The Madrid City Council joins the celebration of World Theatre Day on Thursday, March 27. The municipal spaces under the Department of Culture, Tourism, and Sports have organized various performances and complementary activities to enjoy theater in all its forms.
The Fernán Gómez Theater. Centro Cultural de la Villa celebrates this day with a parade of the actors and actresses from the play La señorita de Trevélez, showcasing the costumes used in this production created by Almudena R. Huertas. The parade will take place in different areas of the center. The event, starting at 6:00 p.m., will be free and open to the public until full capacity is reached. After the performance, there will be a meet-and-greet with the audience where the actors and the rest of the artistic team will chat with the attendees.
The Teatro Español celebrates World Theatre Day by bidding farewell on March 30 to two of its successful season productions: Historia de una escalera by Antonio Buero Vallejo, and Natacha by Luisa Carnés. Both productions have been a box office hit and have sold out all tickets. Additionally, Teatro Español will open its doors to the media. The RNE program Mañana más will broadcast from the Balconies Hall – Andrea D’Odorico. Host Ángel Carmona will chat for two hours, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with the artistic director of Teatro Español, Eduardo Vasco, to celebrate this special day. The broadcast can be followed via videostreaming on RNE Audio, RTVEPlay, and Youtube, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on RNE FM and always available as a podcast.
Additionally, the program Aquí hay trabajo on RTVE 2 will air a report starting at 9:30 a.m. about the various theater professions, shedding light on the people behind the scenes: stagehands, lighting technicians, sound engineers, makeup artists, costume designers, stage managers… In the evening, starting at 7:00 p.m., Teatro Español will be visited by the program Madrid Directo from Telemadrid.
This week, Nave 10 Matadero presents the premiere of Las amargas lágrimas de Petra von Kant by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, in a version directed by Rakel Camacho, running from March 28 to April 20 in the Max Aub Room. This show delves into power dynamics, unhealthy obsession, and the toxic need for validation from others.
This new production of the German classic, a quintessential European melodrama, stars Ana Torrent as the successful fashion designer Petra von Kant, and Aura Garrido as her young lover. The cast also includes Celia Freijeiro, Julia Monje, and María Luisa San José.
Espacio Abierto also joins the celebration of World Theatre Day with the staging of El mago de Oz by La Canica Teatro on March 28, 29, and 30. The performance is part of Teatralia, the performing arts festival for children and youth in the Community of Madrid.
Today also marks the premiere of the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Condeduque, hosting the contemporary dance show Mongrel by choreographer and current director of the Danish Dance Company, Marina Mascarell. Mongrel combines the artist’s usual concerns about social issues with her distinct flair for staging. Additionally, on Saturday, March 29, Condeduque will premiere in Madrid R-A-U-X-A by Catalan choreographer Aina Alegre, featuring a futuristic and avant-garde geometric dance performance.
A day to promote theater and raise awareness of its value
World Theatre Day was established by the International Theatre Institute (ITI) in 1961 and has been celebrated on March 27 every year since. Its main objective is to promote the significance of theater in global culture, allowing the theatrical community to showcase their work on a large scale and share the joy of this art form with society.
