The anguish, fear, and death that inhabit Mercè Rodoreda's novel hovered over the audience of the National Theater of Catalonia at the season opening. The anguish, fear, and atavistic death of the village of pink houses imagined by Rodoreda and the anguish, fear, and death of the thousands of Palestinians murdered by the Israeli government.

The theatre season starts with good omens and two new features: a new theatre in the Farró neighbourhood, called La Fàbrica, and a festival exclusively of international proposals that serves the Temporada Alta in Barcelona, ​​baptized as Autumn Flash, which will be spread across different venues. As usual, the season kicks off with a recap of some of last year's achievements (The storm, Archimedes' principle, Grand Canyon, The housekeeper, Giant, etc.) and even years ago, like the mythical Christmas at Casa Cupiello (in November at the Library). But it also has a series of must-see premieres planned. We've selected 10 productions we won't want to miss this fall.

The recent release of the adaptation that La Veronal has made of Death and Spring At the Venice Dance Biennale, it has rekindled interest in Mercè Rodoreda's most transgressive novel. The director of the Grec Festival, Leticia Martín (Granada, 1978), recommends going to see the production at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya with your homework done. "It's about preparing for the start of the season and celebrating the premiere of La Veronal in Venice, because Marcos Morau is an unquestionable creator of Catalan culture," says Martín. In fact, the show is a co-production with the TNC and can also be seen at the next edition of the Temporada Alta festival.

The link with the Venice Biennale is an example of the restless character of the company La Veronal, the troupe Led by choreographer Marcos Morau (Ontinyent, 1982), who has become a solid reference in Europe. Ten years ago, they participated in the Theatre Biennial, and this year they're in the Dance Biennial. And they're doing so with a highly anticipated show, an adaptation of Mercè Rodoreda's testamentary novel, Death and Spring, which after premiering in Venice this Friday and having a second performance on Saturday, The TNC season will open on September 24..

If anything has changed your life National Dance Award 2024 The key to success for dancer and choreographer Lorena Nogal (Barcelona, ​​1984) is that she has "learned to say no." "I've had opportunities and job offers that were very interesting, but I couldn't fit them into the schedule I'd already set up last year because I would have been left without a life. There's something about it that grabs you and you like it, but at the same time it's somewhat enslaving," she says. And despite the hustle and bustle, she never stops.