The Barcelona Districte Cultural autumn cycle has begun, but this time with a new approach that involves activities to see, to enjoy the living arts, to be moved by the best cinema or to think about as the proposals include theatre performances and live music, visual arts, cinema and debating activities. 

The aim is to bring culture to the neighbourhoods, to provide stable and quality programming to the different areas of the city, to offer support to the cultural and artistic sector by providing them with a stable exhibition circuit and to get the public involved and participate in the programming. The programming of each venue is not determined centrally, but is decided by each of the facilities.

It is, therefore, a commitment to local culture, in which the increase of audience is not as important as attracting non-regular users to a venue. 

What used to be the basic offer of Barcelona Cultural District is now part of the total and goes under the name of Escena. It is the performing arts circuit from the Civic Centres Network, with theatre, dance, circus and live music.

In addition to specific performances for schools and institutes and activities such as lectures and debates, Escena programmes inclusive performances, with subtitling, interpretation in Catalan sign language and magnetic loop on stages that are fully accessible for people with reduced mobility.

In this afternoon edition, the Escena cycle offers 230 open-access performances distributed among 34 stages in the city. Thus, you will see performances that talk about obstetric violence (Malparida, by La Maièutica Produccions) or child sexual abuse (La Muda, by Marina Guiu Almenara and Colectivo Hartístico) as well as about racism and patriarchy in our society (Tituba, bruixa, negra i ramera, by Periferia Cimarronas). Proposals of visual and poetic theatre such as those of Dora Cantero (El tiempo de las tortugas) or Guillem Albà (Ma solitud), monologues such as Diana Pla Solina‘s Mis cosas y yo or musicals such as Black Side Story are some of the proposals, as well as El gegant del Pi, by Pau Vinyals or circus shows such as Charlas de Azucarillo, by the company Las Couchers, Gran Sonata, by the company Le Puant, Lady Panda, by Lara Poch and Mumusic and Ex-libris, by the company Voël.

Dance performances by The Roots, Nomad Dance Collective and the innovative flamenco of Cristina López, Isabelle Laudenbach and Carmen Muñoz at the very feminine Neo are some of the proposals more related to the arts of movement, as well as Rel i Grapa, by the brothers Víctor and Raúl Pérez Armero and other creations by artists such as Júlia Godino and Alexa Moya or Lorena Nogal.

Barcelona Cultural District brings live music from the indie-pop of Matilda Miranda; the jazz of Alba Careta; the songs of singer-songwriter Lia Sampai; the marriage of fado, pop and jazz by Névoa and Vicenç Solsona or the pop melodies of Tronco, to the musical project of Conxita and Fermí Herrero or the proposals of the bands The Rhythm Treasures and The Slingshots.

Family circus shows, theatre and music that bring live arts to the youngest audiences with companies such as Petit Bonhom (presenting Cocoué) or Fes-t’ho com vulguis (La mama dels arbres) among many others, are also part of Barcelona Districte Cultural.

Cinema has its own space in the Pantalla cycle, where you can see films, but also take part in activities such as round tables or presentations. This autumn you can watch films such as As bestas, Sala de profesores or Robot Dreams, among others, including the Petit Cine Club sessions for younger viewers.

The new Barcelona Cultural District, however, also programmes exhibitions, under the title Temporals. As part of the cycle, which is now in its third year, we will be able to see exhibitions by artists such as Miquel Garcia, Núria Nia, Mònica Roselló and Jordi Guillaumet, Fabrizio Contarino and the Col-lectiu Hamaca in eight of the city’s civic centres this season.

Argumenta, the programme of the Xarxa de Centre Cívics de Barcelona dedicated to thought is also part of Barcelona Districte Cultural, which organises eleven unique talks, in twenty-four different sessions in six civic centres. There you can meet thinkers, teachers, journalists and activists such as Aina Tarabini, Miquel Missé, Jordi Armadans and Josep Maria Ganyet.

If you don’t want to miss the new free cultural proposals of the Barcelona Cultural District cycle, check out all the information on the website.