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Santiago's Entertainment Guide

Dance

29/02/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Òscar Cobos Compañía de Danza
05/04/2024
20:30 | Teatro Principal
Dance show directed and performed by Álvaro Murillo.

Theatre

03/05/2024 - 05/05/2024
Escenas do cambio, the Cidade da Cultura's festival of theatre, dance and art in action, celebrates its tenth edition from 3 to 5 May 2024. Directed by dancer and choreographer Kirenia Martínez, this anniversary is conceived as a celebration of the festival's trajectory and its...
21/10/2023
20:30 | Teatro Principal
The theatrical script, based on María Rei Vilas' novel "Flores de ferro", tells us first-hand the experiences of a young girl (Camila) who, in the late eighties, is forced by family needs to return to her mother's village. Once there, circumstances lead her to discover first-hand the...
26/10/2023 - 27/10/2023
20:00 | Salón Teatro
It is a play about bullying, that painful reality in which more and more children around the world are trapped; a reflection on freedom, fear and the instinct to protect; a portrait of the blindness, ineptitude and social prejudices of adults.
28/10/2023
17:00 | Mupega (Museo Pedagógico de Galicia)
Tarabela Creativa  Show for family audiences (from 6 years and up).
04/11/2023
21:00 | Auditorio Abanca
"Orgasmos, la comedia" is a successful comedy that has attracted more than 250,000 spectators and has been programmed for more than 5 years in major cities such as Madrid and Barcelona, at the Teatro Gran Vía and Club Capitol, respectively.
07/11/2023
20:00 | Centro Sociocultural O Ensanche
Monologue by Brais das Hortas
25/11/2023
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Twenty years after the publication of Síbaris made him the brightest star in the literary firmament, the writer Victor Morel is not going through a good period: unable to write anything up to expectations, he has been blocked for too long and his financial situation is becoming...
02/12/2023
20:30 | Teatro Principal
Pepa Plana Company Veus que no veus presents the female version of the so-called "classic entrances", the numbers that start a show or link scenes.
03/12/2023
16:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
A small, colourful circus has just arrived in town after travelling hundreds of kilometres with their wagons loaded with suitcases and boots.
29/12/2023
18:30 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
The Granada-based company Títeres Etcétera brings to the Gaiás this stage show with music, puppets and projections based on the classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen that tells the fable of that duckling, different from the others, who turned out to be a great swan.
20/01/2024
19:00 | Centro Sociocultural de Santa Marta
A piece with a bit of dance by Tangatutanga Teatro
20/01/2024
19:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
BUTACAZERO, CENTRO DRAMÁTICO NACIONAL AND MIT RIBADAVIA. 
20/01/2024
20:30 | Auditorio Abanca
How long has it been since you've had a real thrill? Escándalo en Palacio is a high comedy in the Old Hollywood style with brilliant touches of intelligent humour. Xoán C. Mejuto and Iria Ares, the new stars of comedy, play a President and his First Lady: a sex scandal has broken...
26/01/2024 - 27/01/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
ENTRECAJAS PRODUCCIONES TEATRALES S.L. AND TEATRO ESPAÑOL
02/02/2024 - 03/02/2024
18:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Hamlet, o de Cunqueiro, is the title of a multidisciplinary proposal that mixes two apparently unrelated disciplines: theatre and video games. It also mixes Galician and Brazilian cultures, using as a vehicle an extract from O incerto señor don Hamlet, by Álvaro Cunqueiro, which...
02/02/2024 - 03/02/2024
20:30 | Teatro Principal
CULTURACTIVA PRODUCIÓNS
03/02/2024
21:00 | Auditorio Abanca
Roberto Vilar celebrates 30 years painting the monkey on television by presenting and bringing his humour to the public in a surprising tour of Galician theatres. A show full of laughter and many surprises!
06/02/2024 - 09/02/2024
21:00 | Salón Teatro
The XXVIII International University Theatre Festival of the USC opens in Compostela from 6 to 9 February a window to the theatrical creations developed by university theatre companies at Galician, national and European level.
09/02/2024
19:30 | Teatro Principal
The company Teatro Sin Papeles brings to Santiago this play inspired by Operation Carioca.
09/02/2024
21:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
In July 2011 the Codex Calixtinus disappeared. In July 2012, just one year later, the police recovered the book, hidden in a garage. What happened in all that time? Investigations, suspicions, surveillance, interrogations? That is 'Codex K': the one that is not known because it was never...
15/02/2024
20:30 | Auditorio Abanca
David Suárez offers you an hour of humour that is not suitable for everyone. The Galician comedian takes us on a journey through his darkest thoughts.
