Produced by Sala Beckett, the play premiered in Barcelona last year and arrives in Madrid with a renewed cast, led by Alberto San Juan and Guillermo Toledo
It opens on October 14 at the María Guerrero Theater, where it will be held until November 8
This morning the next premiere of the National Dramatic Center was presented to the media, The boy in the last row, of Juan Mayorga, directed by Andres Lima, which will be exhibited at the Maria Guerrero Theater from October 14 to November 8. It is one of the most represented texts by the author. Not only was he awarded a MAX, but he was brought to film with great success by French director François Ozon under the title In the House and it is also included as one of the reference texts in the reading programs of public institutes. The piece deals with the link between a student and his literature teacher. "A play about the pleasure of looking at the lives of others and about the risks of confusing what is lived with what is imagined, a text that wants to make the act of imagining theater", according to Mayorga.
The boy in the last row It is also a work that brings together for the ninth time two renowned figures from the Spanish scene. Among other distinctions, Andrés Lima has received the National Theater Award and Juan Mayorga the Dramatic Literature Award. His collaboration as author and director has left us such memorable productions as Alejandro and Ana: what Spain could not see of the wedding banquet of the president's daughter of Animalario; Shock (The Condor and the Puma), which recently earned Lima the fifth MAX Award for Best Director; or Hamelin (MAX for Best Theater Show in 2006), a text that Mayorga has come to define as the literary father of The boy in the last row.
According to Andrés Lima these titles, Hamelin Y The boyThey are precisely "two of Mayorga's best works", of whose texts his sense of theatricality stands out, his way of approaching the mysterious of the human soul and the dark areas of the mind and his concern for the contemporary world; a theater heir to German philosophy and theater, as well as the Spanish Baroque and that always asks the pertinent questions; "A modern theater in the strictest sense of the word."
The boy in the last row it is a brilliant piece that makes complex things simple, adds Lima. “Starting from a specific anecdote, he makes a display from which we can contemplate all the facets of the human being: the betrayal of brotherhood, the parent-child relationship, the teacher-student relationship, the awakening of sexuality, the danger of adolescence, the birth of an artist… ”, he assures.
Juan Mayorga, for his part, highlights from the Lima direction "the complicity and rapport he achieves with and among the cast, who risks as with few directors, and seems to be one body." The boy in the last row, which produced and premiered the Sala Beckett last year, arrives in Madrid with a semi-renewed cast. The Barcelona cast remain young boys, embodied by Guillem Barbosa (in the role of Claudio) and his friend, Arnau comasBoth "great discoveries", according to Lima; and complete the cast Pilar Castro, Natalie Pinot, Alberto San Juan Y Guillermo Toledo, four regular interpreters from Lima with whom he has shared a vital complicity for a long time, which transmits to this show “a special life”, in the director's words.
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The sixty-ninth edition of the award has once again had a high participation: they have been presented 582 novels. This figure denotes the interest that the award arouses in the field of literature in Spain and Latin America.
This year's Planeta Award will be held on Tuesday October 15 at the Palau de la Música Catalana, from Barcelona, with an intimate ceremony and in a format necessarily different from the usual one.
The award jury is made up of Jose Manuel Blecua, Fernando Delgado, Juan Eslava Galán, Pere Gimferrer, Carmen Posadas, Rosa Regàs Y Belén López, director of Editorial Planeta and secretary of the Jury with vote.
The incorporation to the Jury stands out José Manuel Blecua Partridges, Spanish philologist born in Zaragoza in 1939 and son of the also philologist José Manuel Blecua Teijeiro. He has been vice-rector of the UAB and is emeritus professor of Spanish Language at this university. He has directed the General dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (1999) and has carried out numerous lexicographical and historiographical works.
José Manuel Blecua is also the author (along with Juan Alcina Franch) of the renowned Spanish grammar (Ariel, 1979). In 2003 he was elected a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, an institution in which he occupies the h chair and of which he was director from 2010 to 2014.
José Manuel Blecua joins the Jury as a new member in his brother's place Alberto Blecua placeholder image, passed away last january. Alberto Blecua was a doctor in Romance Philology, professor of Spanish Philology at the UAB since 1970 and emeritus professor at this university. Leading Spanish specialist in the Golden Age, he published essays and critical editions on the work of authors such as Garcilaso, Lope de Vega, Cervantes, Góngora, Quevedo or Calderón, among many others. Alberto Blecua was a member of the Planeta Award Jury for 30 years (from 1990 to the last 2019 edition).
The Planeta Prize is endowed with 601,000 euros for the winning work and 150,250 euros for the finalist.
