https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed With its popular bilingual programming, London's Cervantes Theatre is perfect proof of how Spanish has become the favourite foreign language of young British people. https://www.thelocal.es/20221217/loco-for-lorca-uk-theatre-fuels-passion-for-spanish Sat, 17 Dec 2022 09:50:33 +0100 loco-for-lorca-uk-theatre-fuels-passion-for-spanish Music and dance as a healing balm for pandemic-weary souls is what Spain's Joaquin Cortes had in mind for his new show that opens this Christmas ahead of a global tour. https://www.thelocal.es/20201212/flamenco-dancer-hopes-show-will-soothe-pandemic-weary-souls Sat, 12 Dec 2020 12:41:17 +0100 flamenco-dancer-hopes-show-will-soothe-pandemic-weary-souls Hollywood star Antonio Banderas threw open the doors of his own theatre in his hometown of Malaga in southern Spain on Friday, with an inaugural performance of "A Chorus Line". https://www.thelocal.es/20191118/antonio-banderas-launches-musical-theatre-in-malaga Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:22:00 +0100 antonio-banderas-launches-musical-theatre-in-malaga Advancing on slowly onto the stage of a Madrid theatre, Marcos Hourmann introduces himself. https://www.thelocal.es/20190325/doctor-convicted-of-euthanasia-hits-the-stage-in-madrid Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:50:59 +0100 doctor-convicted-of-euthanasia-hits-the-stage-in-madrid A romantic comedy by Richard Wagner is such a rare treat that opera-lovers flocked to Madrid’s Teatro Real for the dress rehearsal of “The Ban on Love” on Tuesday. Martin Roberts was there for The Local. https://www.thelocal.es/20160218/no-sex-please-were-german-wagner-comedy Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:54:18 +0100 no-sex-please-were-german-wagner-comedy Two puppeteers detained for allegedly "glorifying terrorism" with a play on words on Eta during a show asked to be freed Monday, as controversy over the case mounted. https://www.thelocal.es/20160209/calls-to-free-madrid-puppeteers-held-over-staging-satire Tue, 09 Feb 2016 10:05:24 +0100 calls-to-free-madrid-puppeteers-held-over-staging-satire In the latest instalment of My Spanish Career, The Local talks to Amy Elliott, an American born and raised in Pennington, New Jersey who has managed to combine a passion for theatre with Spain’s ever growing thirst for English learning. https://www.thelocal.es/20150525/americans-laugh-louder-spaniards-more-reserved Mon, 25 May 2015 14:01:50 +0200 americans-laugh-louder-spaniards-more-reserved Nobel-winning Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa is to tread the boards next week in the premier of his latest work in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20150123/nobel-writer-to-tread-boards-in-spain Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:06:00 +0100 nobel-writer-to-tread-boards-in-spain An all-women theatre group has found an ingenious way around a sales tax hike that is crippling Spanish theatres -- by selling pornography. https://www.thelocal.es/20141205/womens-theatre-sells-porn-to-bypass-spanish-tax-hike Fri, 05 Dec 2014 14:25:00 +0100 womens-theatre-sells-porn-to-bypass-spanish-tax-hike Breaking through the bar-room chatter, a voice calls audience members downstairs, to the basement of Madrid's "Microtheatre". https://www.thelocal.es/20131101/budget-microtheatre-grips-crisis-hit-spaniards Fri, 01 Nov 2013 10:14:00 +0100 budget-microtheatre-grips-crisis-hit-spaniards Englishwoman Anna Kemp has a vision: to set up an outdoor theatre in the stunningly beautiful foothills of Andalusia's Sierra Nevada. We spoke to her about life on the stage, vegetable vans and eating at her local petrol station. https://www.thelocal.es/20130322/south-of-granada Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:35:00 +0100 south-of-granada