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Teatre Principal
Built in 1854 and restored in 2007, this is the city's prestige theatre for drama, opera and big-name concerts. The renovation works re-created the theatre's heyday majesty of 1860 and combined it with the latest technolog, resulting in great acoustics.
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Teatro Cervantes
The handsome art deco Cervantes has a fine program of music, theatre and dance, including some known names on the concert circuit. Rufus Wainwright called it 'the most beautiful theatre in Europe'.
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La Fura dels Baus
Keep your eyes peeled for any of the eccentric (if not downright crazed) performances of Barcelona’s La Fura dels Baus theatre group. It has won worldwide acclaim for its brand of startling, often acrobatic, theatre in which the audience is frequently dragged into the chaos. The company grew out of Barcelona’s street-theatre culture in the late 1970s and, although it has grown in technical prowess and received great international acclaim, it has not abandoned the rough-and-ready edge of street performances.
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Teatro Central
From top-end flamenco productions to plays & contemporary dance.
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Teatro Cervantes
The palatial Cervantes has a fine program of music, theatre and dance.
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Teatro Lope de Vega
This theatre will seduce you with its ornate-looking exterior and its wide range of shows.
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Gran Teatro Falla
A remarkable theatre named for a remarkable man – native son and classical composer Manuel de Falla. The building deserves a peep in its own right for its red-bricked neo-Mudéjar majesty. Its premier performances are its annual carnival competitions. The rest of the year it also hosts plays and musical concerts.
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Teatro Alhambra
Both Teatro Alhambra and the more central Teatro Isabel La Católica have ongoing programs of theatre and concerts (sometimes flamenco); you may pick up a Lorca play here.
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Teatro Arriaga
The baroque facade of this venue commands the open spaces of El Arenal between the Casco Viejo and the river. It stages theatrical performances and classical music concerts.
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Gran Teatro de Córdoba
This theatre hosts a busy program of concerts, theatre, dance and film, mostly geared to popular Spanish tastes.
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Sala Cero Teatro
This former flamenco haunt located 300m northeast of the Metropol Parasol has had a change of name and a change of heart and now stages art-house plays as well as a few moments of flamenco.
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Teatro Pavón
The home of the National Classical Theatre Company, this theatre has a regular calendar of classical shows by Spanish and European playwrights.
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Teatre Romea
Deep in El Raval, this 19th-century theatre was resurrected at the end of the 1990s and is one of the city’s key stages for quality drama. It usually fills up for a broad range of interesting plays, often classics with a contemporary flavour, in Catalan and Spanish.
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Teatro Haagen Dazs
Big budget musicals take the stage in this grand old theatre (formerly Teatro Calderón) and stay for months. Recent shows include Queen and Fame.
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Teatro Español
This theatre, which fronts onto the Plaza de Santa Ana, has been here in one form or another since the 16th century and is still one of the best places to catch mainstream Spanish drama, from the works of Lope de Vega to more recent playwrights.
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Teatre Lliure
Housed in the magnificent former Palau de l’Agricultura building on Montjuïc (opposite the Museu d’Arqueologia) and consisting of two modern theatre spaces (Espai Lliure and Sala Fabià Puigserver), the ‘Free Theatre’ puts on a variety of quality drama (mostly in Catalan), contemporary dance and music.
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Teatro Duque La Imperdible
This is Seville’s epicentre of experimental arts in El Centro district. Its small theatre stages lots of contemporary dance and a bit of drama and music, usually at 9pm. Wednesday night is flamenco night.
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Teatro de la Zarzuela
This theatre, built in 1856, is the premier place to see zarzuela. It also hosts a smattering of classical music and opera, as well as the cutting edge Compañía Nacional de Danza.
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Arriaga Theatre
The Baroque façade of this venue commands the open spaces of El Arenal between the Casco Viejo and the river. Regular performances of dance, opera and drama are scheduled in this theatre.
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Teatro Rojas
Often has a rewarding program of theatre and dance. Tuesday nights are reserved for a 'film club', Toledo's only venue for original- soundtrack films. Check for weekend children's matinées.
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Teatro Alfil
Staging a broad range of alternative and experimental Spanish-language theatre, Teatro Alfil is a good place to catch up-and-coming Spanish actors and comedians, and mingle with an eclectic crowd.
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Teatre Tívoli
A grand old theatre with three storeys of boxes and a generous stage, the Tívoli has a fairly rapid turnover of drama and musicals, with pieces often not staying on for more than a couple of weeks.
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Teatro del Generalife
Created in 1954 by extending the Generalife gardens southward, this outdoor theatre is a Granada rite of passage for summer performances of Lorca plays or live shows by great such as Paco de Lucía.
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Teatros del Canal
A state-of-the-art theatre complex opened in 2009, Teatros del Canal does major theatre performances, as well as musical and dance concerts.
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Teatre Victòria
This modern (and, on the street, rather nondescript-looking) theatre is on what used to be considered Barcelona’s version of Broadway. It often stages ballet (including the Bolshoi in 2010), contemporary dance and even flamenco.
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