Theatre & Dance Events in Madrid

The acclaimed theater company L'Om Imprebís presents a program of educational activities in the cultural heart of Madrid. An initiative focused on training and scenic arts immersion. 🎭✨

This educational series takes place at the Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa, creating a gathering point for theater professionals and participants.

🎭 L'OM IMPREBÍS - EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

📅 October 9 to October 29, 2026

🕐 Time to be announced

📍 Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa (Plaza de Colón, 4), Madrid

🎟️ Paid event (check details with venue)

📖 About the educational program

This cycle of educational activities organized by L'Om Imprebís focuses on the exchange of performing arts experience and pedagogical training around theatrical practice.

Building on their established trajectory and methods, this program provides a structured setting to delve into scenic creation, acting disciplines, and collaborative artistic dynamics.

🎭 The venue and the company

L'Om Imprebís is one of the most recognized stage companies, noted for its groundbreaking productions and its dedication to theatrical pedagogy and improvisation.

Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa, situated in Madrid's Plaza de Colón, hosts this initiative as part of its ongoing commitment to performing arts education and cultural development.

ℹ️ Good to know: Recommended for adult audiences.

✨ A distinct opportunity for theatrical learning guided by a benchmark theater company.

Four isolated workers in a Patagonian oilfield live together and challenge their limits in an intense human drama set against an unforgiving landscape. Madrid welcomes this striking contemporary theater production. 🎭🛢️

Acclaimed ensemble Piel de Lava brings its fifth creation to the stage, directly examining masculine stereotypes and collective fiction within a harsh environment.

🎭 Petróleo. Compañía Piel de Lava

📅 Wednesday, October 21 and Thursday, October 22, 2026

🕐 19:30

📍 Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque, Madrid

🎟️ 18 euros

📖 Life at the Well

The action takes place in a remote oilfield in Patagonia. Four men share a cramped trailer, living together just yards from an almost dry well where they extract the last remnants of oil.

Up above, free time is thick with desert dust, dark local myths, and intense physical challenges. Down below, the rock fractures to squeeze out whatever little fuel remains.

🎭 Exploring Gender with Piel de Lava

In this fifth production of their career, Piel de Lava takes on the challenge of inhabiting male characters. The work uses collective creative processes to investigate gender construction and societal stereotypes.

✨ An exceptional theatrical experience from Piel de Lava on the Madrid stage.

A spaceship in orbit and four representatives caught in endless debate while Earth burns below set the stage for this sharp theatrical production. 🎭🚀

Theater company Piel de Lava brings Parlamento to Madrid, a staging that dissects contemporary political discourse with irony and dystopian wit.

🎭 Parlamento

📅 Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24, 2026

🕐 19:30

📍 Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque, Madrid

🎟️ Ticket required (not free)

📖 About the performance

The play transports the audience to a dystopian future where planet Earth has turned into a burning abstraction. Shielded inside an orbiting spacecraft, four members of the Parliament in Global Orbit persist in carrying out their formal duties.

Through cyclical and relentless debates, the representatives vote on laws, sing anthems, and cling desperately to political performance. The production examines the theatricality of institutional language and the detachment of governance from the collapsing world below.

🏛️ The company and the venue

Piel de Lava delivers an incisive reflection on institutional narratives and political rituals. The piece is staged at Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque, one of Madrid's leading venues for contemporary stage arts and critical culture.

✨ A lucid theatrical satire on the rituals and limits of modern political speech.

Canadian choreographer Clara Furey brings UNARMOURED to Madrid, a captivating stage piece plunging audiences into sensory resonance, sculptural forms, and contemporary eroticism. 🎭🌊

Celebrated worldwide for her existential dance experiments, Furey presents this 2024 creation at Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque, accompanied by the immersive sound design of Twin Rising.