17/02/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
LAZONA AND COMPAÑÍA NACIONAL DE TEATRO CLÁSICO
23/02/2024 - 24/02/2024
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
The diptych Mythical but secondary closes the 2024 series Clásicas desfeitas by delving into some of the lesser-known names of the Greek classics to bring them to the present through the particular gaze of Antón Reixa and Antela Cid. Polícrates, Ismene, Crisótemis...
03/03/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Play about the elderly starring José María Pou
14/03/2024 - 16/03/2024
20:30 | Teatro Principal
TEATRO NACIONAL DONA MARÍA II, TEATRO NACIONAL SAN JOÃO, CENTRO DRAMÁTICO GALEGO, TEATRO DO NOROESTE –CENTRO DRAMÁTICO DE VIANA
21/03/2024
21:00 | Auditorio Abanca
Manquiña and Sabela Hermida in an amusing play directed by Darío Autrán.
06/04/2024
19:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
In 'Aquí Tou!', Touriñán takes a journey through his life, from his conception on the night of San Juan to a possible epitaph.
11/04/2024 - 26/05/2024
Salón Teatro
"Os actos e as profecías" is the central show of the 40th anniversary programme of the Centro Dramático Galego. The production, developed under the umbrella of the European project Phōnē, is directed by Tamara Canosa and has a cast of 20 performers. In it, a whole universe is...
12/04/2024
20:30 | Teatro Principal
COMPAÑÍA NACIONAL DE TEATRO CLÁSICO (CNTC)
13/04/2024
20:30 | Auditorio Abanca
So many things have happened to Pedro Ruíz and so revealing that it is hard to believe. But it is true. He tells them, sings them, parodies them and shares them in a spectacular way. With names and surnames and allowing questions.  How interesting! And how funny! Without a doubt,...
21/04/2024
17:00 | La Salle
A fun show for the whole family with great staging and live vocals that not only talks about inclusion but also touches on issues such as bullying of those who are different. A musical with soul that shows that all individuals have something to say, despite the size of their ears.
04/05/2024
20:00 | Auditorio Abanca
'Think of Wilbur' is a show full of acrobatics, humor, and risk, a lot of risk: the only way Wilbur knows how to live. With an unusual technique and physique, he will create impossible situations that will leave the public stunned. Accompanied by his inseparable friends: Contracture, Pull and...
05/05/2024
18:00 | Auditorio Abanca
THIS IS NOT A SHOW If this isn't a show, you might be wondering, what is it about? Well, probably the same as many other monologues.
15/05/2024
19:30 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Show by Soledad Felloza and Irina Gruia
26/05/2024
18:30 | Auditorio Abanca
Pizpireto, a cheerful, lively and somewhat flirtatious comedy show, or so the RAE says.  It is orchestrated by David Puerto, a comedian who turns his reflections and experiences into a comedy show, looking for the positive side of life, if possible, or at least the funny side. Making use...
26/05/2024
20:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
Corentena'. Perdomo and Touriñán in live chat During the months of confinement in 2020, David Perdomo and Xosé A. Touriñán began to chat live via Instagram. Those nights they improvised different characters and interacted with the viewers who tuned in to...
31/05/2024
21:00 | Auditorio Abanca
Miguel Lago returns to Galicia in 2024 with his latest and renewed show LAGO COMEDY CLUB. More than 50,000 spectators have already enjoyed this revolution of the classic one-man show in which Miguel returns freer than ever. A Comedy Club in the style of the great Broadway clubs, where each...
29/06/2024
20:00 | Teatro Principal
"No soy tu gitana" is a monologue starring the activist and writer Silvia Agüero, who deconstructs the public image of gypsy women, using humour, song and dance. 
06/07/2024
20:00 | Riquela
"Don't shoot the comedian", Manu Chacón's first one-man show where he reflects on the meaning of comedy through an interactive experience using improvisation as a thread.
11/07/2024
20:30 | Auditorio Abanca
Tiquismiquis is a show by Mikel Bermejo in which he talks about everything he thinks about what he sees around him.
14/07/2024
19:00 | Salón Teatro
Open rehearsal of 'Entre Palav-bras', the new proposal of international collaboration of the Galician theatre company ButacaZero and the Portuguese TEAtro Ensaio, in co-production with the Centro Dramático Galego.
07/09/2024 - 08/09/2024
Salón Teatro
Amateur theatre competition held in September in different venues in Santiago. The performances are free of charge.
Free
13/09/2024
19:00 | Plaza de la Quintana
Camino Escena Norte is a cultural exchange project through the performing arts between Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Euskadi and Navarra which, promoted by the associations Escena Galega, EscenAsturias, Acepae, Eskena and Escena Navarra, will deploy an intense programme of activities in 60...
21/09/2024
21:00 | Auditorio Abanca
