La directora diu que divendres fan una altra funció al teatre.

Catalan often uses the definite article before a noun in places where English would not. So la directora is the normal way to say the director / the headmistress / the principal, depending on context.

This is very common with professions, titles, and people in general:

• la professora
• el metge
• la Maria

So even if English might sometimes say just Director says..., Catalan normally uses the article here.

In Catalan, the days of the week are normally not capitalized, unlike in English. So divendres is correct, just like:

• dilluns
• dimarts
• dissabte

The same is true for months and languages in Catalan:

• gener
• anglès
• català

Diu means says, and que introduces the following clause, like English that.

So:

• La directora diu que... = The director says that...

In English, that is often optional. In Catalan, que is normally kept:

• Diu que vindrà = He/She says (that) he/she will come

Because fan does not go with la directora. It belongs to the second clause after que.

The structure is:

• La directora diu = The director says
• que divendres fan una altra funció al teatre = that on Friday they are doing another performance at the theatre

So the subject of fan is an implied they, not the director.

It can be either a real plural they or a more general, unspecified they, depending on context.

In a sentence like this, it often means something like:

• the theatre company
• the cast
• the organizers
• the people at the theatre

Catalan, like Spanish, often uses third person plural when the people involved are understood from context, even if they are not named explicitly.

Catalan often uses the present tense for scheduled or planned future events, just like English does in sentences such as On Friday they perform again or The train leaves at six.

So divendres fan una altra funció means something like:

• they are doing another performance on Friday
• they will be doing another performance on Friday

This use of the present is very natural for timetables, plans, and arranged events.

Catalan often uses the day of the week without a preposition when meaning on Friday.

So:

• divendres = on Friday
• dilluns arribo = I arrive on Monday

You may also see forms like el divendres, but that can have a different nuance, often meaning something more habitual or referring to a specific Friday in context. In this sentence, plain divendres is the most natural way to say on Friday.

Una altra means another.

It is made of:

• una = a / one
• altra = other / another

So literally it is something like an other, but in natural English we say another. Catalan keeps these as two words:

• una altra funció = another performance
• un altre dia = another day

The form changes with gender and number:

• un altre
• una altra
• uns altres
• unes altres

Because a + el contracts to al in Catalan.

So:

• a el teatre → al teatre

This is a standard contraction, just like:

• de + el → del

Examples:

• Vaig al mercat = I’m going to the market
• És al despatx = He/She is in the office

It can mean either, depending on the verb and context. With fer una funció, the natural meaning is at the theatre, because the performance takes place there.

So in this sentence:

• fan una altra funció al teatre = they are doing another performance at the theatre

If the verb were one of movement, like anar, then al teatre would more naturally mean to the theatre:

• Van al teatre = They go to the theatre

Yes, Catalan word order is somewhat flexible, but this sentence has a very normal, neutral order.

For example, you might also hear:

• La directora diu que fan una altra funció divendres al teatre
• Divendres fan una altra funció al teatre, diu la directora

But La directora diu que divendres fan una altra funció al teatre sounds very natural and clear. It places divendres early in the second clause to highlight the time of the performance.