“Historia de una maestra” (Story of a Teacher) at Madrid’s Teatro Valle-Inclán: Arguing for Education as a Way of Life
The power of education as a tool for emancipation and democratic thinking has been the subject of...
Read MoreMaria Delgado is an academic, curator, and critic. Professor and Vice Principal (Research and Knowledge Exchange) at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, she has published widely in the areas of Spanish-language theatre and film. Her books include "Other" Spanish Theatres (Manchester University Press, 2003, revised Spanish language edition published in 2017), Federico García Lorca (Routledge, 2008), and twelve co-edited volumes, including Contemporary European Theatre Directors (Routledge, 2011), A Companion To Latin American Cinema (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017) and Staging Difficult Pasts: Memory, Theatre and Museums (Routledge, 2024). She writes for publications, including Sight & Sound and European Stages, and has appeared as a guest contributor on a range of BBC radio programs.
Posted by Maria Delgado | 28th Dec 2025 | Review, Spain
The power of education as a tool for emancipation and democratic thinking has been the subject of...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 28th Dec 2025 | Review, Spain
The House of Bernarda Alba has engendered no shortage of spin-offs — dance and film adaptations...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 28th Dec 2025 | Review, Spain
La Cubana have been making theatre for over 45 years – stagings that have reimagined popular...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 26th Dec 2025 | Review, Spain
El día del Watusi (The Day of the Watusi) gets a second outing at the Teatre Lliure. First seen in...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 26th Dec 2025 | Review, Spain
How do we learn to forgive, especially in the aftermath of a massacre that has no rational...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 26th Dec 2025 | Review, Spain
There is no shortage of plays on the subject of mid-life crisis, from Alan Charles’ Midlife Crisis...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 18th Aug 2025 | Finland, France, Review, Tampere Theatre Festival 2025
There are shows that may, on the surface, feel wafer thin, shows where nothing much seems to...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 11th Aug 2025 | Festivals, Finland, Review, Tampere Theatre Festival 2025
In the opening page of the 2025 Tampere Theatre Festival brochure, the artistic team (Hilkka-Liisa...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 6th Aug 2025 | Festivals, Review, Spain
The 2025 Grec festival, the first under the new directorship of Leticia Martín Ruiz, opened on 26...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 5th Aug 2025 | Festivals, Review, Spain
The first new production of Mark Rosenblatt’s Olivier-award-winning Giant since its London...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 3rd Feb 2025 | France, Review, Theatre and Opera
Peter Sellars isn’t afraid of taking risks. It’s part of his approach to making work, as his 2024...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 23rd Dec 2024 | Review, Spain
David Trueba’s films have often had a theatrical dimension. La silla de Fernando/ Fernando’s...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 23rd Dec 2024 | Review, Spain
How to begin to approach a history of the Spanish Civil War for the stage? An ambitious prospect...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 22nd Dec 2024 | Review, Spain, Theatre and Opera
Gaetano Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, first produced at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala in 1835, like the...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 11th Nov 2024 | Review, Spain
Àlex Rigola first staged David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross at Barcelona’s Teatre Lliure...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 10th Nov 2024 | Review, Spain
Peruvian director Chela De Ferrari of Lima’s Teatro La Plaza, reconfigured Hamlet — seen at this...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 15th Aug 2024 | Festivals, Finland, Review, Tampere Theatre Festival 2024
Tampere is Finland’s third largest city— parallels are often drawn with Manchester, in part...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 15th Aug 2024 | Festivals, Finland, Portugal, Review, Tampere Theatre Festival 2024
In my humble view, Tiago Rodrigues is one of the most important theatre makers at work today. His...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 16th Jun 2024 | Review, Spain
La Zaranda are one of Spain’s best kept theatrical secrets. Not because they are not well known or...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 11th Jun 2024 | Acting, News, Spain
Nuria Espert turns 89 today. Hers has been an extraordinary career and it’s not over yet. She has...
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“L’amor venia amb taxi” (Love Arrived By… by Maria Delgado 28th December 2025 
“The Phantom Of The Opera” Returns To Mexico: A… by Lorena Meeser 12th December 2025 



The Theater of Metaverse by Hayel Ali Al-Mathabi 10th May 2025