Almada festival is hailed as one of the most prestigious in Portugal and this year’s edition, the 32nd, is entitled O Novíssimo Teatro Espanhol and dedicated to the latest Spanish theatre. Two of its activities enjoy the support of AC/E through its Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Culture: theatre performances and staged readings.
Early twenty-first-century Spanish drama is showing clear signs of a breakaway from that of the Transition (Sanchis Sinisterra, Fermín Cabal, Ignacio Amestoy, among others). The past fifteen years have been characterised by a change in stage projects and the number and type of themes they explore. These new plays have in common their formal construction and focus on plots dealing with current problems such as violence, terrorism, politics and immigration, which are some of the modern-day themes that have inspired the new Spanish theatre.
This activity is part of the project entitled Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Playwrights, which is designed to foster the internationalisation of Spanish playwrights so that their works are performed on international stages. For this purpose a committee of experts was selected to choose the works to be shown at this 32nd edition of Alamada Festival:
Ultima transmission by QY Bazo, directed by Diego Palácio
3 July at the Cine-Teatro Constantino Nery in Matosinhos
6 July at the Forum Romeu Correia, in Almada (see trailer >)
La Tempestad (based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest) directed by Marta Pazos
15 July at the Forum Romeu Correia, in Almada.
El principio de Arquimedes, by Josep Maria Miró
11 July at the Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon (see trailer >)
Sé de un lugar, by Iván Morales
6 to 8 July at the Forum Romeu Correia (Almada)
11 July at the Cine-Teatro Constantino Nery (Matosinhos) (see trailer >)
Mi piedra roseta, by José Fernández, directed by David Ojeda
13 July at the Forum Romeu Correia (Almada) (see trailer >)
Los nadadores nocturnos, by José Mora, directed by Carlota Ferrer
17 July at the Forum Romeu Correia (Almada).
Directed staged readings:
Munchhausen, written by Lucía Vilanova, performed by the Causas Comuns company (Lisbon), directed by Cristina Carvalhal
7 July at the Teatro-Estúdio António Assunção.
Atras Billis, written by Laila Ripoll, performed by the Teatro Meridional (Lisbon), directed by Natalia Luiza 13 July at the Teatro-Estúdio António Assunção.
NN12, written by Gracia Moralles, performed by A Companhia de Teatro do Algarve (Faro), directed by Luis Vicente
14 July at the Teatro-Estúdio António Assunção.
Dentro de la tierra, written by Paco Bezerra, performed by the Teatro Aberto (to be confirmed)
16 July at the Teatro-Estúdio António Assunção
Early twenty-first-century Spanish drama is showing clear signs of a breakaway from that of the Transition (Sanchis Sinisterra, Fermín Cabal, Ignacio Amestoy, among others). The past fifteen years have been characterised by a change in stage projects and the number and type of themes they explore. These new plays have in common their formal construction and focus on plots dealing with current problems such as violence, terrorism, politics and immigration, which are some of the modern-day themes that have inspired the new Spanish theatre.
This activity is part of the project entitled Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Playwrights, which is designed to foster the internationalisation of Spanish playwrights so that their works are performed on international stages. For this purpose a committee of experts was selected to choose the works to be shown at this 32nd edition of Alamada Festival:
Ultima transmission by QY Bazo, directed by Diego Palácio
3 July at the Cine-Teatro Constantino Nery in Matosinhos
6 July at the Forum Romeu Correia, in Almada (see trailer >)
La Tempestad (based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest) directed by Marta Pazos
15 July at the Forum Romeu Correia, in Almada.
El principio de Arquimedes, by Josep Maria Miró
11 July at the Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon (see trailer >)
Sé de un lugar, by Iván Morales
6 to 8 July at the Forum Romeu Correia (Almada)
11 July at the Cine-Teatro Constantino Nery (Matosinhos) (see trailer >)
Mi piedra roseta, by José Fernández, directed by David Ojeda
13 July at the Forum Romeu Correia (Almada) (see trailer >)
Los nadadores nocturnos, by José Mora, directed by Carlota Ferrer
17 July at the Forum Romeu Correia (Almada).
Directed staged readings:
Munchhausen, written by Lucía Vilanova, performed by the Causas Comuns company (Lisbon), directed by Cristina Carvalhal
7 July at the Teatro-Estúdio António Assunção.
Atras Billis, written by Laila Ripoll, performed by the Teatro Meridional (Lisbon), directed by Natalia Luiza 13 July at the Teatro-Estúdio António Assunção.
NN12, written by Gracia Moralles, performed by A Companhia de Teatro do Algarve (Faro), directed by Luis Vicente
14 July at the Teatro-Estúdio António Assunção.
Dentro de la tierra, written by Paco Bezerra, performed by the Teatro Aberto (to be confirmed)
16 July at the Teatro-Estúdio António Assunção