🎭 Clara Furey. UNARMOURED

📅 October 28 and 29, 2026

🕐 7:30 PM

📍 Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque, Madrid

🎟️ Paid admission

📖 A polyphonic architecture of pleasure

Inspired by Ocean Vuong's poem Waterline, UNARMOURED channels the vastness of an inner sea onto the stage floor. The choreography emerges from a fluid, carnal chaos where crashing waves reveal infinity as a powerful, transformative emotion.

On stage, the dancers evolve like living sculptures claiming eroticism entirely on their own terms. Through Twin Rising's enveloping sonic landscape and rhythmic waves of light, physical boundaries blur, revealing bodies defined not by their outlines but by the energy that overflows from within.

🎭 About Clara Furey

Based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, Clara Furey trained at the Paris Conservatory and the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal. With acclaimed works such as Cosmic Love and Dog Rising, and honored with the 2025 Prix de la Danse de Montréal for international touring, she continues to expand the frontiers of physical resonance.

✨ A hypnotic choreographic journey challenging the boundaries of the body and perception.

What happens when the sharpest minds of the avant-garde decide to dismantle a traditional theater classic? This production brings to life a legendary artistic encounter where subversion, wit, and genius defied Spain's most iconic dramatic myth. 🎭✨

Directed and freely adapted by Juan Mairena, this play is an original production by Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa based on excerpts from José Zorrilla's Don Juan Tenorio.

🎭 The Profanation of Don Juan (Delirio de Buñuel, Dalí y Lorca)

📅 From October 29 to November 1, 2026

🕐 Thursday to Saturday at 20:00, Sunday at 19:00

📍 Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid

🎟️ From €18 (general admission €22)

📖 Surrealist Delirium at the Residencia de Estudiantes

In 1924, three young visionaries destined to redefine 20th-century art crossed paths at Madrid's Residencia de Estudiantes to stage a surrealist reinterpretation of Zorrilla's classic. Led by Luis Buñuel and fueled by the boundless imaginations of Salvador Dalí and Federico García Lorca, this irreverent take became a groundbreaking laboratory of creative freedom.

🎭 The Creative Spark of an Unrepeatable Generation

Key figures of that vibrant circle join this chaotic adventure, including Maruja Mallo, Pepín Bello, Margarita Manso, and Moreno Villa. Amidst rehearsals, laughter, and Freudian debates, the performance captures the untamed vitality, contradictions, and sensitivity of an extraordinary generation.

ℹ️ Good to know: Recommended for adult audiences.

✨ An electrifying journey into the rebellious imagination of the Spanish avant-garde.

Centro Danza Matadero hosts the world premiere of Paula Comitre's new creation, a vibrant dialogue between contemporary flamenco and the pioneering women of Spain's Silver Age. 🎭✨

Dancer and choreographer Paula Comitre presents Bien vale un imperio, the second chapter of her Trilogía de la Edad de Plata Femenina, at Centro Danza Matadero.

🎭 BIEN VALE UN IMPERIO - PAULA COMITRE

📅 Friday, November 6 to Saturday, November 7, 2026

🕐 8:00 PM

📍 Centro Danza Matadero - CDM, Madrid

🎟️ From 18 euros

📖 Pastora Imperio's legacy through a contemporary lens

Following Après vous, Madame, dedicated to Antonia Mercé "La Argentina", this performance delves into the iconic figure of Pastora Imperio. The piece draws upon early 20th-century flamenco resonances, translating them into an innovative, modern choreographic vocabulary.

Rather than offering a traditional historical reconstruction, Comitre activates the past in the present. Flamenco tradition is treated as a living, transforming material, using the body, movement, and stagecraft to establish a dynamic exchange between memory and contemporary creation.

🎭 Artistic crossroads and avant-garde heritage

The work honors the trailblazing women essential to Spanish dance and flamenco, creators who forged strong ties with avant-garde movements and visual arts. This production embraces interdisciplinary connections typical of the Silver Age, setting the stage for the final piece of the trilogy.

✨ An exceptional world premiere bridging flamenco heritage and contemporary stage innovation in Madrid.

