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Friday, August 16, 2024

Dialoguing With The Classics In Madrid: “La Fortaleza/The Fortress” And “Macho Grita/Alpha Male Shouts” by Duncan Wheeler

Twenty-first-century theatre practitioners in the west typically fear irrelevance more than anachronism: press releases rarely waste the slightest opportunity to highlight the pertinence to…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:33PM
Monday, December 18, 2023

Coronada and the Bull Return to the Stage by María Bastianes and Duncan Wheeler

Francisco Nieva (1924-2016) ranks amongst the most respected Spanish playwrights of the second half of the twentieth century. The seat of the National Dramatic Centre in the hip Madrid neigh…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:33AM
Thursday, November 4, 2021

Making History on the Madrid Stage by Duncan Wheeler

As theatres reopened after the summer recess, the plays on offer in the Spanish capital were dominated by recreations of the country’s past. As with much cultural production, theatre perfo…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:02AM
Monday, June 14, 2021

The Personal is Political: Theatre as Therapy in Madrid by Duncan Wheeler

The Spanish capital ranks amongst the European cities with the highest mortality rates for COVID-19, with deaths exceeding 2,200 per million (around 25% higher than London, and 33% more than…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:27AM
Thursday, October 1, 2020

Fariña: Cocaine Coast Docks in Madrid by Duncan Wheeler

Madrid is the European capital worst hit by COVID-19. There nevertheless remains more theatrical activity than in most other cities. Based on the 2015 book by investigative journalist Nacho …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:23AM