“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...
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Lolita Flores Places Poncia Centre-stage: A New Re-fashioning of “The House of Bernarda Alba”
The House of Bernarda Alba has engendered no shortage of spin-offs — dance and film adaptations...
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“L’amor venia amb taxi” (Love Arrived By Taxi): La Cubana’s Affectionate Homage to the Catalan Amateur Theatre
La Cubana have been making theatre for over 45 years – stagings that have reimagined popular...
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“El día del Watusi” (The Day of the Watusi): Iván Morales stages Francisco Casavella’s cult novel on Barcelona in transition
El día del Watusi (The Day of the Watusi) gets a second outing at the Teatre Lliure. First seen in...
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Diego Garrido Sanz’s “Violencia” (Violence) at the Centro Dramático Nacional: exploring the possibilities of restorative justice
How do we learn to forgive, especially in the aftermath of a massacre that has no rational...
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“El entusiasmo” (The Enthusiasm) at Madrid’s Teatro María Guerrero: Midlife crisis given a makeover in Pablo Remón’s new play
There is no shortage of plays on the subject of mid-life crisis, from Alan Charles’ Midlife Crisis...
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Barcelona’s 2025 Grec Festival: “The Performing Arts as a Critical and Poetic Tool”
The 2025 Grec festival, the first under the new directorship of Leticia Martín Ruiz, opened on 26...
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Mark Rosenblatt’s “Giant” in Barcelona
The first new production of Mark Rosenblatt’s Olivier-award-winning Giant since its London...
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On Lone Borders: Juan Mayorga’s “Los Yugoslavos”
Juan Mayorga’s Los yugoslavos [The Yugoslavs] is, to-date, the only one of the acclaimed Spanish...
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“The Pillars of the Earth”: Bestseller and Musical. An Exclusive Interview with Ken Follett. Part II
For the first part of the interview go here. From the earliest musicals, one can trace the...
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“The Pillars of the Earth”: The Evolution of Spanish Musical Theatre. An exclusive interview with Iván Macías. Part I
In November 2024, the world premiere of a new musical by composer Iván Macías, The Pillars of the...
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Filmmaker David Trueba’s theatre debut: “Los guapos/The Handsome Ones”
David Trueba’s films have often had a theatrical dimension. La silla de Fernando/ Fernando’s...
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“1936”: Andrés Lima puts the Spanish Civil War on Stage
How to begin to approach a history of the Spanish Civil War for the stage? An ambitious prospect...
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David McVicar’s new “Maria Stuarda” at Madrid’s Teatro Real
Gaetano Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, first produced at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala in 1835, like the...
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Big Bang Professional Week, Temporada Alta Fights Against ‘Mierda Bonita’
Mierda bonita, or beautiful shit in English, is the term used in La luz de un lago/The light of a...
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Capitalism Meets Austerity in Àlex Rigola’s “Glengarry Glen Ross”
Àlex Rigola first staged David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross at Barcelona’s Teatre Lliure...
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Chela De Ferrari’s “The Seagull”: Theatre, Identity and Unrequited Love
Peruvian director Chela De Ferrari of Lima’s Teatro La Plaza, reconfigured Hamlet — seen at this...
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“Paisatges Compartits (Shared Landscapes)”, A Pleasant Day of Theatrical Land Art
The meeting point is in l’Animal a l’esquena, Malpelo dance company rehearsals site....
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Dialoguing With The Classics In Madrid: “La Fortaleza/The Fortress” And “Macho Grita/Alpha Male Shouts”
Twenty-first-century theatre practitioners in the west typically fear irrelevance more than...
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Hopes, Dreams, Revenants and Repetitions: La Zaranda’s “Manual Para Armar Un Sueño/Manual For Building A Dream” At Barcelona’s Teatre Romea
La Zaranda are one of Spain’s best kept theatrical secrets. Not because they are not well known or...
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