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“Siena” By La Veronal: Self Contemplation, Imagined Self-Destruction, And A Terrifying Sense Of The Human Body!

Posted by Alvina Ruprecht | 22nd Feb 2018 | Review, Spain, Theatre and Dance

European performance is slipping through boundaries, transforming relationships between film,...

‘Les Incorrigibles’: The Publishing House Championing Spanish Theatre in France

Posted by William Gregory | 16th Jan 2018 | France, News, Playwriting, Spain, Translation

Despite Spain being a near neighbor, Spanish theatre has enjoyed relatively little exposure in...

“La armonía del silencio” By Lola Blasco. When Little Red Riding Hood Set Fire To The Forest Of Memories

Posted by EfeJota Suárez | 30th Dec 2017 | Review, Spain

Silence. From the Latin “silentium”. The RAE (The Royal Spanish Academy) defines it as...

Pablo Remón’s “Barbados Etcétera” – Minimalist Theatre of Words and Presence

Posted by Mara Valderrama | 24th Nov 2017 | Review, Spain

The Ambigú is a tiny space in the Pavón Kamikaze theatre in Madrid; a large hallway bar that often...

Interview With Fanny Gautier: Exit(o) Madrid

Posted by Carrie Klewin Lawrence | 2nd Nov 2017 | Acting, Interview, Spain

Fanny Gautier, star of stage, television, and film, gives some insight into succeeding as a...

A Look Into Madrid’s 35th Festival De Otoño A Primavera

Posted by Mara Valderrama | 30th Sep 2017 | Festivals, Spain

The Festival de Otoño (Fall Festival) was created in Madrid in 1984, and since then, it has...

The Words of The Plays

Posted by Beatriz Cabur | 23rd Sep 2017 | Argentina, Books, Spain

Continta me tienes, the Spanish publishing house, sent us the volume The Words of the Plays,...

“Antigone”: Suicide Attack by Kamikaze Theatre Madrid

Posted by Carrie Klewin Lawrence | 14th Aug 2017 | Spain, Theatre and Politics

Miguel del Arco is a director who trusts his audience. And apparently, the respect is mutual....

Out of the Wings Brings Hispanic and Lusophone Theatre to London Audiences

Posted by Catherine Boyle | 16th Jul 2017 | Producing, South America, Spain, Translation, United Kingdom

Following its second annual week of play readings from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world,...

Lina Tur Bonet On Creativity, Collaboration and Taking the Corset out of the Classics

Posted by Aida Rocci | 14th Jul 2017 | Interview, London, Spain, Transcultural Collaborations, Transmedia, United Kingdom

As a storyteller and music performer, Lina Tur Bonet is wary of fusions. Last May, she was part of the presentation Made In Murcia that took place at the Cervantes Theatre in London.

The Beginner’s Guide To Acting And Transmedia

Posted by Belén Santa-Olalla | 10th Jul 2017 | Acting, Spain, Transmedia

This is the first of a series of blog posts that look at the role of the actor in a transmedia...

Transmedia Storytelling in the Performing Arts, a New Grammar to be Learned: An Interview with Belén Santa-Olalla

Posted by Ágnes Bakk | 17th Jun 2017 | Immersive Theatre, Interview, Participatory Theatre, Spain, Transmedia

Belén Santa-Olalla has a BA in Media Practice and Theory from Sussex University, Brighton. She...

“La Sección”: Women Submission and Indoctrination. So Far, so Close

Posted by EfeJota Suárez | 3rd May 2017 | Spain, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

La Sección recovers the figure of three women to draw a robot sketch of the submission, obedience...

“The Butterfly’s Evil Spell” – Federico García Lorca’s First Premiere. From the Eslava Theatre to “Sala del Mariano”

Posted by Alfonso Vázquez | 28th Apr 2017 | Adaptation, Spain

Lorca’s first play contains beautiful verses. However, its characters, a group of insects did not...

Se Traspasa: Site-Specific Theatre in the Heart of Madrid – An Interview with Sandra Jiménez

Posted by Marcos García Barrero | 30th Mar 2017 | Immersive Theatre, Interview, Spain

There is a place in Madrid well known for the old things that are sold inside. It is an antique...

Bilingual Conversations at the Cervantes Theatre: An Interview With Paula Paz

Posted by Aida Rocci | 16th Mar 2017 | Interview, London, Spain, Transcultural Collaborations, Translation, United Kingdom

Interview with Paula Paz, Associate Director of the Cervantes Theatre, the new theatre with hopes of becoming a house of Spanish and Latin American theatre and culture in London.

Anna Politkóvskaya, “A Stubborn Woman”: Stefano Massini’s Political Theatre

Posted by Alfonso Vázquez | 5th Mar 2017 | Spain, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

Stefano Massini’s A Stubborn Woman, recreates the figure of Russian journalist Anna Politkóvskaya....

“Fuenteovejuna” From Margin to Centerstage

Posted by Mara Valderrama | 28th Jan 2017 | Review, Spain, Theatre and Gender

TNT El Vacie is one of the most unique theatre companies in Spain. This group of Gypsy illiterate...

Building Bridges: A Transcultural Collaboration Between Spain and the UK

Posted by Aida Rocci | 19th Jan 2017 | News, Spain, Transcultural Collaborations, United Kingdom

Rodrigo Arribas (from Span’s Fundación Siglo de Oro) describes the transnational collaborative process that gave rise to his company, which has been the first to present a non-English speaking author at the Shakespeare Globe. Reflecting on the models that have arisen from the collaboration between Spain and the UK, he reflects on what differentiates and unites us in theatre.