The Stunmen
Text and direction: Nao Albet and Marcel Borràs. Musical direction: Fernando Velázquez
Teatre Lliure. Barcelona. Until May 3
Nao Albet and Marcel Borràs offer what is by far their biggest, craziest, and most ambitious production.
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> Review by Oriol Puig Taulé
Gratitudes
Original text: Delphine de Vigan. Direction: Juan Carlos Fisher
Translation: Pablo Martín Sánchez. Cast: Gloria Muñoz, Macarena Sanz, and Rómulo Assereto. Teatro de la Abadía. Madrid. Until May 10
Gloria Muñoz excels as the protagonist of Delphine de Vigan’s bestselling novel in a theatrical adaptation that rushes towards sentimentality.
> Review by Raquel Vidales
Storm
Text: August Strindberg. Direction: Iván López-Ortega
Cast: Joaquín Notario, Lara Grube, Rocío Suárez de Puga, Paula Muz, and Óscar Fervaz. Teatro Español. Madrid. Until May 3
Iván López-Ortega, a young actor, director, set designer, and musician, establishes a playful and sparkling but perhaps incomplete dialogue with one of the Swedish author’s chamber dramas.
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> Review by Javier Vallejo
Smoke
Direction and choreography: Rafaela Carrasco
Cast: Rafaela Carrasco, Cristina Soler, Magdalena Mannion, Carmen Coy, Nazaret Oliva, Alejandra Gudí, and Cristina San Gregorio. Dramaturgy and lyrics: Álvaro Tato. Centro Danza Matadero. Nave 11. Madrid. Until April 19
The renowned dancer and choreographer Rafaela Carrasco offers a tribute to the tobacco factory workers of the Spanish imagination that points in good directions but doesn’t quite come together.
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> Review by Mercedes L. Caballero
