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Mad Women - Unapologetic and Bold

Mad Women tells the stories of three Latin American women artists who lived with Bipolar disorder. Developed out of a desire to talk about mental health and womanhood authentically and unashamedly, this play is a hard-hitting…

Interviews
Giullianna Martinez - A New Face for Tituba

Ahead of her performance as Tituba in Anthony Lau’s upcoming production of The Crucible, American-Colombian actress Giullianna Martinez talks to LatinoLife about this exciting retelling of a classic play.

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When You Pass Over My Tomb: a groundbreaking story of love after death

Style and substance come together in Daniel Goldman’s production of Sergio Blanco’s When You Pass Over My Tomb, a deeply thought-provoking exploration of “love and lust beyond the grave”.

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REWIND - Physical Theatre at its Most Powerful.

REWIND, an innovative fusion of forensic anthropology and physical theatre, explodes onto the London stage in a powerful one-hour performance. Inspired by Latin American refugee stories, this show succeeds in its mission…

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‘A MIGRANT BALL OF THREAD’ a new play by Mexican Sonia Gregorio at the Royal Court Theatre.

The Royal Court Theatre continues its remit as a “leading force in world theatre for cultivating and supporting writers” with a 3- week series of readings & performances of a group of exciting plays from Brazil, the…

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Black Horses Are Massive - A Striking Tribute and Work of Power

Black Horses Are Massive, written by Bárbara Esmenia Rãé, showed as a reading for one night only at the Royal Court as part of their International Programme. Set in a Brazilian prison, this play was written in response to the…

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La Casa de Bernarda Alba - A Talented Cast and Crew Dedicated to Preserving the Magic of Lorca

Lorca’s La Casa de Bernarda Alba - a masterpiece work exploring themes of repression, desire, control and suffering - is brought to life in the original Spanish on the London stage at the Cervantes Theatre. Jorge de Juan directs…

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‘El Perro del Hortelano’ (The Dog in the Manger) by Lope de Vega.

Lope Félix de Vega Caprio, (aka the Phoenix of Spain- 1562-1635) was possibly the first, and maybe the finest playwright that helped launch the Golden Age, el Siglo de Oro in a Baroque Spain. A contemporary of William Shakespeare…

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La Vida es Sueño (Life is a Dream) by Pedro Calderón de la Barca at the Barbican Theatre.

Just as William Shakespeare was revolutionizing theatre in England, Spanish writers like Lope de Vega and Pedro Calderón de la Barca were shining bright in the Spanish 'Siglo de Oro'. 'Life is a Dream' is one…

In-depth Interviews
"Don’t Even Try": Breaking Shakespeare’s Glass Ceiling

"I loved Shakespeare, but almost every fellow actor, manager and director told me: ‘don’t even try.’” Mexican-born Jimena Larraguivel didn’t want to be in telenovelas. She wanted to be on stage. But with her strong accent…

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HAPPINESS, A PLAY by MARILIA SAMPER opens at the Cervantes Theatre

“Sometimes it is best not to see anything” – This is a moving play that reveals the challenges of life in a working-class condominium. Where is the solidarity?

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'BLACK THE CLOWN' - A zarzuela at the Arcola & Cervantes Theatres. If only all teenage boy's dreams were this much fun!

In ‘Black the Clown’, a young lad conjures up tales of intrigue, love and politics, as he plays with his toy theatre. His dreams spring to life in the form of a lively ‘zarzuela’ (operetta) bubbling with mischievous humour,…

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“THE PLAY TO BE PLAYED” (La Función por Hacer) mesmerizes at the Cervantes Theatre

“In the shadow of your luminosity.” Inventively and freely based on Pirandello’s “Six Character in Search of an Author” by Miguel del Arco and Aitor Tejada, ‘THE PLAY TO BE PLAYED’ is superbly directed by Jorge de Juan. Starting…

In-depth Interviews
Food, Femininity and Theatre: The Life of Pepa Duarte

Theatre maker, and drama teacher, Pepa Duarte, is author of the self-performed play Eating Myself. Directed by Sergio Maggiolo, the play will be showing at Peckham Fringe this 16 and 17 May and has been hailed by The Guardian as…

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The Wild South

After years touring the most successful and innovative tango shows around the world, most notably Tango Fire Immortal Tango, Argentine choreographer and lead dancer Germán Cornejo and his company of 10 men and 3 girls, challenge…

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THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA by Federico García Lorca

The Cervantes Theatre has opened its doors after the long covid break with a fresh production of THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA by Federico Garcia Lorca directed by Jorge de Juan.

