Out of the Wings: Plays from Spain
Omnibus Theatre, 7:30pm, Saturday 8 February 2025
Join Out of the Wings at Omnibus Theatre, Clapham, for Plays from Spain, an encounter with contemporary Spanish playwriting, its international reach, and its impact on the English-speaking stage.
Plays from Spain begins with rehearsed readings of extracts, in English translation, of three Spanish plays, by writers whose work has won widespread recognition at home and crossed borders into the English-speaking world and beyond. Between them, this small sample from Spain’s vibrant new-writing scene have garnered national awards, critical accolades, and performances and publications in multiple languages and countries.
In THE GLASS CEILING: ANNE & SYLVIA, Laura Rubio Galletero re-imagines the relationship between three giants of 20th-Century literature. In VALPARAÍSO (FOUR DAYS, FOUR NIGHTS), Víctor Sánchez Rodríguez takes three siblings on a trip to honour their late father’s wanderlust. And in HARAKIRI, María Velasco investigates what is left behind by those who take the most final of decisions. Kate O’Connor directs English translations by Rachel Toogood, William Gregory, and Toni Roberts.
The extracts will be followed by a panel discussion on Spanish playwriting today and its place in the English-speaking theatre landscape, chaired by Professor Catherine Boyle (King’s College London) with panellists including Professor Maria Delgado (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama) and Toni Roberts (translator of Harakiri), with other panellists to be announced.
Tickets to Plays from Spain are free of charge, but please book in advance on line. The event has been made possible thanks to support from the Baroness von Schlippenbach endowment.
Content warning: These plays include the discussions of suicide, death and grief, and cancer.
