Through the events marking the 50th anniversary of Teatre Lliure, we wish to acknowledge and express our gratitude for the legacy we have inherited from those who came before us. We want to evoke and pay tribute to the origins of the Lliure and to the decisive role played by its founding members, as well as by all the theatre workers and artists who, over the past fifty years, have continued to write its history. We also want to do so with the awareness that we are part of a human and artistic chain. We receive a baton that we will pass on to those who come after us. Theatre is both an art form and a craft—one that is learned, passed down, and transformed.
anniversary
Exhibitions
— Un Teatre Lliure
21/09 — Until January | Palau Robert, Barcelona
We are filling Palau Robert de Barcelona with an exhibition that focuses on the role of the set designer and the concept of space, a defining feature of Teatre Lliure’s rich stagecraft since its beginnings. We have invited five set designers from different generations, whose careers are closely intertwined with our history, to draw inspiration from each of the five decades that make up our trajectory and create five installations: five perspectives, five different ways of playing with space.
FEATURING WORKS BY
Frederic Amat
Montse Amenós
Lluc Castells
Silvia Delagneau
Max Glaenzel
LIGHTING
Raimon Rius
CURATED BY
Tània Balló and Teatre Lliure
EXHIBITION DESIGN
alcubierreestudio
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Pere Alvaro
TIMETABLE
Monday to Saturday from 09.00 a.m. to 20.00 p.m.
Sunday and holidays from 09.00 a.m. to 14.30 p.m.
24/12, 31/12 and 05/06 from 09.00 a.m. a 14.30 p.m.
25 and 26/12, 01 and 06/01 closed
PRICE
Free
ADRESS
Passeig de Gràcia, 107
— El teatre amagat
by Marga Socias
15, 22 and 29/11
Theater is not just what you see. There’s an invisible world that makes it possible as well. To discover it, we propose a show that goes through the five rooms of the Palau Robert exhibition to immerse ourselves - from the visible and the scenic - in silences, memories, shared experiences... the invisible world of the theater. Also available between setmana ddentor of the Educational Program.
TIMETABLE
At 11:00 a.m and 12:00
RECOMMENDED AGES
8 to 11
Other exhibitions
— Fabià Puigserver amb mirada d’infant
17/09— Until January | Montjuïc
We exhibit again the group show of the artistic materials created by students from kindergarten to sixth grade at Barcelona’s La Sedeta School. They have resulted from their examination of the figure of Fabià Puigserver—a set and costume designer, stage director and founder of the Teatre Lliure—as part of the Escoles Tàndem project promoted by the Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera. It is a visual journey through the life course of Puigserver and the beginnings of the Teatre Lliure, reinterpreted from a clean, playful and creative perspective, curated by the set designer Sebastià Brosa.
OPEN
On performances timetable
PLACE
Babysitting room
PRICE
Free
— Un viatge a través de l’espai
17/09 — Until January | Montjuïc
A documentary video created by Francesc Isern will be projected onto the original scale model of Teatre Lliure Montjuïc by Fabià Puigserver, tracing the different venues that have housed the Lliure over the past 50 years, from its origins at the Cooperativa La Lleialtat in the Gràcia neighbourhood to its arrival at the Palau de l’Agricultura.
OPEN
On performances timetable
PLACE
Foyer 2 - Sala Fabià Puigserver
PRICE
Free
— La nit que vam aplaudir una esperança
2/09 — Until January | Gràcia
An audiovisual exhibition based on a particularly moving and significant recording of Teatre Lliure’s opening night on 2 December 1976, featuring first-hand accounts from some of those who attended the event.
OPEN
On performances timetable
PLACE
Gràcia's Bar
PRICE
Free
Viu el Lliure
Coinciding with the weekend of Viu Montjuïc, on 03 and 04/10, you can visit the inside of the theater, listen to anecdotes and participate in the birthday party.
— Histories de Montjuïc
03 and 04/10 | Montjuïc
Director and playwright Didier Ruiz offers a very special guided visit to the Montjuïc venue, filled with small stories told by workers, artists, and audience members who, over fifty years, have collectively written the history of the Lliure.
TIMETABLE AND PRICES
TBC
— Anniversary Party
03/10 | Plaça Margarida Xirgu
In the evening, an open-air celebration in the square: food, drinks, live music, cake, candles, and much more. We come together to celebrate that theatre is also a form of joy.
TIMETABLE
TBC
PRICE
Entry free
Celebration partners
To celebrate these 50 years accompanied, we have built alliances with the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Institut del Teatre and the CCCB under the Biennal de Pensament.
— Celebrar el Lliure
28/11 | Gran Teatre del Liceu
Is is a concert in the Liceu that aims to be an act of living memory and collective projection, summoning the spirit of the Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure and the programmes they performed. It is an affirmation that the spirit of Fabià Puigserver, open, plural and radically alive, continues to resonate fully in the way we understand culture as a public service and a place of encounter and freedom.
WITH
Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
CONDUCTED BY
Josep Pons
TIMETABLE
19.00 p.m.
PLACE AND TICKETS
Gran Teatre del Liceu
— Cantúria Cantada
03/12 | Palau de la Música Catalana
We revive the concert-performance premiered at the Grec festival in 2012 in tribute to Carles Santos: the inimitable and brilliant musician and stage creator, an artist associated with the lliure since its beginning and a resident artist between 2005 and 2012. A co-production with the palau.
