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Beyond the San Isidro programming that has special prominence this month of May, the Madrid City Council, through the Area of Culture, Tourism and Sports, proposes a wide variety of cultural and leisure activities in the different municipal spaces managed by Madrid Destination. Proposals for all tastes and ages available to residents and visitors.
Notre-Dame de Paris in CentroCentro
After touring cities such as Washington, Paris, Dubai and London, where 380,000 people have visited, the augmented reality exhibition arrives in Madrid Notre-Dame de Paris, which covers the 850 years of history of the most famous cathedral of French Gothic. In this exhibition, the public can take an interactive tour using a tablet through 21 “doors of time”, contemplating the cathedral from its construction in the 12th century to the restoration process after the fire it suffered in 2019.
Madness at Price
30 years of transgressions. The name says it all. Loquillo inaugurates at the Circo Price Theater the tour in which he brings to the stage the texts of contemporary poets, compiling the work that he began in 94 and with which he gave a turn to his career. The poetic touch of the tour is not at odds with the usual strength of his live performances and a striking staging. The dates to see the Barcelona singer at the Price: May 2 and 3, at 8:00 p.m.
Cinema and photography at the Serrería Belga Cultural Space
Two greats of cinema, the actor José Luis López Vázquez and the director Bigas Luna share the spotlight at the Serrería Belga Cultural Space, with two exhibitions (until July 14). In the case of the remembered actor, his work as a cartoonist, costume designer, set designer and designer is collected, along with little-known pieces from his private life.
Regarding the exhibition Madrid, destination of dreams: the urban cinema of Bigas Luna #YoSoyLaJuanifocuses on the film starring Verónica Echegui and Dani Martín, and includes testimonies, costume pieces and original objects from the film.
Dance and Theater in the Naves del Español in Matadero
Three events stand out this month in the Naves de Matadero programming:
- From May 10 to 12, the Belgian choreographer and dancer Jan Martens visits the Naves with a dance show that is an ode to rebellion.
- Inspired by the immortal work of García Lorca Poet in New York es, a show by Carlos Marquerie in which actors, dancers, musicians and even puppets participate, from May 23 to June 2.
- The theatrical offering in Naves also brings two great performers in May, David Lorente and Malena Alterio, who star The friends of the two of them, a work that goes from comedy to the deep reflection of a couple who suffers a sit-in at a dinner. It will be on display until June 16.
Puppets in Retiro Park
The children’s audience has the opportunity to experience a ‘San Isidro puppeteer’ with several proposals at the Retiro theater. May 11 arrives The extraordinary, from the Catalan company Ele puppets, which tells the story of Ramiro and Rosita in an unconventional nursing home.
From 5 years. The 12th of May, Theater from everywhere, for those over 4 years old by the Bululú company. And on the 25th and 26th, The Puppet Circus, which transfers the emotion of the circus to a show of string puppets capable of performing impossible numbers. In all cases, (free) tickets must be downloaded in advance.
Terror and suspense at the Spanish Theater
Camargo, by Johan Velandia, is a disturbing theatrical piece based on real events, which tells the story of one of the most terrifying serial killers in Latin America. The work is set in Ecuador in the 80s, when there was a moment of terror when piles of corpses of young women were discovered in wooded and remote areas. From May 2 to 5.
A Nobel Prize at the Fernán Gómez
Shameless! by the company L’Om Imprebís is based on the work written by the Italian Darío Fo (Nobel Prize winner in Literature) and his wife Franca Rame in 1981. Full of laughter and irony, the director Santiago Sánchez versions this work in a Spanish style and imagines what would happen if an attempted kidnapping of a very high state personality occurred. Juan Gea and Lola Moltó are the protagonists of this fun piece aimed at all types of audiences. From May 9 to June 2.
Music and dance in Conde Duque
He arrives at the southern patio of Condeduque Tablao, a creation somewhere between installation and performance which pays tribute to this popular stage, with Ernesto Artillo, Niño de Elche, the guitarist Yerai Cortés, Rocío Molina and the Sevillian dancer Andrés Marín, recent National Dance Award winner. It can be seen on May 17 and 18.
Relive the last days of Pompeii in Matadero Madrid
Throughout the month you can live this virtual adventure that takes the visitor to one of the most important cities of the Roman Empire and its tragic end, with the eruption of Vesuvius. Another unmissable event at Cineteca is the 21st edition of Documenta Madrid, the International Film Festival that this year will pay special attention to projects that have to do with our city.