The literary universe of Roberto Bolaño takes the stage through the vision of Brazilian artist Luiz Felipe Reis with Deserto in Madrid. 🎭📖

Presented as part of the Festival de Otoño, this distinctive stage piece by the company Polifônica features actor Rodrigo Bolzan.

🎭 DESERTO

📅 November 11 to 13, 2026

🕐 19:30

📍 Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque, Madrid

🎟️ 18 euros

📖 Roberto Bolaño's universe on stage

The performance puts forward an expanded dramaturgy where theatre, literature, music, image, and performance intertwine closely. Rather than presenting a conventional adaptation, the production decomposes and rewrites excerpts from the Chilean author's novels, interviews, and writings directly through the stage.

On stage, Rodrigo Bolzan embodies the multifaceted voice of Bolaño in an artistic exercise of memory, fiction, poetics, and politics that challenges standard forms of scenic representation.

🎭 Luiz Felipe Reis and Festival de Otoño

Luiz Felipe Reis is a director, playwright, researcher, and audiovisual creator. Trained as a cultural critic and journalist, he co-founded the Polifônica company alongside Julia Lund, situating his work at the crossroads of contemporary theatre, essays, and scenic devices.

✨ A unique scenic exploration centered on memory, politics, and literature.

An intimate and testimonial stage piece explores family ties shaped by economy, distance, and reconciliation in the city. 🎭✨

This theater and performance piece delves into emotional bonds and personal histories through real experiences brought to life on stage.

🎭 Mi madre y el dinero

📅 November 17 and 18, 2026

🕐 19:30

📍 Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque, Madrid

🎟️ 14 euros

📖 Family memory and economic survival

Mi madre y el dinero stems from the necessity to build a bridge back to the mother's home, following a ten-year separation driven by homophobia, violence, and poverty experienced in Campeche.

The production attempts to establish a new relationship mediated through work and theatrical fiction. Together on stage, they examine their shared economic journey and complex relationship with money, rehearsing and recreating the family businesses that kept them united and shaped their household.

🎭 Contemporary performance at CondeDuque

Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque, located on Calle Conde Duque in Madrid, hosts this production as part of its contemporary stage programming, offering a dedicated space for thought-provoking autobiographical performance.

✨ A touching encounter exploring personal history and the ties that endure through hardship.

Scenic artist Alberto Cortés presents a creation exploring emotional burnout and the limits of bodily surrender before the audience. 🎭✨

Inspired by the 19th-century manuscript of a mysterious young woman named Ester found in the English countryside, this stage piece transforms intimate confession into an act of shared redemption.

🎭 El corazón de Ester

📅 20 to 22 November 2026

🕐 Friday and Saturday at 19:30, Sunday at 18:30

📍 Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque, Madrid

🎟️ 22 euros

📖 A ritual of devotion and surrender

Ester's writings, recording how she wasted away through devotion to her loved ones before vanishing, mirror the artist's exposure to the public gaze and market forces. The piece questions whether a form of devotion exists that transcends sacrifice.

Drawing on the mysticism of Simone Weil, Emily Dickinson, the Brontë sisters, María Zambrano, and Anne Carson, this performance becomes both a love letter and an inquiry into queer devotion and transcendence.

🎭 A collective pact at CondeDuque

To resist being consumed by the demands of stardom, the piece is designed for a strict maximum of 50 performances worldwide, inviting the audience to know the exact number of the show they are attending.

✨ A poignant theatrical ritual examining devotion, vulnerability, and the sacred bond with the audience.

Teatro Español presents a powerful contemporary drama tackling addiction, identity, and survival. 🎭✨

Duncan Macmillan's acclaimed play returns to the stage, directed by the award-winning Pablo Messiez and starring Irene Escolar.

🎭 People, Places and Things

📅 September 19 to October 18, 2026

🕐 7:00 PM

📍 Teatro Español (Sala principal), Madrid

🎟️ €6 to €22

📖 The battle for truth and recovery

Emma is an actress who checks into rehab after collapsing on stage. In a world where intoxication seems like the only way to endure modern life, she must face her deepest struggles and see if recovery is possible.

