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A powerful rereading of the classics based on the most groundbreaking Yourcenar.

“I hope this book is never read,” writes Marguerite Yourcenar at the start of the text.

Halfway between direct confession and neurosis, Fires reveals an inner crisis arising from Yourcenar's great failed love affair with her editor, André Fraigneau, and transforms it into one of the most beautiful and bravest books of her life.

Fires features a series of tales written in lyrical prose, almost poems, inspired by Greek mythology and a certain idea of love.

With a 35-year history behind them which has established them as one of the benchmarks of dance in our country, Pep Ramis and María Muñoz come together for a rare meeting on the stage with this duet.

Double Infinite is a piece made from fragility, simplicity and love for a craft that poses questions about identity, the individual or the body.

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