“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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Happy Birthday Nuria Espert: “a Great Actor And a Force of Nature”
Nuria Espert turns 89 today. Hers has been an extraordinary career and it’s not over yet. She has...
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Anything Can Be Bought If The Price Is Right: Juan Mayorga’s “La Colección” (The Collection)
Juan Mayorga might have been a crime writer in another life, he loves to set up complex, menacing...
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Staging Justice: Miguel del Arco revisits Jordi Casanovas’ “Jauría” and the case of “la manada” (the wolfpack)
Seeing a play you much admired five years ago for a third time isn’t always sensible. Will it be...
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A Triple Bill on Desire and its Discontents: “La Voix Humaine”, “Erwartung” and Something in Between at Madrid’s Teatro Real
There are a number of firsts in the new Teatro Real production triple bill that brings together...
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Alfredo Sanzol Stages Lorca’s “The House of Bernarda Alba”: Simmering Passions, Solitude and Surveillance
The 2023/2024 season has proved the year of Bernarda Albas. Lorca’s 1936 drama was completed only...
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“ANGELA (a Strange Loop)”: The Wild and Wonderful World of Susanne Kennedy
Susanne Kennedy doesn’t do things by half. When she creates a world, it has its own logic, its own...
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Peter Sellars’ “Beatrice di Tenda”: Freedom, Defiance, and Tyranny
Vincenzo Bellini’s penultimate opera, Beatrice di Tenda, rests between two more frequently...
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Alberto Conejero’s “En Mitad de Tanto Fuego” (In the Midst of So Much Fire): Addressing the Gaps from the Margins
Alberto Conejero’s trajectory as a playwright has been rooted in telling the stories that have...
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Rage and Fury: Calixto Bieito Stages Aribert Reimann’s “Lear” at the Teatro Real Madrid
Shakespeare’s King Lear has defied composers who refused invitations to render this bleakest...
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“Misericordia” (Mercy) at Madrid’s Teatro Valle Inclán: Families, (Auto)fiction and Exile
There is a lot to admire in Denise Despeyroux’s newest play produced by the Centro Dramático...
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