THE 2019 SEASON
THE 2019 SEASON AT THE CERVANTES THEATRE
The 2019 season, sponsored once again by Acción Cultural Española, comprises the New Spanish Playwriting Season III, the Spanish Contemporary Theatre Season II, for the first time, a late Autumn reading of a Spanish Golden Age work.
In 2019, we are staging plays that are written by women and this season continues this. Most are also directed by women, with in total 7 female authors, 6 female directors and 5 female translators showcasing (plus around 20 actresses).
Everything shown in this programme will be available in both English and Spanish on different days.
Late Autumn Production
The House of the Spirits La Casa de los Espíritus
By Caridad Svich after Isabel Allende
“The House of the Spirits,” published in 1982, is a National Bestseller and Isabel Allende’s debut novel which catapulted her to literary stardom. When Isabel Allende’s novel first appeared on the international literary scene, it was widely heralded as a feminist response to Gabriel García Marquez’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude”; it continues to this day to captivate readers across the world as it has been translated in over 20 languages.
Charting the rise and fall of the Trueba family in an un-named Latin American country (reminiscent of Chile), Caridad Svich’s play spans the 1920s through the 1970s, as the country moves through enormous sociopolitical changes that culminate in a devastating dictatorship. The play is told from the sensorial point of view of the youngest of three generation of women, Alba, who is held as the play opens, in a torture room by the government. The swirling memories, frightening and amusing, lyrical and fantastic, illuminate the stage as Alba records her family’s history and ultimately finds the strength to recover her own story. This new re-imagining of “The House of the Spirits” is a bold and daring theatre piece that captures the force and sensuality of Allende’s vision through Caridad Svich’s unique poetic spirit.
In Spanish – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 28th October – 28th November 2019 7.30pm , Saturday 2nd and 16th November 2019 at 7.30pm plus various matinees
In English – Thursday, Friday, Saturday 31st October – 30th November 2019 7.30pm (except Saturday 2nd/16th November 2019)
NOW EXTENDED TO DEC 11TH – SEE MORE INFO FOR DETAILS
Ticket Prices: from £12.50
Early 2020
La Casa de Bernarda Alba – Feb 2020
By Federico García Lorca
Our award winning production of Lorca’s La Casa de Bernarda Alba returns in February for two weeks and then tours to several venues outside London. Current dates are:
3rd -29th February 2020 at the Cervantes Theatre London
3rd – 4th March 2020 – Crescent Theatre Birmingham
9th – 10th March 2020 – Phoenix Theatre Castleford
23rd – 24th March 2020 – Redgrave Theatre Bristol
