arts & culture

One of the most important theaters in town, Teatre Lliure, has come up in no time with a solid online program running through the end of the season.

On May 14^th they present ENA (Nomen Nescio), an interactive show (originally entitled Màkina SHK) specially produced for a digital environment. We'll be able to converse (in English) with a chatbot from that uses artificial intelligence to generate new language. Check Lliure’s homepage to chat with the bot, but it appears only one person can speak with it at a time. Dramatist Robert Bernat will use the online interactions to write a play that will later be performed by real actors in front of a live audience.

The May online calendar also includes an auteur interpretation of popular Catalan fairytale El Gegant del Pi (May 7^th to 10^th) as part of its dramatized reading series. Other highlights for the month include the Clàssics per a Criatures children’s series with an audiovisual literary adaptation of Federico García Lorca’s rural Andalusian family drama, The House of Bernarda Alba (May 21^st to 24^th), as well as Àngel Guimerá’s symbol-filled, romantic drama, Terra baixa (May 28^th to 31^st).