The origin of the novels received is very diverse. In addition to Spain, South America (101 works), North America (53), Central America (10) and the rest of Europe (16) stand out.
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The winner of the draw "Participate in the Planeta Manga 4 survey" and which consists of a batch of Planeta Cómic books valued at € 100 has been Mario Gómez. Congratulations and enjoy reading!
We have a proposal for you, reader. It has many points in its favor: it will keep you entertained, it does not require you to leave the house and leave the comfort of under your blanket, it will allow you to exercise your mind … And, in short, it will take you to the amusement park of Las emotions. More specifically to Tunnel of Terror. 😎
Get ready to discover the books you won't want to part with this fall. With these 8 crime novels you will not want to leave home (nor will you miss it). Read? 😙
1. Corcira's evil
To what extent do we become what we fight against? The tenth case of Bevilacqua and Chamorro leads them to solve a crime that transports the second lieutenant to his past in the fight against terrorism in the Basque Country.
It all begins when a middle-aged man appears naked and brutally murdered on a lonely beach in Formentera. According to several testimonies collected by the Civil Guard of the islands, in the previous days he had been seen in the company of different young people in gay clubs in Ibiza. When his bosses call Bevilacqua to take over the investigation and inform him of the peculiarity of the deceased, a Basque citizen once convicted of collaborating with ETA, the second lieutenant will understand that it is not just another case …
"Lorenzo Silva portrays the Civil Guard with a care similar to that of Le Carré when he writes about British espionage", comments Antonio Muñoz Molina. Are you going to miss the one that readers already rate as the best book in the Bevilacqua and Chamorro saga? 🔝
two. The door
A ritual crime. A woman desperate to save her son. Manel Loureiro surprises with a thriller set in the mysterious and legendary Galicia.
The discovery of the corpse of a young woman, killed by an ancient ritual form at the foot of the mythical Puerta de Alén, puzzles its researchers. Agent Raquel Colina is a newcomer to that lost corner of Galicia to try to save her son, whom medicine can no longer cure. With no other alternative, and full of doubts, Raquel had resorted to a menciñeira local, which promised his healing.
However, the mysterious disappearance of the healer and the discovery of the victim of the Door make Raquel suspect that both cases may be related. With the complicity of her partner, in a magical and rural environment that she does not fully understand and where everyone seems to keep a secret, the agent will begin a desperate countdown to solve the case and thus find the last lifeline she has left to his son. Will it succeed?
3. Seven lies
They tell you everything. Except the truth.
Or in other words, get ready for the most shocking confession of the year! The new novel by Elizabeth kay comes to surprise you.
Jane and Marnie have been inseparable since the age of eleven. They adore each other and have always shared everything. But, when Marnie introduces her to the man she has fallen in love with, Jane lies to her best friend for the first time in her life. Because he doesn't like Charles, but prefers not to tell him. Because even the best of friends keep a secret.
As the years go by, that first unimportant lie will be followed by others that will mark their lives forever. Because if Jane had been sincere from the beginning, maybe now her best friend's husband would still be alive … Now Jane has a chance to tell the truth. The question is: are they going to believe it?
4. No dead
In this selection of crime novels we are very happy to be able to incorporate a character among characters of the genre: the return of Petra Delicado!
This time the new case of the inspector will be herself: a young nonconformist who enlists in a mission reserved for men.
«Being born in my generation imposed on you some precepts that you assumed without rebellion. Straddling the Francoist past and modernity, you had to abide by Catholic morality, for which the loss of time and talents was the worst sin that can be committed. "
The police inspector decides to put distance from her day to day to remember her past in order to take charge of the present. With her particular gaze, she will review her life, from the diligent girl who is expelled from a nuns' school, to the young anti-Franco university student who changes course when she gets married, until she decides to break with everything and be one of the first women to live. enter the police force.
Alicia Gimenez Bartlett In this novel he offers us an irresistible case where discovery and adventures run parallel to an inclement vision of family, customs, authority, sex and love.
5.All of us
That of Javier Menéndez Flores is a fascinating police plot that hits the head and shoots the heart.
Madrid, 1981. A couple of police inspectors investigate the fatal accident of a completely naked young woman whose autopsy reveals terrible injuries prior to the accident. Soon after, two girls of similar ages disappear. All three were last seen at nightclubs. Thus begins an absorbing criminal intrigue, spanning two decades, in which the action and psychology of the characters masterfully intertwine. The Madrid at the end of the Transition, where Franco's fierce methods were still alive, contrasts with that of an already established democracy although exposed to the dangers of the globalized world.