Navigating hallucinations, group therapy, and the search for honesty, the piece explores whether someone can play the role of their life when they no longer know who they truly are.

🎭 Duncan Macmillan and Pablo Messiez

The production brings together Duncan Macmillan's gripping text and the direction of Pablo Messiez, confronting audiences with human fragility and resilience in a visceral theatrical journey.

ℹ️ Good to know: The performance includes strobe lighting effects.

✨ An intense and deeply human exploration of addiction and redemption on stage.

The Multi-purpose Hall transforms into a 21st-century dance floor where young creators can train, rehearse, and explore diverse movement styles. 🎭✨

POM Condeduque is a dance and mediation project organized by Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque to support emerging dancers in their artistic journey.

🎭 POM CONDEDUQUE 2026-27

📅 From October 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027

🕐 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 17:00 to 20:00

📍 Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque, Madrid

🎟️ Free admission (booking required via website)

📖 Rehearsal and creation space for youth

The project offers four free rehearsal zones from October 1 to June 10, operating in two afternoon slots: 17:00 to 18:30 and 18:30 to 20:00. Dancers can practice any discipline, from k-pop, afrodance, hip-hop, and voguing to flamenco, swing, waacking, or salsa.

Along with free rehearsal time, the project features creative residencies for three youth dance crews with mentorship and funding, the community celebration series "Baile sin cuartel", professional development workshops "Pasito a pasito", and assembly meetings "El corrillo".

🏛️ CondeDuque and community dance

CondeDuque envisions this initiative as a vibrant platform where young dancers can connect, share bodily expression, and build practical skills within the city's cultural scene.

ℹ️ Good to know: Recommended age: 14 to 30 years old. Free access with prior online booking. Paid private classes and personal equipment storage are not allowed.

✨ A free creative hub to dance, connect, and shape the movement of tomorrow.

Director and playwright Andrea Jiménez revisits Sophocles’ ancient myth to transform it into an engaging, direct, and communal stage experience. 🎭

Following acclaimed projects such as Casting Lear, the theater maker presents a new staging created in collaboration with Victoria Szpunberg at Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque.

🎭 Contra Antígona

📅 From November 26 to December 5, 2026

🕐 19:30 (Sundays at 18:30)

📍 Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque, Madrid

🎟️ €22

📖 The chorus at the heart of tragedy

Contra Antígona seeks to turn Sophocles' classical drama into a live meeting place for civic dialogue. During each performance, fourteen audience members are invited to form the Greek chorus and witness the tragedy directly on stage.

Far from a simple critique of the legendary character, this work invites audiences to interrogate traditional heroic narratives. By questioning the customary idealization or delegitimization of Antigone, the staging reclaims the vital role of the chorus, exploring how collective intelligence can foster richer and more nuanced spaces for deliberation.

🎭 Contemporary stage exploration at CondeDuque

Structured as a shared conversation filled with challenging questions, the piece brings together Andrea Jiménez's stage direction and Victoria Szpunberg's artistic collaboration.

✨ A provocative classical reimagining that returns central agency to the Greek chorus.

The premier meeting point for contemporary dance celebrates four decades of talent and new artistic visions on the Madrid stage. 🎭✨

Organised at Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Condeduque, this landmark competition brings together choreographers from across Spain alongside guest companies in a commemorative edition.

🎭 40th Madrid Choreography Competition

📅 From 9 to 13 December 2026

🕐 Wednesday and Thursday at 19:30; Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 19:00

📍 Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque, Madrid

🎟️ 16 €

📖 Forty years championing choreographic creation

The Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid serves as a vibrant meeting space for both audiences and performing arts professionals. It offers a prime opportunity to discover a wide array of new works emerging from across Spain, fostering reflection and appreciation for contemporary movement arts.

