Lily Collins (Emily in Paris, To The Bone, Mank) plays Irene and Álvaro Morte (Money Heist, Wheel of Time, Immaculate) plays Manuel in the explosive thriller, Barcelona. This is the capital’s stage premiere of a thrilling play whose plot is very twisty indeed.

Barcelona is a feast of thrills created by the American writer and Tony Award nominee Bess Wohl (Baby Ruby, Camp Siegfried, Grand Horizons), beautifully directed by the multi-award winner Lynette Linton.

Barcelona – The story
The scene is Barcelona, late at night, where an American woman is on a hen weekend. When she throws caution to the wind and embarks on a fiery one-night stand with a handsome local man things soon get complicated, resulting in something that’s about as far from an innocent fling as it gets. A frightening game of cat and mouse ensues, where mutual destruction, comedy, awkwardness and the unexpected are on the cards.

This play explores the gap between fantasy and real life, described as a ‘seductive thriller’ that will keep you on your toes from start to finish as the personal and political combine to catastrophic effect. Barcelona is funny, provocative, and always surprising.

Barcelona cast and creatives
Lily Collins is known for her roles in the BBC miniseries Les Misérables from 2018–2019 and most recently the Netflix comedy Emily in Paris netted her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. Alvaro Morte is a respected Spanish actor best known for playing The Professor in the TV series Money Heist. He also plays Logain Ablar in Amazon Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time.

The play is written by Bess Wohl (Camp Siegfried, Grand Horizons) and directed by Lynette Linton (Shifters, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Sweat) with Set and Costume design by Frankie Bradshaw. The Lighting is by Jai Morjaria, Composition and Sound Design by Duramaney Kamara and Xana, and the Video Design by Gino Ricardo Green.