WITH
Cor de Cambra del Palau
CONDUCTED BY
Júlia Sesé
TIMETABLE
19.30 p.m.
PLACE AND TICKETS
Palau de la Música Catalana
— Teatre i democràcia
Entre el 13 i el 18/10 | Presó Model de Barcelona
Coinciding with the anniversary of this theatre, founded at the same time as our democracy, and within the framework of the Biennal de Pensament, Juan Mayorga, Israel Solà and Victoria Szpunberg highlight the role of theatre as an essential space for critical thinking and collective dialogue to address the challenges of contemporary societies.
— Teatre Lliure, 50 years: past, present and future
22/10—24/10 | UAB, ITB and Palau Robert
International university symposium on the trajectory, influence and future of the Teatre Lliure model and public theatre. It includes an exhibition at the UAB dedicated to stage photographer and founder of the Lliure Josep Ros Ribas, which will be presented in Gràcia during the second semester, and a closing event featuring actors Jordi Bosch and Emma Vilarasau. Organised by the Lliure, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Institut del Teatre.
Publications
A three-author fictional narrative that explores the experiences of the people of the Lliure. A journey through the trades of theatre and an act of love for all those who came before us, particularly those who usually remain in the background.
BY
Magí Camps, Marta Orriols and Marta Vives
CO-EDITION
Teatre Lliure and Comanegra / Available from September
— Teatre Lliure 06/26
Third documentary volume of Teatre Lliure productions, continuing the one published in 2006 for the 30th anniversary. This edition includes a selection of productions programmed over the last twenty years. A book of art and performance.
EDITION
Teatre Lliure / Available from December
— Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure. La música d’un país possible
History of the OCTLL: a portrait of the boldness of its founders, Jaume Cortadellas, Josep Pons and Lluís Vidal, and of what it meant for the dissemination of 20th-century music in our country.
BY
Oriol Pérez i Treviño
EDITION
Enderrock / Available from November
Shows
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L’ÒPERA DE TRES RALS
BY BERTOLT BRECHT (TEXT)
AND KURT WEILL (MUSIC)
IN COLLABORATION WITH
ELISABETH HAUPTMANN
STAGE DIRECTION
MARTA PAZOS
MUSIC DIRECTION
DANI ESPASA- ##general.period##:
- 17/09 — 11/10/26
- ##general.room##:
- MONTJUÏC. SALA FABIÀ PUIGSERVER
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TOT FENT ‘LA BELLA HELENA’
FROM THE OPERETTA
BY JACQUES OFFENBACH
PLAYWRIGHT AND STAGE DIRECTION MIQUEL MAS FIOL
MUSICAL DIRECTION PABLO RUZ- ##general.period##:
- 22/09 — 18/10/26
- ##general.room##:
- GRÀCIA
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JÚLIA – 15 ANYS MÉS TARD
(2011-2026)
BASED ON
LA SENYORETA JÚLIA
BY AUGUST STRINDBERG
DRAMATURGY AND DIRECTION
CHRISTIANE JATAHY- ##general.period##:
- 22/10 — 15/11/27
- ##general.room##:
- GRÀCIA
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SPIEGELNEURONEN
UN VESPRE DE BALL DOCUMENTAL AMB PÚBLIC
IDEA AND DIRECTION
STEFAN KAEGI
SASHA WALTZ & GUESTS
AND RIMINI PROTOKOLL
FLAIX DE TARDOR — BCN- ##general.period##:
- 23 and 24/10/26
- ##general.room##:
- MONTJUÏC. SALA FABIÀ PUIGSERVER
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NAVEGAR POR EL NEVA
FROM NEVA BY GUILLERMO CALDERÓN
ADAPTATION AND DIRECTION BY TRINIDAD GONZÁLEZ, PAULA ZÚÑIGA, JORGE BECKER
AND TOMÁS GONZÁLEZ
FLAIX DE TARDOR — BCN- ##general.period##:
- 27/10 — 29/10/26
- ##general.room##:
- MONTJUÏC. ESPAI LLIURE
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L’HERÈNCIA
BY MATTHEW LÓPEZ
INSPIRED BY THE NOVEL HOWARDS END BY E. M. FORSTER
DIRECTED
BY JOSEP MARIA MESTRES- ##general.period##:
- 14/11 — 13/12/26
- ##general.room##:
- MONTJUÏC. SALA FABIÀ PUIGSERVER
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-
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RECORDANT L’OCTLL
DIRECTION JOSEP PONS
AND LLUÍS VIDAL
DIMECRES D'ANIVERSARI- ##general.period##:
- 25/11/26
- ##general.room##:
- MONTJUÏC. SALA FABIÀ PUIGSERVER
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LA NIT QUE VAM APLAUDIR UNA ESPERANÇA
PLAYWRIGHT
CARLES FERNÁNDEZ GIUA
DIRECTION CARME PORTACELI
DIMECRES D'ANIVERSARI- ##general.period##:
- 02/12/26
- ##general.room##:
- MONTJUÏC. SALA FABIÀ PUIGSERVER
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UN HOME DE TEATRE
DIRECTION LLUÍS HOMAR
DIMECRES D'ANIVERSARI- ##general.period##:
- 09/12/26
- ##general.room##:
- MONTJUÏC. SALA FABIÀ PUIGSERVER
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LA LUDWIG BAND
GIRA PER TEATRES
- ##general.period##:
- 17/12 — 19/12/26
- ##general.room##:
- MONTJUÏC. SALA FABIÀ PUIGSERVER
