El director artístico de la Spanish Theatre Company y Cervantes Theatre de Londres, Jorge de Juan, la directora de programación de Acción Cultural Española, Isabel Izquierdo y la directora asociada de la STC y del Cervantes Theatre, y directora de Los viejos maestros, Paula Paz
Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) is once again committed to the internationalization of our playwrights.
“Spanish Renaissance” A program that seeks to continue creating links between Spain and the United Kingdom through culture.
· The programming has 4 cycles: “New Spanish Dramaturgy”, “Contemporary Spanish Theatre”, “Approach to the Spanish Golden Age” and “UK Network”.
· This program has a total of 6 works: 3 productions, 2 online dramatized readings and 1 reading. · All productions will be performed in English and Spanish.
· 4 new translations will be commissioned.
· This year will be the first in which it is programmed in collaboration with another London theatre, the Arcola Theatre. The Cervantes Theater will present the operetta Black, el Payaso by Pablo Sorozábal, as part of the small-format opera festival, Grimeborn Festival.
The Cervantes Theater in London this morning presented its new program which, with the support of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), has the aim, once again, of promoting Spanish culture in the United Kingdom through translation, bilingual edition and production of our contemporary, classic and newly created Spanish dramaturgy. In this line, and after the success of previous years, a fifth cycle of "New Spanish Dramaturgy" will be developed, a fourth cycle of "Contemporary Spanish Theater", a second cycle of "Approach to the Spanish Golden Age" and a new cycle of "Red UK" that promotes collaboration between the Cervantes Theater and other theaters in the United Kingdom.
Cervantes Theater
The Cervantes Theater opened its doors in November 2016. It is a theater created by the Spanish Theater Company (STC), a charity (non-profit organization) that aims to bring the best of Spanish and Latin American culture to London and to the British public. The Cervantes Theater is the first theater in London dedicated to showing Spanish and Latin American plays, in English and Spanish.
At the Cervantes Theater our contemporary authors, new dramaturgy and also our classics are represented, as well as small-format music and dance to a wide audience of all nationalities. There are also productions and workshops for schools as part of their educational program.
Through its bilingual programming, the Cervantes Theater promotes cultural exchange between Spain, Latin America and the United Kingdom and has become a point of reference in London for Spanish-language culture.
V CYCLE OF NEW SPANISH DRAMATURGY
Production:
The Joy of Marilia Samper
Date: 1-26 November
Synopsis: Outskirts of a city. Working class neighborhood of old cheap houses, where Julia lives with her son Eli, who has cerebral palsy. Julia's hernia does not allow her to carry him in her arms to go down the stairs of the building until she reaches the street. So she doesn't leave the house anymore. But a simple thing like building a ramp can be an impossible undertaking when all conditions are unfavorable.
Online dramatized reading:
Song for a barefoot child by Clara Díaz Suárez (Ana Caro Theater Award 2022)
Date: October 20
Synopsis: Song for a barefoot child is a deep and full of humanity work that addresses the issue of Spanish involvement in the Holocaust, the Nazis who were welcomed in Spain under Franco's protection and the problem of an empty Spain and memory historical.
IV CONTEMPORARY SPANISH THEATER CYCLE
Production:
The function to be done by Miguel del Arco and Aitor Tejada
Date: June 7 to July 9
Synopsis: In The function to be done, freely inspired by Six characters in search of an author, the protagonists of Pirandello's work burst into the representation of a current montage and vehemently claim their right to tell their real story, for them, much more interesting than the fiction of our scenarios.
Online dramatized reading:
Broken Toys by Carolina Roman
Date: September 15
Synopsis: Broken Toys tells the story of a friendship between Mario, a young man who leaves his town, and Dorin, a transsexual from the entertainment world. Mario works at a hair salon, but Dorin takes him to confront his dreams of being a woman. In this mirror in which Mario looks at himself, a dangerous and revealing world of glitter is also reflected.
III CYCLE APPROXIMATION TO THE SPANISH GOLDEN AGE
Reading of Fuenteovejuna by Lope de Vega
Date: December 8
UK NETWORK
With this new cycle, we want to foster collaborations between the Cervantes Theater and other theaters in the United Kingdom. This year we present the operetta/zarzuela Black, el clown / Black, the clown, which will be performed at the Arcola Theater from August 2 to 6 as part of its Grimeborn Festival, and at the Cervantes Theater from September 20 to 24.
Black, the Clown is one of Sorozábal's most ambitious works. An ingenious allegory about art and politics that is still relevant today and will be performed for the first time in the United Kingdom.
Dates:
August 2-6 at the Arcola Theater
September 20-24 at the Cervantes Theater
Songs in Spanish and spoken text in English. With subtitles.
