Spanish Theatre Company

Yerma Q&A video and photos: What toll does the titanic title role take on an actress?
Yerma Q&A video and photos: What toll does the titanic title role take on an actress?

Yerma Q&A video and photos: What toll does the titanic title role take on an actress?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-26T22:40:51+00:0011 November 2018|Tags: Cervantes Theatre, Coco Mbassi, Jorge de Juan, Leila Damilola, Lorca, Spanish Theatre Company, Terri Paddock events, Tom Whitelock, Yerma|

Federico Garcia Lorca spent three months in Cuba in 1930 - six years before he was assassinated (aged just 38) by Franco nationalists in his native Spain. He fell in love with the Caribbean island nation and it with him. And it's this association that inspired Jorge de Juan in his new adaptation of Lorca classic Yerma.

Ay, Carmela! Q&A video and photos: Do only the dead remember the Spanish Civil War?
Ay, Carmela! Q&A video and photos: Do only the dead remember the Spanish Civil War?

Ay, Carmela! Q&A video and photos: Do only the dead remember the Spanish Civil War?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-26T23:16:06+00:0029 September 2018|Tags: Ay Carmela!, Cervantes Theatre, Ivanhoe Norona, Jorge de Juan, Lorca, Madalena Alberto, Paula Paz, Post-show Q&As, Spanish Civil War, Spanish Theatre Company, Terri Paddock events, Yerma|

How much do you know about the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)? Who fought on the side of the Republicans and who for the Nationalists? What happened to those who got caught in the middle, such as Paulino and Carmelo in Jose Sanchis Sinisterra's Ay, Carmela!?