This 40th anniversary edition features newly created short pieces presented alongside performances by distinguished guest companies. The milestone marks a special celebration of the event's trajectory, creative development, and meaningful encounters between performers and spectators.

🏛️ Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque

Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque hosts this key cultural event in Madrid's Centro district, reinforcing its role as an essential hub for contemporary creation, live arts, and scenic innovation.

✨ An essential gathering to celebrate four decades of contemporary dance in Madrid.

Cirque du Soleil returns to Madrid to raise its Big Top with KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities, a dazzling steampunk-inspired creation challenging the boundaries of reality. 🎪✨

Produced by Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, this acclaimed production features an international cast of 50 artists who blend high-flying acrobatics, visual poetry, and humor in an extraordinary universe.

🎪 KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities

📅 Every day, from October 30 to December 7, 2026

🕐 Mondays at 12:30 and 16:30; Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 20:30; Fridays at 18:00 and 21:30; Saturdays and December 7 at 17:00 and 20:30; Sundays at 12:30, 16:30, and 20:00

📍 Escenario Puerta del Ángel, Madrid

🎟️ From €49

📖 A journey into the laboratory of the impossible

The story unfolds inside the mechanical workshop of an ambitious Seeker convinced of an unseen dimension waiting to be unlocked. Once he opens the door to this world of wonder, time stands still, and otherworldly figures invade his cabinet, breathing life into his makeshift creations one by one.

Blending phenomenal physical feats with retro-futuristic fantasy, the performance reinvents everyday perspectives to celebrate curiosity and the transformative power of human imagination.

🎪 The world-renowned touring production

Premiered in Montreal in 2014, the show has captivated over 6 million spectators across more than 40 cities worldwide over 3,000 performances. Marking its Spanish debut, the Canadian troupe brings this celebrated production under the iconic Big Top to Madrid.

ℹ️ Good to know: Staged under the Cirque du Soleil Big Top. Approximate running time of 125 minutes (including a 25-minute intermission). Recommended for all audiences. Check the official website for special schedule updates.

✨ Step inside an astonishing cabinet where imagination knows no limits!

The historical memory of the Peninsular War comes alive in Colmenar de Oreja through an emotional and dramatic stage performance. 🎭

Grupo de Teatro Zacatín, directed by Jesús Olivas, brings to the stage a gripping community story of courage and resistance.

🎭 1808-1814 EL GRITO DE UN PUEBLO

📅 October 17 and 18, 2026

🕐 7:30 PM

📍 Teatro Municipal Diéguez, Colmenar de Oreja

🎟️ Stalls: €7 · Mezzanine: €5 · Upper circle: €3

📖 The Peninsular War told from the town's perspective

«1808-1814. El grito de un pueblo» takes audiences back to those turbulent years when history was also shaped in Colmenar de Oreja. Through uprisings, clashes, fear, and resilience, the piece portrays the collective desire to regain freedom.

After years of historical reenactments filling the Plaza Mayor every May 2nd, this tradition takes a step forward and arrives on stage in a theatrical format.

🎭 Grupo de Teatro Zacatín at Teatro Municipal Diéguez

Under the direction of Jesús Olivas, Grupo de Teatro Zacatín transforms the stage into a space to experience local history from a new angle at the Teatro Municipal Diéguez.

ℹ️ Good to know: Ticket sales start on Wednesday, October 14, from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM, and one hour before each performance at the box office.

✨ A powerful theatrical event to rediscover the living history of Colmenar de Oreja.

Tim Burton's eccentric and ghostly universe takes to the stage in Aranjuez for a theatrical experience full of dark humor and rhythm. 🎭👻

Asociación Cultural Telón Aparte presents their acclaimed musical production, staged in support of Fundación Juanjo Torrejón.

🎭 BEETLEJUICE, THE MUSICAL

📅 October 29 and 30, 2026

🕐 Thursday 29 at 19:00 and Friday 30 at 21:00

📍 Teatro Real Carlos III, Aranjuez

🎟️ €10.00 - €15.00

📖 The wild bio-exorcist

Based on the cult 1988 film, this musical introduces Lydia Deetz, an outcast teenager captivated by the afterlife. Everything shifts when her family relocates to a haunted house filled with otherworldly presence.

