Teatreneu, Theatre in Gràcia, Barcelona, Spain
Teatreneu is a theatre in the Gracia neighborhood with multiple performance spaces of varying sizes and setups. The Xavier Fàbregas hall seats approximately 360 people and serves as the main stage, while two additional rooms accommodate different types of shows.
The Teatreneu company, led by Josep Salvatella, leased the 1935 headquarters of the Cooperativa de Teixidors de Mà in 1985, when the cooperative was in crisis and the building under auction. After renovation by architect Josep Gràcia with Joan Artès and Jesús Esquina, it opened on 23 February 1988 as Teixidors-Teatreneu with Michael Hastings's "Midnight at Starlit". Salvatella aimed to bring international contemporary authors such as Yukio Mishima and Joe Orton to Catalonia.
The theatre's name comes from the Cooperativa de Teixidors de Mà, the hand-weavers' cooperative founded in 1875 whose 1935 building it occupies; it opened in 1988 as Teixidors-Teatreneu before dropping the first word from its sign. Its three halls run three different shows a day, over 1,200 performances a year, mostly short-format humour: Planeta Impro's genre- and age-adapted improvisation, magic sessions for adults or families, and children's theatre by the veteran company Magatzem d'Ars.
The theatre is located at Carrer Terol 26 and is well connected by public transit, particularly via the Fontana and Joanic metro stations. The area has numerous bus connections and is walkable from different parts of the neighborhood.
The theatre's 2000 renovation introduced the Sala del Mig, a combined restaurant and theatre space, alongside plans for a Museu Imaginari on the main hall stairs and a basement cellar for group meals, though the latter two were never realized. The venue also once hosted a jazz concert cycle in 2000, and its acoustics allowed live album recordings.
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