Festival Shakespeare de Barcelona

An international performing arts festival in Catalonia where various languages and artistic disciplines come together around the figure of William Shakespeare. The festival had already celebrated eleven editions in Catalonia (2003-2014), some of which took place at the Teatre La Biblioteca in Barcelona. Now, the theater company La Perla 29 becomes the organizer of the festival, which is the only one of its kind in Spain. With the collaboration of the European Shakespeare Festivals Network, the festival aims to be an international meeting point in Catalonia. Shakespeare’s works have become a common language between cultures, and we speak to the world through them. 

As we plan the launch of the Festival Shakespeare de Barcelona for 2026, we wanted to celebrate the Prelude Edition as a way to start gathering, building connections, testing formats, and bringing together artists and audiences. We want to start building the festival’s community as a way to approach the horizon towards which we are working. It will consist of four days of theatrical programming and parallel activities focused on the works of William Shakespeare, reflecting on festivals in Europe, on Shakespeare in Catalonia, on Catalan theater abroad, and on cultural policies that can take us further… Four days to imagine together the festival we are creating.