By José Luis Alonso de Santos

Directed by Marcus Montgomery Roche

English translation by Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds)

Synopsis: Chusa and Jaimito are two cousins and share a small apartment in the center of Madrid and another friend, Alberto, also lives there. Chusa takes Elena in and suggests to her that she travels to Morocco as a drug trafficker but Elena is a virgin and can’t transport the goods. Difficulties and disruptions start to happen changing their lives forever.

11th September 2018 in Spanish
12th September  2018 in English

The Eyes of the Night / Los Ojos de la Noche

By Paloma Pedrero

English translation by Catherine Boyle (King’s College London)

Directed by Simone Coxall

With Carolina Herrán and Robert Bradley

Synopsis: Life is full of moments of change that can pop up at anytime. An unexpected encounter between an older woman, who supposedly has triumphed in life, and a young blind man who she has hired to spend a few hours in a hotel with can be the trigger for a new life. Both will have to be able to open up and let themselves go with the flow.

14th September 2018  in Spanish
15th September 2018  in English

Marcus Montgomery Roche

Marcus Roche is a director and assistant director. With Cheek by Jowl he assisted on Pericles and The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and École Philippe Gaulier in Paris.

In 2012 he directed The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs by Mike Daisey which received critical acclaim was nominated for a CATS award and the Amnesty International Freedom of Speech Award. For Taganrog Opera and Drama Theatre (Russia) he directed a contemporary movement version of Romeo and Juliet. In 2014 he created Vote For Me which was part of the Early Days Festival at the Arches. He has directed The Night before the Trial a couple of Chekhov’s short stories as a curtain raiser to the Tron Theatre’s production of Three Sisters. He has directed for the Tron Theatre, the Arches, Play, Pie and a Pint, Wee Theatres, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Theatre 503. His productions of Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth toured Scotland in 2011. He has worked closely with Rachel O’Riordan on Macbeth as associate director, and as assistant on both Cinderella and Neil Simons the Odd Couple at Perth Theatre.

Simone Coxall

Simone is a Director and Movement Specialist who has worked in the USA, Australia and the UK. Along with teaching scene study, solo story, devising and directing with Fourth Monkay, she currently works at The Globe, Drama Centre and RCSSD, and has also worked at RADA, Lyric Hammersmith and the Royal and Derngate Theatre. With Fourth Monkey she has directed

Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill, Don Juan Comes Back from the War by Odon Von Horvath and Terrorism by The Presnyakov Brothers. She is an Associate Director with Encounter Theatre whose I heart Catherine Pistachio was recently at the Soho Theatre and The Yard.

José Luis Alonso de Santos

José Luis Alonso de Santos (Valladolid, 23 de agosto de 1942) es uno de los dramaturgos españoles más prestigiosos; director escénico, guionista español. Ha escrito cerca de cincuenta obras teatrales, estrenadas con éxito de crítica y público, algunas llevadas al cine como: “Bajarse al moro”, “La estanquera de Vallecas” y “Salvajes”, así como guiones de cine, series de televisión, narrativa infantil y novelas. Sus obras han sido editadas tanto en España como en el extranjero y se han publicado también ediciones críticas. Ha sido director de la Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Madrid. Galardonado, entre otros, con los premios: Tirso de Molina (1984), Mayte (1985), Nacional de Teatro (1986), Rojas Zorrilla (1986), Medalla de Oro de Teatro de Valladolid (1993), Muestra de Autores Contemporáneos de Alicante (2005), Max (2005), Castilla y León de las Letras (2009) y Nacional de las Letras Teresa de Ávila (2010).

Paloma Pedrero

Paloma Pedrero estudió sociología en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y pasa a formar parte de la compañía Cachivache tras la reinstauración de la escena teatral madrileña con la muerte del caudillo. Su primera obra, La llamada de Lauren, donde además interpreta el personaje de Rosa, se estrena en 1985.

Desde entonces me das el dinero o qué no ha dejado de escribir ni interpreta, tanto en la escena como en televisión, y dirige las producciones de su propio trabajo.

II Premio de Teatro Breve de Valladolid (1984) a La llamada de Lauren.

Accésit en el I Premio Nacional de Teatro Breve de San Javier (1987) a El color de agosto.

Premio Tirso de Molina (1987) a Invierno de luna alegre.

Premio a la mejor autoría de la VI Muestra Alternativa de Teatro del Festival de Otoño de Madrid (1994) por Noches de amor efímero / Nuits d amour éphémère presentada por la Compañía francesa Arguia Theatre dirigida por Panchika Velez, y por Invierno de luna alegre, de la compañía Las Yeses, dirigida por Elena Cánovas.

Premio de la crítica (2003) a En el túnel un pájaro, UNEAC, La Habana.

Premio de la crítica, premio del público y tercer premio del jurado a Solos esta noche (de Noches de amor efímero) en el Festival de Roma Attori in cerca d’ autori de autores italianos y europeos.

Accésit Premio SGAE 2004 a Magia Café.

Homenaje de la Muestra de Autores Contemporáneos. Alicante, noviembre de 2005.

Nominada al I premio Valle Inclán de Teatro por Beso a Beso. Madrid, abril de 2007.

I Premio Talía de Teatro (2008) a Caídos del cielo, concedido por UNESCO Madrid y el Instituto Internacional del Teatro.

Nominada al III premio Valle Inclán de Teatro por Caídos del cielo, 2009.