Get ready to immerse yourself in a theatrical experience that has made hundreds of thousands of spectators laugh non-stop for 12 years on Madrid's Gran Vía. 
27/09/2024
19:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Theatrical performance by the LaPili Theatre Company with the support of the Red Cross.  
05/10/2024
20:00 | Auditorio Abanca
We all live a multitude of situations at home with our partner that become routine and we stop paying attention to them until someone presents them in a comical way and makes us laugh when we see ourselves reflected in them. Isma and Isa are the kings of that, that's what 'How I met my...
09/10/2024 - 13/10/2024
18:00 | Salón Teatro
Third Act is a piece that is at once comic, dark and beautiful. A scenic poem about memory and dreams, an exorcism, a celebration of life and theatre.  
11/10/2024
21:00 | Auditorio Abanca
Travel with us with Comandante Lara & Cía at the Abanca Auditorium in Santiago, a journey full of jokes and laughter with Vicente Ruidos and Jesús Tapia as cabin crew. Sit in your seat and you will receive the safety instructions to be able to start the journey to the land of...
16/10/2024 - 20/10/2024
18:00 | Salón Teatro
Third Act is a piece that is at once comic, dark and beautiful. A scenic poem about memory and dreams, an exorcism, a celebration of life and theatre.
18/10/2024
20:30 | Auditorio Abanca
"Handmade Pantomima Full"  You may have been watching Pantomima Full in digital format for years, but you, who if you are reading a review is because you are of an age, know perfectly well that handmade things have a special value. Where there's handmade, there's no industrial. You...
29/10/2024
21:00 | Modus Vivendi
Anyone can have a bad night and it is very easy to put your foot between two tiles or fall down the drain hole during repairs, especially in ‘festive’ circumstances. What is not so normal is the white rabbit or the worm smoking a pipe. What a trip, girl!
01/11/2024 - 02/11/2024
20:30 | Auditorio de Galicia
Carlos Blanco and Xosé A. Touriñán put an end to one of the most successful projects of Galician theatre in recent decades with a new show that will tour throughout Galicia until January. 
10/11/2024
18:00 | Auditorio Abanca
Mujeres: La Dramedia is a theatrical show with the spirit of a television programme. A macro sleepover where you sing, dance and fix the world. Not only will you laugh, you'll also be able to let off steam. A better show than any pool party, barbecue or partyboat you've ever been to.
29/11/2024
20:30 | Teatro Principal
Teatro de Papel is a contemporary circus show that, through the manipulation of objects, clowning, physical theatre and a baggage of extraordinary puppets, seeks to vindicate the power of the imagination. The Paper Theatre is a person in his solitude, it is a party without celebration, a...
22/12/2024
19:00 | Auditorio Abanca
Javier Veiga, Rober Bodegas and David Amor After the success of the thre previous years with 100% of tickets sold out, this Christmas ESFÍNTER 4, NEW SHOW returns.
29/12/2024
18:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
Here you have the story of four animals, the cat, the owl, the lizard and the mouse who live in a banana tree. They are not friends but rather prey and predators. They all live in fear of the animal above them in the tree, but they still manage to coexist. This puppet, dance and...
11/01/2025
18:30 | Auditorio Abanca
Meixeverso is a comedy show. An awards gala. A cinema. But above all, it's an opportunity to connect with one of the most cutting-edge content creators of the moment. And in person it's higher, and that's why you should go too.
31/01/2025
21:00 | Auditorio Abanca
This show could also be called 17 times revistied or 17 times evolution or 17 times the director's montage..... For it is a show that has been remade, revised, evolved and reassembled.
09/02/2025
18:00 | Riquela
Patricia Espejo, natural, spontaneous and very funny. With a humour that is totally removed from reality but at the same time immerses you in the essence of it, your laughter will be inevitable and the laughter continues, not only will you learn new things, but you will also forget everything...
28/03/2025
20:30 | Auditorio Abanca
Check, a good show. Take your seat and get ready to see this comedy show, where the stage becomes the epicentre of the most surreal anecdotes that only an Álvaro Casares can offer you.
29/03/2025
20:30 | Auditorio Abanca
Escándalo en palacio is the best high comedy you can see on stage. Two impressive performances by Xoán C. Mejuto and Iria Ares, the best reviews received since its premiere at the Teatro Lara in Madrid and more than 5,000 spectators in the launch tour of 2024.
02/05/2025
20:30 | Auditorio Abanca
There is probably no place in the world where freedom of expression has as much value, meaning and significance as on the stage when a comedian steps on it.
17/05/2025
20:30 | Teatro Principal
A groundbreaking and sexy version of August Strindberg's classic. One of the most controversial texts in history. For lovers of psychological thrillers and film noir.

