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Theatre and dance. Performances. By genre and language of the show Catalonia
By genre Theatre in general Musicals Dance Puppets, shadows puppets, theater with ob jects Magic Circus, clowns and Juggling Opera, operetta Music hall, varieties, magazine Other performing arts By language Catalan Spanish Others Multilingual Unspoken
2020 8,346 5,034 1,099 479 575 456 194 101 59 349 8,346 4,697 2,140 203 781 525
2019 16,981 9,930 2,389 1,189 1,075 809 344 185 100 960 16,981 9,546 4,339 452 1,314 1,330
2018 16,526 9,676 2,418 846 799 658 401 198 362 1,168 16,526 9,891 3,910 529 1,292 904
2017 16,824 10,142 2,306 1,064 1,088 869 336 251 383 385 16,824 9,754 4,157 508 1,172 1,233
2016 15,977 9,498 1,641 926 843 800 223 370 371 1,305 15,977 10,283 3,366 418 836 1,074
2015 17,306 10,446 2,168 935 967 969 377 233 349 862 16,957 9,900 4,119 341 1,388 1,209
2014 16,595 10,048 2,187 924 850 916 284 302 438 646 16,595 9,685 4,237 315 1,335 1,023
2013 16,682 10,430 1,955 950 947 867 179 290 426 638 16,682 9,341 4,450 341 1,392 1,158
2012 16,404 10,165 1,879 963 892 1,089 207 375 351 483 16,404 9,616 4,040 283 1,292 1,173
2011 15,182 8,966 2,482 1,222 822 766 320 344 77 183 15,488 8,463 4,259 322 1,025 1,419
2010 14,221 8,553 1,534 1,154 779 810 268 268 z Category not applicable 855 14,221 7,999 3,868 364 717 1,273
2009 13,655 8,128 1,382 1,109 922 566 387 296 137 728 13,655 7,592 3,879 289 712 1,183
2008 13,177 7,832 1,541 982 959 505 278 278 145 657 13,177 7,722 3,332 357 650 1,116
2007 12,143 7,067 1,327 991 836 568 256 369 149 580 12,143 7,149 3,280 303 618 793
2006 10,870 7,017 1,146 806 538 137 195 255 143 633 10,870 6,103 2,782 249 777 959
2005 10,547 7,015 1,098 717 719 127 210 363 31 267 10,547 5,452 3,098 241 1,060 696
2004 10,639 7,005 1,018 896 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 302 177 1,241 10,639 5,704 3,058 779 315 783
2003 10,219 7,226 820 633 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 295 1,245 10,219 5,835 2,740 829 77 738
2002 10,019 6,702 952 651 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 417 1,297 10,019 5,826 2,752 796 65 580
2001 10,239 7,050 973 609 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 328 1,279 10,239 6,386 2,514 620 68 651
2000 10,192 7,199 905 570 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 493 1,025 10,192 6,044 2,830 720 80 518
1999 9,621 6,977 493 554 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 727 870 9,621 5,490 2,910 711 56 454
1998 9,495 6,326 877 629 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 934 729 9,495 5,379 2,407 896 126 687
1997 9,109 5,945 871 517 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1,174 602 9,109 5,084 2,512 663 146 704
Source: Ministry of Culture.
(z) Category not applicable.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: September 14, 2022.

EAE

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on Performing Arts (EAE).

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Theatre
Permanent facility offering the technical conditions for performing plays, and whose main purpose is programming stage arts and which schedules at least five performances a year (until the year 1999 only halls offering ten performances a year were included in the census).

Methodological aspects

The statistics for theatres have been compiled of the theatres that satisfy the following definition: a permmanent venue with the necessary technical facilities for the performance of stage works, the principal use of which is the presentation of stage shows, with an annual programme of at least 5 performance over the course of the year.

Minimal stability and professionalism criteria for theatre and dance companies are: three years producing and performing their own plays and five paid performances per year.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".

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