In-depth Interviews
To Fight or Not To Fight

The English-language production of Chilean playwright Pablo Manzi's 'A Fight Against' debuts at London's Royal Court Theatre until 22 January 2022. 'Una lucha contra' portrays violence as a shared…

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‘No one should be buried in a place where you can’t leave flowers…’

No one was more surprised or moved than the author Juan Alberto Salvatierra when, in 1985, he heard on the radio that Joe Strummer, the legendary front man of The Clash was, with musician Jesús Arias, in an olive grove in Granada…

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Pioneering Black Latina Artists

Recently we published a list of Black Heroines of Latin American History, Afro-Latinas who put their lives at risk, and in some cases gave their lives, in order to shape our history. This week we bring you the brave women who…

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The House of Bernarda Alba returns to the Cervantes Theatre to critical acclaim.

Thanks to its consistent success, the Cervantes Theatre has brought back their excellent production of The House of Bernarda Alba, directed by Jorge de Juan. Now, the third version of this powerful play, steeped in passion and…

In-depth Interviews
MAGIC MAJO

Joining the cast of Cirque Du Soleil's latest show - inspired by her native Mexico - is a dream come true, singer Majo Cornejo tells Elizabeth Mistry

Culture Guides
THE LUKAS ARTS WINNERS

After two month of voting by the public and expert judges, here are the LUKAS Winners For Outstanding Contribution to Theatre, Film and Fashion

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THE EYES OF THE NIGHT at the Cervantes Theatre.

Directed by the Australian director and movement specialist Simone Coxall, the art production and mise- en- scène on the Cervantes stage of “The Eyes of the Night”, sets the tone of the production at a glance, having it…

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‘WE MUST THROW THE COWS DOWN THE RAVINE’ Dir Orlando Arocha

The Teatro Cervantes is opening up to international artists and playwrights and attracting more interesting talent every year. This year ‘La Caja de Fósforos’ Theatre group from Venezuela brings us the moving play: “We must Throw…

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‘She’s Not There, You see Another Person’

The Cervantes Theatre has just opened its third Season of New Spanish Playwriting with the inventive and award-winning ‘La Realidad’ (The Reality) by Uruguayan playwright, Denise Despeyroux - the story of two identical twin…

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West Side Story @ Manchester Royal Exchange

Mexican actress Gabriela Garcia's performance is worth a trip to Manchester, says Elizabeth Mistry

Culture Guides
Latin Londoners of 2018

As Latin artists are making the mark ever more indelibly in the UK, we celebrate those who stood out this year, earning the support from both the public and the discerning LUKAS judges to win awards for their artistic excellence…

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YERMA Poisoned Blood and the Aesthetics of Anguish

YERMA at the Cervantes Theatre, presented in both Spanish and English versions, is the last of the powerful ‘Rural Trilogy’ written by Federico Garcia Lorca and here directed by Jorge de Juan. The first was ‘Blood Wedding’, then…

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Ay, Carmela! Shines Again.

The excellent English and Spanish productions of José Sanchis Sinisterra’s comedy ‘Ay, Carmela!’ have just completed their runs. Latino Life’s Corina Poore comments on the productions and meets up with the director Paula Paz at…

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An inspired Cuban Production of Bizet's Carmen

Cuba's natural setting, with its own historical and cultural drama, and the plethora of high quality performing artists, singers and musicians make for a triumphant production of Bizet's Carmen.

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Albita - The Latina Alter-Ego

Grammy and Emmy-winning singer Albita, once a protégé of Gloria and Emilio Estefan, is now performing in ‘Carmen La Cubana’ - the tragic tale originally adapted into the famous opera ‘Carmen’ by Georges Bizet from the 19th…

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Without Stillness There Is No Dance.

Gilles Brinas believes profoundly in the universality of dance and the Arts and feels that Stillness and Silence are vital ingredients of drama. So,he developed ‘Che Malambo’, which is indeed a dramatic show, based on the ‘…

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'La Casa de Bernarda Alba' By Federico Garcia Lorca

Jorge de Juan directs a stunning new version of the intense and powerful play by Federico Garcia Lorca (1898- 1936), one of the greatest Spanish writers of the 20th century. A musician, a poet and a playwright Lorca died young…

In-depth Interviews
Reconciling with History - An Interview with Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón

Guillermo Calderón is an innovative Chilean playwright who has written many acclaimed plays, such as Villa and Discourse, that delve into Chile’s political past. He also achieved fame as a screenwriter with the award-winning…

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Iphigenia: Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell that was once her Heart (A Rave Fable)

A challenging multi-media and a multi-layered play by Caridad Svich, an Argentine- American playwright, with a richness of references that are not entirely lost even to those who never read the Greek Myth. It debued at The Clumsy…

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