A novel that does not give the reader respite thanks to its rhythm, suspense and violence, with an epic ending, as surprising as it is devastating, that reflects on the complexity of the human being and its darkest areas, but also on the all-powerful force of love . You will not be able to stop reading.
6. The Thursday Crime Club
We bring you the craziest and craziest detective novel of the year. You know why? Because you should never underestimate the talent of a group of grandparents. 😏
In a peaceful private retirement complex, four unlikely friends meet once a week to review old unsolved local murder cases. They are Ron, an ex-socialist activist full of tattoos and revolution; sweet Joyce, a widow who is not as naive as she appears; Ibrahim, a former psychiatrist with incredible analytical skills, and the tremendous and enigmatic Elizabeth, who, at 81, leads the group of amateur researchers … or not so much.
When a local property developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph next to his body, The Thursday Crime Club is in the middle of its first real case.
Don't miss out on the exciting research he has conceived Richard Osman to the delight of fans of the crime novel. Can this unorthodox but brilliant group catch the killer?
8. The Silence of the White City Trilogy
Eva García Sáenz de Urturi signs one of the most successful crime novel series in recent times. The myths and legends of Álava, archeology, family secrets and criminal psychology form the core of this trilogy made up of volumes The silence of the white city (2016), The water rites (2017) and The time lords (2018).
It all starts with Tasio Ortiz de Zárate, a brilliant archaeologist convicted of the strange murders that terrorized the quiet city of Vitoria two decades ago. Tasio is about to get out of prison on his first leave of absence when the crimes resume again: in the emblematic Old Cathedral of Vitoria, a twenty-year-old couple is found naked and dead from bee stings to the throat. Shortly after, another twenty-five-year-old couple are murdered in the Casa del Cordón, a well-known medieval building.
The young inspector Unai López de Ayala -alias Kraken-, an expert in criminal profiles, is obsessed with preventing crimes before they occur … although a still fresh personal tragedy will not allow him to face this case as "one more". Who will be the next victim? Will Kraken manage to advance in the footsteps of the criminal? In addition, you will not have to take your head off the book this summer because the trilogy comes in a paperback edition. Did someone say pool and reading? 😙
7. Baztán trilogy
And we could not close this post on crime novel without mentioning Dolores Redondo and his phenomenon around the Baztán Valley, "the composer" and our beloved detective Amaia Salazar.
If you are a fan of illustrated books you also cannot miss this edition, because Ernest Sala brings us this beautiful complete edition of the three volumes, in black and white, which adapts Dolores Redondo's trilogy to the comic.
The shoes show the way. There are dead girls in Elizondo. Someone is killing them to send a message. Amaia Salazar will investigate these deaths even if it means unearthing ghosts from the past, removing the foundations of her family and establishing contact with forces that are beyond our understanding… Are you looking at the illustrated universe of Baztán with us?
And if the criminal enigmas take you upside down and you need even more doses of mystery, do not miss our selection of crime novels. Behind each deck a case, a criminal, a secret awaits you. Will you be able to discover the culprit before the story ends? We are very clear that this fall we are going to enjoy reading crime novels.🍁😎
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We regret to announce that two activities scheduled for next October have been canceled: the XXI edition of the International Theater Book Fair, whose celebration was to host the Valle-Inclán Theater from October 15 to 18, and the dramatized readings of the cycle “ New Italian Scene: Three Readings – Riccione Theater Award ”, scheduled between October 30 and November 1 at the Sala El Mirlo Blanco del Valle-Inclán.
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During 2020, Minotauro Editions and the whole world celebrate that 100 years ago it was born Ray Bradbury. Author, visionary, genius, self-taught of Science Fiction and writing. Without a doubt, a benchmark in international literature with masterpieces such as Zen in the art of writing, Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Now and forever, The fair of darkness or The Illustrated Man.
To commemorate such an important anniversary, the publisher reissues the North American author's catalog collection in its collections Minotauro Esenciales y Libraries de Autor. During 2021, it is also planned to add new titles by the famous writer.
Bradbury's books have a special meaning for Minotaur, since the publisher began its journey 65 years ago with the publication of Martian Chronicles, with translation by the editor himself, Francisco Porrúa, and foreword by Jorge Luis Borges. In addition, the centenary of the novelist's birth coincides with the 20th anniversary of the incorporation of Minotauro to Grupo Planeta. Currently, the label has to its credit classic pens such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Tolkien and Philip K. Dick, as well as Bradbury himself.
