The small-format theatre festival Teatre de Barra returns to Palma on Thursdays in March with ‘Play it again’ with film as the main theme

The new edition of Teatre de Barra will take place on five Thursdays in March and will offer very different small-format plays in the bars of Palma.


Where to see Teatre de Barra?

Specifically, the five establishments where you can enjoy the plays are:

Can Mercy (Ramon Muntaner, 46)
Bar Mavi (Carrer del 31 de Desembre, 29)
In Cafè (Blanguerna, 31)
Arts Màgia Bleisure hotel (Blanquerna, 12)
Restaurant Udon (Blanquerna, 3 izq.)

 

The five productions in this year’s festival revolve around comedy and tragicomedy and the theme of cinema. ‘Play it again’ is the name given to this 22nd edition.

Ticket sales:

  • Drac Màgic bookshop and Bar In Café.
  • Box office on the day of the performances at Bar In Café – 4 €.
  • Ticket booking: orbitaeditorial@gmail.com – whatsapp (630956630) and also on the day of the performances.
  • Opening hours: from 8 am to 10 pm

 

 

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Programme

  • ARSÉNICO, ESTRICNINA Y CIANURO:
    Inspired by Arsénico por Compasión (1944)
    Place: Can Mercy (Ramón Muntaner, 46)
    Genre: Comedy.
    Author: Loan Bennassar.
    Directed by: Bernat Molina.
    Starring: Aina Frau and Héctor Seoane.On a visit to his lovely aunts, Mortimer, through bad luck, reveals a secret he wishes he had never discovered. It is possible that Aunt Abby and Aunt Martha are not the lovable old ladies that all of Brooklyn knows.
  • TORNADO OF CIRCUMSTANCES
    Inspired by The Wizard of Oz (1939)
    Venue: Bar Mavi (31 December Street, 29)
    Genre: tragicomedy.
    Authors: Xavi Núñez, Juanma Palacios and Kevin Martos
    Director: Xavi Núñez.
    Performers: Alba Flor and Joan Manel Vadell.Problems pile up for two of the most emblematic characters in The Wizard of Oz (1939). The Scarecrow and the Lion have not only strayed from the yellow brick road and left Dorothy alone, but they also have no memory of what has happened in the last few hours. However, they are convinced of one thing: they must quickly flee from a terrible threat of catastrophic proportions.

 

More plays scheduled

 

  • THE RETURN OF ILSA
    Inspired by Casablanca (1942)
    Location: In Café (Blanguerna, 31)
    Genre: Comedy.
    Author: Josep Mercadal
    Directed by: Alex Tejedor.
    Performers: Carme Serna and Miquel Angel Torrens.Who doesn’t know or hasn’t heard of one of the most famous love stories in cinema? The story of an impossible love between Rick and llsa to the sound of Sam’s melody on the piano, who plays it and plays it again… They said goodbye in an airport, with the consolation that they will always have Teatre de Barra.
  • JENGA
    Inspired by the Seventh Seal (1957)
    Location: Ars Magia Bleisure Hotel (Blanguerna, 12)
    Genre: comedy
    Author: and Director: Alfonso Morillas
    Performers: Aina lagla and Joan Maria Pascual.We all have a desire for permanence as opposed to the human experience of transience… That’s why being visited by the anthropomorphic personification modelled by the surrounding morphogenetic field of the phenomenon of the extinction of life is… a bummer. Especially if you’re writing your Great Work and you’ve left a washing machine on.
  • GYOZAS
    Inspired by Lady and the Tramp (1955)
    Location: Udon Restaurant
    Genre: Comedy
    Author and director: David Mataró.
    Performers: Bárbara Nicolau and Albert Artiaga.A new version of Disney’s classic The Lady and the Tramp is in the works. Technology versus classic cinema: how far will we go? For the moment it all starts in a Ramen restaurant…Teatre de Barra 2023