Theatre in movement in Barcelona

From the ironic pages of Don Quixote, the famous masterpiece of Spanish literature, to the biography of a symbol of Art Nouveau architecture and the city of Barcelona, Antoni Gaudí. Some of the shows on offer in this ingenious form of theatre take us on a quick tour of the foundational works and figures of Spanish culture. In others, the script is so open to improvisation that we aren’t surprised to see the Catalan painter Salvador Dalí sharing the stage with the footballer Leo Messi.  

There are even more options if you want a dramatised walking tour. You can visit iconic parts of Barcelona, like the Gothic quarter, Born, the Ramblas and Raval in medieval style, or even with a horror theme if you prefer something more blood-curdling.Another option is a visit to a house-museum, such as Casa Amatller to see the history of these families, of Modernism and the architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch. In the dramatised tour of Casa Batlló, Gaudí himself explains Modernism in a fun way that people of all ages can understand. After all, as the writer, poet and playwright Federico García Lorca once said: “Theatre is poetry that comes out of the book to become human”, so let’s raise the curtain!