Enter Beetlejuice: an untamed, mischievous poltergeist ready to turn everything upside down in a story that is as spooky as it is hilariously entertaining from start to finish.

🎭 An acclaimed stage production

The show arrives backed by major recognition after sweeping the PremiOFF 2026 awards, taking home four honors including Best Amateur Musical. The cast combines creative passion with a charitable cause at Aranjuez's historic venue.

ℹ️ Good to know: Not recommended for children under 10 years old. Advance tickets available through the official theatre platform.

✨ A hilariously spooky musical evening to experience in Aranjuez.

Teatro de la Abadía presents a powerful production that revives recent history and explores mental health through a gender perspective. 🎭✨

The play is created by the Seville-based theatre company La Rara, led by theatre makers Rocío Hoces and Julia Moyano.

🎭 Órgia

📅 15 to 18 October 2026

🕐 Thursday to Saturday at 20:00, Sunday at 19:30

📍 Teatro de la Abadía, Madrid

🎟️ €18

📖 Memory, real voices, and mental health

Órgia is built using the Verbatim theatre technique. The piece is shaped around field research and direct interviews with female workers who took part in the closure of the Miraflores psychiatric hospital in Seville during the 1980s.

By combining three distinct timelines and a variety of stage languages, the performance weaves together documentary theatre, intimate personal accounts, and collective celebration. It places previously silenced female perspectives at the heart of the narrative, vindicating the body, memory, and shared human experience.

🎭 La Rara and their acclaimed project

Rocío Hoces and Julia Moyano's company is celebrated for its deep commitment to contemporary research and social documentary performance. Thanks to this piece, La Rara received the Lorca Award 2024 for Best Breakthrough Show.

This run at Madrid's Teatro de la Abadía offers audiences a chance to engage with a stage work examining forgotten chapters in psychiatric care.

✨ An engaging opportunity to experience an award-winning documentary play dedicated to collective memory and women's experiences.

What if we had the chance to travel back in time, pause at decisive moments, and rewrite what was once said? Belvedere delves into this temporal rift through the reunion of two people. 🎭

Created by theater maker Juan Ollero, this stage performance invites audiences in Madrid to contemplate the emotional landscape of shared time.

🎭 Belvedere

📅 January 14 to 24, 2027

🕐 7:30 pm

📍 Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque, Madrid

🎟️ €22

📖 A reunion seven years later

Two people meet again at a restaurant seven years after their breakup. Together, they anticipate what they will say face to face while evoking vivid fragments from their past: a failed mountain excursion, sentences underlined in a book, their first pasodoble dance, a police report, and everyday habits like an obsession with cleaning.

The piece examines what was, what could have been, and what remains today. The word belvedere originates from the Italian words for beautiful (bel) and to see (vedere), signifying a viewpoint designed to look out over a landscape. It serves as both a common name for dining venues across Italy and a metaphor for surveying a shared history.

🎭 Juan Ollero at CondeDuque

This theatrical piece by Juan Ollero is staged at the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea CondeDuque, a key cultural center in Madrid supporting contemporary performing arts and creative practices.

✨ An evocative theatrical journey through memory, separation, and second chances.

Teatro Español presents the theatrical adaptation of Duermen bajo las aguas, an evocative journey into memory, resilience, and personal growth amid wartime upheaval. 🎭🌊

Based on the debut novel by Carmen Kurtz, this stage production is brought to life by Teatro Español in its intimate Salón de los balcones - Andrea D'Odorico.

🎭 Duermen bajo las aguas

📅 From October 8 to October 25, 2026 (Thursday to Sunday)

🕐 Performance schedule to be confirmed

📍 Teatro Español (Salón de los balcones - Andrea D'Odorico), Madrid

🎟️ €10

📖 Pilar's story and the awakening of a new era

The narrative introduces Pilar, a young woman from early 20th-century Barcelona whose life plans are completely shattered by war, forcing her to come of age with startling speed.

