The Cervantes Theatre, London’s home of Spanish and Latin American drama, concludes its female-led 2019 season with a major new staging of Isabel Allende’s literary bestseller The House of the Spirits.
Best of the Blogs: The Mates give their verdicts on Big, A Dolls’ House, Shida, The Eyes Of The Night & more
Best of the Blogs: The Mates give their verdicts on Big, A Dolls’s House, Shida & The Eyes Of The Night.
Q&A video: 20 years after she wrote it, Paloma Pedrero witnesses the UK premiere of The Eyes of the Night
I thought it was especially interesting to have lighting designer Nigel Lewis involved in the discussion – I was fascinated to hear how terrifying it was for him to plunge the stage into darkness for a lengthy portion of the evening.
FEATURED SHOW: Reviews are in for the English-language premiere of Paloma Pedrero’s The Eyes of the Night
The Eyes of the Night receives its English-language premiere tonight (13 September 2019) as part of the Cervantes Theatre’s second annual Contemporary Spanish Playwriting season. Take a look at production shots of both English and Spanish casts – and then get booking!
‘Heightens the aural experience’: THE EYES OF THE NIGHT – Cervantes Theatre ★★★★
Written by Paloma Pedrero – Spain’s most prolific playwright in the 21st century – and directed by Simone Coxall, The Eyes Of The Night makes its UK premiere at the Cervantes Theatre in London.
‘An exploration of the senses’: THE EYES OF THE NIGHT – Cervantes Theatre
It’s an intriguing premise. A successful middle-aged woman approaches a blind lottery ticket seller and offers him money to spend an hour in a hotel room with her. What does she want, and what is his expectation?
PHOTOS: First look at the English & Spanish casts of The Eyes of the Night at the Cervantes Theatre
The Eyes of the Night receives its English-language premiere tonight (13 September 2019) as part of the Cervantes Theatre’s second annual Contemporary Spanish Playwriting season. Take a look at production shots of both English and Spanish casts – and then get booking!
‘What do women leave behind in our fight for equality?’ Spanish playwright Paloma Pedrero on The Eyes of the Night
The question in the headline is what inspired leading Spanish playwright Paloma Pedrero to write her new play The Eyes of the Night, about a businesswoman’s revelatory encounter with a blind man. We talked to her about the two-hander ahead of its world premiere next week at London’s Cervantes Theatre. Time to get booking!
‘In these divided times, it is also about what it is to really try & listen to each other’: Simone Coxall on directing The Eyes of the Night
How challenging is it to rehearse a brand-new play with two different casts in two different languages? Simone Coxall has helped to birth Paloma Pedrero’s The Eyes of the Night from rehearsed reading during last year’s Contemporary Spanish Playwriting season to full-scale premiere headlining this year’s season. We talked to her about her work at the Cervantes Theatre. Time to get booking!
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for the English-language premiere of The Eyes of the Night
I’m delighted to return to the Cervantes Theatre, London’s home of Spanish and Latin American drama, for my second of three post-show Q&As in the 2019 season. After new play The Reality and before the adaptation of Isabel Allende’s The House of The Spirits, I’m there in September for The Eyes of the Night.
PHOTOS: Behind the scenes with the English & Spanish casts of The Eyes of the Night
We’re counting down to The Eyes of the Night, premiering next month as part of the Cervantes Theatre’s second annual Contemporary Spanish Playwriting season, supported by Acción Cultural Española and Arts Council England. Simone Coxall has been running both the English and Spanish casts through their paces. Sneak a peek inside rehearsals – and then get booking!
NEWS: Cervantes Theatre’s female-led line-up continues with The Eyes of the Night, cast announced
The female-led 2019 line-up at the Cervantes Theatre, London’s home for Spanish and Latin American plays, continues this autumn with the second annual Contemporary Spanish Playwriting season, supported by Acción Cultural Española and Arts Council England.
NEWS: Cervantes puts women centre stage in new 2019 programme, launching with The Reality
After the success of last month’s Madrid Is a Female Name cycle of one-woman monologues, the Cervantes Theatre, London’s home of Spanish and Latin American drama, has announced the remainder of its 2019 programme, with women – led by associate director and co-founder Paula Paz – remaining fully centre stage.