«Ray Bradbury finds his readers year after year. And I bet it will still be read a century from now. " NEIL GAIMAN
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Gerardo Vera (1947-2020) died this Sunday in Madrid. To his countless artistic contributions in the most diverse fields (film director, art director, stage director, set designer and costume designer) is added his work as manager at the head of this institution between 2004 and 2011; During those seven years he marked important milestones that signified a notable advance in the renewal of the national scene, betting on the new generations both in dramaturgy and direction as well as in scenic arts. He gave us great titles from the national and international repertoire (Valle-Inclán, Brecht, Büchner, Chejov or Shakespeare, among others), giving room in the National Dramatic Center to the new scenic languages. He was also responsible for the opening in 2006 of the second CDN headquarters, the Valle-Inclán Theater, which he would inaugurate with a memorable staging of Divine words.
He received the National Theater Award in 1988 for "his contribution to the development of theater and opera in Spain", and also two Goyas (for best costume design for The love wizard and the best artistic direction for The girl of your eyes). He stood out in the cinema and in the opera, but above all he was a man of the theater, a total creator and a “fundamental reference of our Culture”, as all the voices have described him.
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This month we release Transformation, by Paloma Pedrero and The boy in the last row by Juan Mayorga, directed by Andrés Lima, and Will Keen visits us reciting Poet in New York
A new edition of the International Theater Book Fair, the children's play Bee, the herd and the second installment of the cycle of dramatized readings New Italian Scene complete the month's schedule
Transformation, the work with which Paloma pedrero, author and director of the piece, addresses the transgender theme from a very close experience and with a cast led by trans interpreters, it opens in the Sala de la Princesa of the María Guerrero Theater on October 2. It implies "a great journey towards the knowledge of this reality that ends in the love of these people", according to Pedrero.
Andres Lima, recently recognized in the last edition of the Max Awards in the category of Best Stage Direction, brings us The boy in the last row of JuanMayorga, which will be exhibited from October 14 to November 8 at the María Guerrero Theater. Produced by Sala Beckett from Barcelona, where it premiered last year, the play arrives in Madrid with a renewed cast, led by Alberto San Juan and Willy Toledo. It is one of the best known texts of the National Theater Award that addresses the link between a student and his literature teacher. "A play about the pleasure of looking at the lives of others and about the risks of confusing what is lived with what is imagined, a play that wants to make the act of imagining theater", according to Mayorga.
The international presence is in charge of the assembly The Things Beyond: Poet's Conference in New York. With direction and dramaturgy by Maria Fernandez Ache, will arrive at the Valle-Inclán Theater between October 2 and 4. British actor Will Keen interprets in English (with Spanish subtitles) Federico García Lorca's lecture on the occasion of his play Poet in New York that he has taken care of translating himself.
At the end of October there is an appointment with the second installment of the cycle «New Italian Scene: Three Readings – Riccione Theater Award», Organized by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Madrid in collaboration with the Riccione Theater Prize. It is a sample of three texts chosen from among the winners of the prestigious award that recognizes young authors of Italian dramaturgy each year. Selected and directed by Manuela Cherubini, this edition will offer, between October 30 and November 1 in the Sala El Mirlo Blanco of the Valle-Inclán Theater, the dramatized readings of: Eighty-nineby Elvira Frosini and Daniele Timpano; Night On White, by Tatjana Motta; Y For your own good, scored by Pier Lorenzo Pisano when we have the information.
Our cycle dedicated to the family audience Titerescena resumes its activity, and this month brings us Bee the herd, a puppet show co-produced by Hilando Títeres and Tras la Puerta, which tells the story of a girl with dreams of an aviator and her encounter with a sheep that also wanted to fly. Directed by Mariso Garcia Y Mar Gasco Garcia and performed by the latter, the work can be seen in the Sala El Mirlo Blanco on October 24 and 25.
In addition, from October 15 to 18 the Valle-Inclán Theater will host the XXI edition of the International Theater Book Fair, event co-organized by the Association of Authors and Authors of Theater (AAT) with the CDN and where France will be the guest country this year.
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Caligula died. I do not is a project in co-production with the National Dramatic Center, the D. Maria II National Theater and Terra Amarela that Marco Paiva will direct. The casting is open to interpreters with functional diversity. The show will be exhibited at the CDN and at the D. Maria II National Theater in Portugal. The cast will be made up of actors and actresses from Spain and Portugal.
The casting will be divided into two selection phases:
1) First phase: send a CV and a motivation letter or a short presentation video to email: 33culturasinlimites@gmail.com until September 30, 2020.
The artists selected in this first phase go on to the second phase.
2) The second phase consists of a practical work day, of no more than three consecutive hours and will be carried out in one of the four shifts assigned to each participant (morning or afternoon of October 12 or 13, 2020).
NOTE: The casting will take place in an accessible space and will be assisted by a sign language interpreter. We recommend wearing comfortable clothes
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