FIVE SHOWS TO WELCOME AUTUMN IN THE NEW NORMAL

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THEATER

Gooood old entertainment in the new normal, social distancing, face mask and all. Five shows GUIDEPOST has chosen to help you ease into the Fall, when you’re in Madrid, with the feeling that this pandemic will not stay with us forever. And that we’re in fact one step ahead of it already even when the panorama looks bleak outside because of a looming Second Wave.

PLAYING IN OCTOBER 2020:

• PARA HACER BIEN EL AMOR HAY QUE VENIR AL SUR [To Get It Right, You Have to Come to the South to Make Love*]
  Musical: This is the first musical to be staged in Madrid since the theaters were shut down in March. The show, which is inspired by the songs of the hugely popular Italian singer, TV star and stage presenter, Rafaella Carrá, is bound to fill the autumn with music, humor, love and colorful optimism.

More than just a tribute to Carrà, “Para Hacer Bien El Amor Hay Que Venir al Sur” is a tribute to an entire generation (1970s-1990s and even early 2000s) who sang and danced to the beat of Rafaella Carrà’s catchy music. The show abounds in live music, original choreography, and lots and lots of fiesta vibes!

Cast: Patricia Arizmendi, Marta Arteta, Raquel Martín, Tamia Deniz, Miriam Queba, Mikel Hennet, Javier Enguix y Javier Toca

Carrà on prime-time Spanish TV show “El Hormiguero”, 2011.

Director: Ricard Reguant
Musical Director: Ferrán González
Choreography: Cuca Pon
Created by Ricard Reguant

TEATRO LA LATINA
Plaza de la Cebada, 2   Madrid

Premieres 1 October 2020
Wednesdays to Fridays: 8:00 PM
Saturdays: 6:00 PM and 8:30 PM
Sundays: 7:00 PM

• MATAR CANSA [Murder is Tiresome*]
  Drama: A melancholic murder. A serial killer finds the meaning of life in killing.

Actor: Jaime Lorente
Script: Santiago Loza
Director: Alberto Sabina
Producer: Buxman Producciones

TEATRO KAMIKAZE
Calle de Embajadores, 9     Madrid

8 Oct – 22 Nov 2020
Thursdays to Saturdays: 8:30 PM
Sundays: 6:00 PM
Special schedule: 11, 12, 18 October: 7:00 PM

• SUEÑO DE UNA NOCHE DE VERANO [A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare]
  Comedy.
  
  Cast: Neus Cortés, Mariano Estudillo, Teresa Lozano, Anna Maruny, Alex Pau, Aisa Pérez, Pau Quero, Alba Recondo, Víctor Sainz, José Luis Verguizas
  Set design: Carmen Castañón
  Costume: Clara Peluffo
  Music:  Arnau Vilà
  Director: Bárbara Lluch
  Producer: CNTC

TEATRO DE LA COMEDIA
Calle del Príncipe, 14     Madrid

1 October to 7 November 2020
Tuesdays to Sundays, 5:30 PM

• EL VERGONZOSO EN PALACIO [The Bashful Man at Court]
  Comedy: Written by Tirso de Molina (real name, Gabriel Téllez), creator of Don Juan; one of the greatest playwrights in the Spanish Golden Age, a period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain, coinciding with the political rise of the Spanish Empire .
  

Cast: José Luis Alcobendas, Pablo Béjar, María Besant, César Camino, Javier Carramiñana, Bernabé Fernández, Lara Grube, Fermí Herrero, Juanma Lara, Carlos Lorenzo, Anna Moliner, Alejandro Saá, Raúl Sanz, Nieves Soria
Choreography: Mey-Ling Bisogno
Music: Mariano García
Producer: CNTC

TEATRO INFANTA ISABEL
Calle del Barquillo, 24,    Madrid

8 October – 1 November 2020
Tuesdays to Sundays, 8:00 PM

• EN EL LUGAR DEL OTRO [In Someone Else’s Shoes*]
  Drama: The show invites the audience to recover the open mind lost on account of the self-engrossed I. The four-story-in-one “En el Lugar del Otro” revolves around a prestigious professor just before the most important conference in his career; a class-biased woman at an ATM where a beggar has parked himself; a student who stages a demonstration to demand that a conference be cancelled; and a researcher who returns to the past to find answers.

Cast: Noemí Climent, Silvia Espigado, Pedro Miguel Martínez, Estíbaliz Racionero y Germán Torres
Playwright and authors of the play: Javier Gomá and Ernesto Caballero
Director: Ernesto Caballero

TEATRO GALILEO
Calle Galileo, 39    Madrid

3 October – 8 November 2020
Thursday – Sunday 8:00 PM

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*Unofficial English translation

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Images
>Featured image/ BroadwaySpain, CC BY-SA4.0 (Alterations: “Para Hacer Bien. . .” is superiposed on  the original “Casi Normales”. Image is framed.)
>Raffaella Carra/El Hormiguero, CC BY-ND2.0
>Plaza Tirso Molina/Luis Garcia , CC BY-SA3.0
>Shoes/Greg/CC BY_SA2.0
>Other images, Fair use