Longed-for love turns into an enduring absence, and grief becomes a constant companion. Yet grappling with uprooting ignites a profound strength in Pilar, driving her to challenge and shatter the traditional gender roles dictated by contemporary society.

Amid widespread uncertainty, companionship and friendship emerge as a vital sanctuary. Beneath the sorrow of those turbulent times rest memories and deep longings sustained by breathing hope.

🎭 The staging at Teatro Español

Organized by Teatro Español at its historic venue on Calle Príncipe, this production highlights Carmen Kurtz's literary legacy, offering an inspiring reflection on female determination during periods of historical crisis.

✨ A moving portrayal of memory, courage, and the hopes resting beneath the waters of time.

What happens when the future turns into a promised land that no longer exists? Renowned company L’Om Imprebís presents a sharp stage synthesis inspired by the universal work of Anton Chekhov. 🎭✨

Drawing from the Russian dramatist's texts, this production builds a direct bridge to the questions, paradoxes, and longings of our contemporary world.

🎭 Moscú no existe

📅 From October 8 to November 8, 2026

🕐 Tuesday to Sunday at 19:30

📍 Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid

🎟️ General: €20 · Reduced: €16

📖 A human symphony on Chekhov

Far from a period drama, the play offers an electric stage synthesis of four masterpieces: Uncle Vanya, The Seagull, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. The narrative examines lost dreams, anxiety, and cynicism in a society that sips tea while the world burns around it.

Four recognizable figures voice this collective paralysis: Iván, burdened by fulfilled expectations; Aleksei, an entrepreneur trading everything to mask his inner void; Ania, a precarious young artist; and Anfisa, the embodiment of invisible caregiving. The piece maintains Chekhov's trademark irony and humor throughout.

🎭 Staged by L’Om Imprebís

Company L’Om Imprebís brings this deep reflection on modern inertia and existential purpose to the stage at Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa in central Madrid.

ℹ️ Good to know: Recommended for adult audiences. The performance begins strictly on time; late entry is not permitted under any circumstances once the doors close.

✨ A lucid, poignant dialogue between Chekhov's world and our modern life.

Mexico's most legendary circus arrives in Europe for the very first time, bringing its traditional gala performances to the heart of Madrid. 🎪🇲🇽

Celebrating 138 years of history, Circo Atayde takes the ring with a live orchestra led by Maestro Carlos Alberto Ramirez and stage direction by Artús Chávez and Alfredo Atayde.

🎭 Galas Circo Atayde

📅 October 9–18, 2026 (Tuesday to Sunday)

🕐 Showtimes not specified in the official schedule

📍 Teatro Circo Price, Madrid (Ronda de Atocha, 35)

🎟️ From €17

📖 High-flying acrobatics and live orchestral music

This production delivers a celebration of classic circus artistry tailored for all audiences, featuring daring aerial feats, visual wonder, and an endearing clown. The live musical accompaniment heightens the rhythm and excitement of every performance.

Honouring their celebrated annual galas, the show bridges century-old traditions with contemporary stagecraft, offering a lively spectacle filled with talent and festive energy.

🎭 A family legacy spanning 138 years

Recognised as Mexico's preeminent circus institution, Circo Atayde has thrilled audiences across generations. Today, the fourth and fifth generations of the founding family—Alfredo, Maritza, Andrés, and Javier Atayde—lead the troupe, preserving its rich cultural heritage while steering its international journey.

✨ Experience the vibrant spirit of iconic Mexican circus heritage live at Madrid's Teatro Circo Price.

Extreme acrobatics, music, and wit merge in a visually arresting contemporary circus show exploring modern identity. 🎭✨

Acclaimed Australian ensemble Gravity & Other Myths visits Madrid with their celebrated production The Mirror, directed by Darcy Grant with music by Ekrem Pheonix.

