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Until Sat 2 Aug

Wed 25 Jun - Sat 2 Aug

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This is the 29th edition of the Barcelona Grec 2008 Festival , with a huge programme of more than 40 theatre, dance and music performances.

Many of the bigger music events take place in the Poble Espanyol, with artists such as The Brothers Size, Vanessa da Mata, Hiroaki Umeda, as well as international pop stars. Other big name highlights include Marianne Faithfull at the Teatre Grec, and the highly acclaimed contemporary dance maestro Trisha Brown. It is recommended to book your tickets well in advance.

(Taken from www.barcelonafestival.com; http://gothamist.com; popnewss.files.wordpress.com; www.eu-japanfest.org; www.icatfm.cat).

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1 The Brothers Size (Theatre)
2 Vanessa da Mata (Music)
3 Hiroaki Umeda (Dance)
4 Nit de Circ (Circus Night)

Tue Dec 20, 2007 - Sun Jan 27, 2008 (except Mondays)

Tue, Fri & Sat 6:30pm & 10:15pm; Wed & Sun 6:30pm; Thu 9pm

at Teatre Apolo (Av. del Paral·lel, núm. 59) 35,35€ to 72,25€ www.servicaixa.com

Cabaret is a musical originally entitled Welcome to Berlin. Set in 1929-1930 Berlin on the eve of the Nazis’ rise to power, it focuses on nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and mostly revolves around the English 19-year-old cabaret performer Sally Bowles (Marta Ribera) and her relationship with young American writer, Cliff Bradshaw. A sub-plot involves the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor. Overseeing the action is the Emcee (Víctor Masan), who presides as master of ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub and serves as a constant metaphor for the current state of society in Weimar Germany throughout the show.