For children

03/11/2023
20:30 | Museo do Pobo Galego
A dramatised performance by Tero Rodríguez and Lucho Penabade, specialists in spreading bits of our history.
18/11/2023
12:00 | Sede Afundación Santiago de Compostela
On the occasion of the celebration of the WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY, 18th NOVEMBER, Afundación invites the public to attend the show Estrafalaria, which is part of the PROGRAMME CULTURE FOR FOOD. IMPORTANT! Access to the play will be through the donation of children's food that will go to...
06/04/2024
17:00 | Auditorio Abanca
In O Mundo Máxico de Pinocchio, the audience will find a curious musical theatre adaptation of Carlo Collodi's classic. A story told through the eyes of Jiminy Cricket, who together with the Fairy Godmother, the Fox and the Cat will accompany Pinocchio on his way to becoming a real boy....
13/04/2024
18:30 | Teatro Principal
COMPANYIA DE COMEDIANTS LA BALDUFA
14/04/2024
17:30 | La Salle
An endearing musical full of emotion, songs, dances and adventures, with live voices to envelop you in the musical magic of a classic tale.
18/05/2024
19:00 | La Salle
An incredible show for the whole family. In Thumbelina, the audience will find a story full of adventures in which our protagonist will face the Troll King Bunga Lunga with the help of Klaus, a lemon yellow poet bird, a sailor who is more lost than a puffer fish in a forklift plane and the...
15/06/2024
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
A celebration of the best baroque music, a show full of humour where the characters, the music, the comic theatre and the scenic spaces compose a mosaic that works perfectly for the enjoyment of children, but also for adults. Píscore Teatro brings to the Gaiás Molto Barroco, a...
15/06/2024
12:00 | Biblioteca Pública Ánxel Casal
Pop up paper theatre and puppet show by Juste Kamishibai.
31/07/2024
19:00 | Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Designed for audiences of all ages with the aim of generating community around the performing arts, De Vilatriste a Vilalegre combines acting and puppet theatre with the world of comics as a reference.
05/10/2024
18:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
The teacher is brave, skilful and resourceful. She believes in the abilities of all the children and with them she has built a beautiful school in the forest with room for all animals. Her most beloved word is ‘freedom’, because the teacher wants her class to grow freely. However,...
30/11/2024
18:00 | Teatro Principal
A lonely character in search of company explores the audience's imagination to give life to each of his thoughts. Through this process, he makes himself feel in company and opens a path full of surprises and laughter.
14/12/2024
18:00 | Teatro Principal
It's raining keys in the street. Five clowns ring the doorbell. Loneliness escapes through the keyhole. Humour and poetics dwell on the threshold of the door.
22/03/2025
18:00 | Auditorio de Galicia
Family concert by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia

Festival

23/02/2024 - 24/02/2024
Plaza de Mazarelos
It is undoubtedly a great daring that, in its sixth edition, the Rosalía Festival will be filled with sunshine, harmony and naturalness, to celebrate new and diverse creativity in the Galician language.
01/07/2024 - 07/07/2024
The Oral Storytelling Festival brings storytellers from Portugal, Cuba, Salamanca, Japan, and a wide range of Galician talent and new emerging voices.
13/07/2024
10:30
Third edition of this festival, which is an encounter with the local community and the rock heritage of the area through local and sustainable cultural proposals.
12/10/2024 - 20/10/2024
The Galicreques International Puppet Festival, organised by the Asociación Cultural Barriga Verde with the collaboration of the Santiago City Council, the Xunta de Galicia, the Diputación de A Coruña, the Instituto Nacional de Artes Escénicas y Musicales (Inaem),...

Literature

18/05/2024
20:30 | Teatro Principal
Ritos de resistencia is a multidisciplinary recital (poetry, music and image) that has as its central axis the poems of Luísa Villalta, author honored this year 2024 in the Día das Letras Galegas. 

Others

15/12/2023 - 07/01/2024
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
This year in our Nadal no Gaiás we press the pause button in the hustle and bustle of these dates to return to the origins of the festival of the winter solstice, wait for the return of light and celebrate a more sustainable Christmas, moving away from consumerism and the material and...

Annual

05/12/2023 - 26/05/2024
Compostela Cultura presents its Performing Arts programme for the first half of 2024.

Theatre

15/04/2024 - 19/04/2024
In the Mostra de Teatro Universitario de Galicia, works from the three Galician universities will be presented at the Teatro Principal and at the Roberto Vidal Bolaño theater. APPROXIMATE DATES +Info
27/05/2024 - 30/05/2024
Salón Teatro
Agadic organizes this Galician performing arts market festival. Through a selection of recently produced shows and a programme of parallel activities, this initiative takes the pulse of the current situation of the sector in Galicia. At the same time, it provides its professionals with a...
07/09/2024 - 27/09/2024
Teatro Principal
Amateur theatre The Agustín Magán Festival was born in 2001 with the purpose of promoting the best theatrical productions of the amateur federated companies. The works that participate each year, in total 6, are selected by a jury and represent the most interesting proposals of...