🎭 The Mirror

📅 October 22 to October 31, 2026 (Wednesday to Sunday)

🕐 Time not specified

📍 Teatro Circo Price, Madrid

🎟️ From €18

📖 Self-reflection, technology, and boundary-pushing acrobatics

The Mirror takes audiences on a journey of self-discovery focused on self-image, public personas, and the concealed facets that define us today. The performance stretches physical limits through breathtaking stunts paired with cutting-edge tech, nostalgic songs, and sharp humor.

Using an innovative staging, the piece probes the tension between social conformity and personal individuality reflected in modern society.

🎭 Gravity & Other Myths at Teatro Circo Price

Founded in Adelaide in 2009, Gravity & Other Myths has established a global reputation with celebrated works like A Simple Space and Out of Chaos. Madrid's Teatro Circo Price welcomes this physical feast driven by ensemble synergy, intimacy, and raw athleticism.

ℹ️ Good to know: Recommended for ages 15 and up. Running time: 80 minutes.

✨ An electrifying circus performance questioning who we are beneath the surface.

Acclaimed dance troupe Lali Aygüadé Company arrives in Madrid with Inestable, a thought-provoking dance piece examining the impact of social media on our everyday lives. 🎭✨

Choreographer Lali Aygüadé and her dancers bring to the stage a physical reflection on the divide between virtual self-presentation and reality.

🎭 Inestable

📅 Saturday, October 24 to Sunday, October 25, 2026

🕐 Saturday at 20:00, Sunday at 19:00

📍 Centro Danza Matadero - CDM, Madrid

🎟️ From 18 euros

📖 About the performance

The core of the show explores the contrast between the curated world of social networks and our ordinary daily lives. It delves into a game of showing and hiding, probing the idealized images we display and the negative emotions we keep secret.

Addicted to digital validation, likes, and identical filters, we risk blinding ourselves to immediate reality. Inestable investigates this uneasy relationship between self, technology, and others, searching for an authentic common ground.

🎭 The company and the venue

Lali Aygüadé Company stands out for its physically demanding, expressive movement language, questioning contemporary dilemmas through powerful choreographic work.

The production is staged at Centro Danza Matadero - CDM, Madrid's dedicated venue for movement arts.

✨ A striking choreographic exploration of our fractured digital identities and real connections.

Acclaimed bailaor Eduardo Guerrero presents his celebrated production Guerrero in Madrid, bringing intense contemporary flamenco to a truly singular setting. 💃✨

This performance is presented by the municipal cultural initiative 21distritos, offering world-class dance freely accessible to all audiences.

🎭 Guerrero

📅 Saturday, October 24, 2026

🕐 7:00 PM

📍 Templo de Debod (Calle Ferraz, 1, Moncloa-Aravaca), Madrid

🎟️ Free admission

📖 An intimate battle through dance

Ten years after its original premiere, Guerrero returns to the stage as a mature and profound meditation on the passage of time. Freely inspired by Sun Tzu's The Art of War, the production transforms outward conflict into a poetic personal journey where the dancer's body converses directly with his personal memories and connections.

Guided by the symbolism of the red thread, the performance pays homage to the influential women in the artist's life. Accompanied by deep flamenco singing and guitar, the choreography explores a sense of masculinity rooted in listening, endurance, and care, demonstrating that true victory lies not in conquest, but in enduring.

🎭 The artist and 21distritos

Eduardo Guerrero stands as one of the most innovative and elegant figures in contemporary flamenco. Trained in Spanish dance in Cádiz, he honed his craft with celebrated creators like Eva Yerbabuena and Rocío Molina before launching his solo career in 2011. Honored with awards including the Jerez Festival Audience Award and the Premio Lorca, his work seamlessly bridges classic flamenco tradition and bold contemporary aesthetics.

✨ An exceptional flamenco encounter set against one of Madrid's most iconic historic backdrops.