Considered the best performing arts festival in the country, the 42nd edition of the Madrid Autumn Festival is taking place from 6 to 30 November 2024 with an outstanding international programme, which this year is dedicated to its first ever director, Pilar de Yzaguirre. This event has the best theatre, dance and performance productions and will be taking place at several cultural venues around the city such as Teatros del Canal, Conde Duque and Teatro de la Abadia, among others.
The festival’s first ever director back in 1984, the producer and artistic distributor Pilar de Yzaguirre is once again putting her stamp on this edition, which she is directing after 36 years. So this year’s festival will be a unique edition, dedicated to Pilar and the heritage and history of this festival, which has been running for four decades.
In addition to its international vocation, the programme stands out for its multidisciplinary approach, combining theatre, dance, music and performance in 25 shows that will be staged at seven venues across the city of Madrid and eight towns in the surrounding region: Alcorcón, Hoyo de Manzanares, Móstoles, Parla, Pozuelo de Alarcón, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Soto del Real and Torrejón de Ardoz. In central Madrid, Teatros del Canal will once again be the main venue, along with Teatro de la Abadía, Conde Duque, Espacio Abierto Quinta de los Molinos, La Casa Encendida, Sala Mirador and Teatro Pradillo.
There will be three world premieres and twelve Spanish premieres from creators such as Amancio Prada, Robert Lepage, Wadji Mouawad, Rafael Spregelburd, Tao Ye, Tim Etchells, Jo Strømgren, Thaddeus Phillips, Mario Banushi, Sarah Vanhee, Nat Randall, Anna Breckon and Carmen Werner, among others. Carmen Werner will star in one of the three world premieres at this year's edition, presenting her piece Cuando quieras. Andrea El Ameri will be debuting DOMA, and Teresa Garzón Barla will stage the première of La Tercera.
In a mammoth feat of endurance, María Hervás will be on stage for 24 hours straight maintaining consecutive verbal encounters with dozens of men in the play The Second Woman devised by Ana Breckon and Nat Randall. Albanian Mario Banushi will be performing Goodbye Lindita; Australian Nathalie Miravette and New Zealander Laurent Cirade are performing the humorous and explosive musical jousting match Duel opus 3; and the extravagant L’Orchestre d’Hommes-Orchestres will be presenting Performs Tom Waits.
The Festival will be showcasing its international vocation through the Ventana Quebec programme, the birthplace of great artists that Pilar de Yzaguirre has discovered over the years. Such as Robert Lepage, who this year will be presenting a seven-hour show entitled The Seven Streams of the River Ōta, a play that tells seven stories, set between 1945 and 1995. Another Canadian artist participating in this section is Wajdi Mouawad, who is returning to Madrid with the tragicomedy Journée de noces chez les Cromagnons (Wedding Day at the Cro-Magnons’).
There will also be other performances from the Americas. Award-winning US theatre director, designer and narrator Thaddeus Phillips proposes a fascinating journey around the world in 17 Border Crossings. And from Argentina, theatre director Rafael Spregelburd is returning to Madrid with his particular vision of hell in Inferno with the company El Patrón Vázquez.
The latest creations from Europe will also feature prominently, with seven proposals by essential names and voices, including Norwegian choreographer Jo Strømgren, who will be performing The Ministry of Unresolved Feelings.
Under the artistic direction of Katrín Hall, the 38 dancers of the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani in Sweden, one of the most prestigious and experimental ballets companies in international dance, will be performing Solo Echo by Crystal Pite and We Loved Each Other So Much by Yoann Bourgeois.
Programme:
- 6 November - Cántico espiritual de San Juan de la Cruz. Amancio Prada - Teatros del Canal - Sala Roja
- 8 and 10 November - Duel opus Mômes. Compagnie Duel | Laurent Cirade - Espacio Abierto Quinta de los Molinos
- 8 and 9 November - La Tercera. Teresa Garzón Barla - Sala Mirador
- 9 and 10 November - 12 & 14. TAO Dance Theater - Teatros del Canal - Sala Roja
- 9 November - The Second Woman. Nat Randall & Anna Breckon with María Hervás - Teatros del Canal - Sala Verde
- 9 November - Pequeño cúmulo de abismos. Cris Blanco - ALCORCÓN (Centro Cultural Viñagrande)
- 9 November - Duel opus 3. Compagnie Duel | Laurent Cirade - SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL (Real Coliseo Carlos III)
- 14 and 15 November - Mémé. Sarah Vanhee | CAMPO - Conde Duque
- 15 November - Tenmei. Yamato - TORREJÓN DE ARDOZ (Teatro Municipal José María Rodero)
- 15 and 16 November - Yarin. Andrés Marín and Jon Maya - Teatros del Canal - Sala Verde
- 15 and 16 November - Cuando quieras. Provisional Danza - Carmen Werner - Sala Cuarta Pared
- 16 November - Tenmei. Yamato - ALCORCÓN (Centro Cultural Viñagrande)
- 16, 17, 19, 20, 22 and 23 November - The Seven Streams of the River Ōta. Ex Machina | Robert Lepage - Teatros del Canal - Sala Roja
- 16 November - Dirty (Apertura de proceso creativo). Juan Domínguez - La Casa Encendida
- 19 and 20 November - The Ministry of Unresolved Feelings.. Jo Strømgren Kompani - Teatros del Canal - Sala Verde
- 20, 21 and 22 November - Performs Tom Waits. L’Orchestre d’Hommes-Orchestres - Teatro de La Abadía - Sala José Luis Alonso
- 21 November - Nigamon/Tunai. Onishka | Émilie Monnet & Waira Nina - Teatros del Canal - Sala Negra
- 21 and 22 November - To Move in Time.. Forced Entertainment - Conde Duque
- 21 and 22 November - DOMA. Andrea El Ameri - Teatro Pradillo
- 22 and 23 November - Goodbye, Lindita. Mario Banushi - Teatros del Canal - Sala Verde
- 26 and 27 November - 17 Border Crossings. Thaddeus McWhinnie Phillips - Teatros del Canal - Sala Negra
- 28 and 29 November - Journée de noces chez les Cromagnons. Wajdi Mouawad | La Colline – théâtre national - Teatros del Canal - Sala Roja
- 29 November - Tenmei. Yamato - MÓSTOLES. Teatro del Bosque
- 29 and 30 November - Dura Dita Dura. Teatro de Ferro - Teatros del Canal - Sala Negra
- 29 and 30 November - Inferno. El Patrón Vázquez | Rafael Spregelburd - Teatro de La Abadía - Sala José Luis Alonso
- 29 and 30 November - Solo Echo by Crystal Pite and We Loved Each Other So Much by Yoann Bourgeois. GöteborgsOperans Danskompani |Katrín Hall - POZUELO DE ALARCÓN (Teatro MIRA)
- 30 November - Tenmei. Yamato - SAN SEBASTIÁN DE LOS REYES (Teatro Auditorio Adolfo Marsillach)
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