The theater and dance premieres of the week

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 cigarreras of the Spanish imagination that points in good directions but does not quite come together.

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> Review by Mercedes L. Caballero