The company La Cubana returns to Valladolid after 14 years with ‘Adiós Arturo’, a comedy full of music and color to “celebrate life and have lived it” through a posthumous tribute to the versatile imaginary artist Arturo Cirera Mompou.
This has been highlighted by its director and author of the play, Jordi Milan, on this proposal that will stop at the Calderón Theater in the capital from this Thursday, September 5 to 15, coinciding with the celebration of the Fair and Festivities of Our Lady of the Virgin from San Lorenzo.
‘Adiós Arturo’ is presented as a comic and colorful funeral dedicated to Arturo Cirera Mompou, an artist who died no less than the 101 year old who left his last wish that his death be “a party” at the Calderón, the city’s main theater where – in this case – he was born in 1918.
Presentation of the show ‘Adiós Arturo’ – Photo: Miriam Chacón / ICAL
Thus, this versatile character came to the world in Platerias Street and trained at the Colegio San José before leaving with his family for Valencia, from where he would later move abroad to achieve international fame, giving rise to a show that extols “the life, live it intensely and have lived. “
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Presentation of the show ‘Adiós Arturo’ – Photo: Miriam Chacón / ICAL
For its staging, ‘Adiós Arturo’ features the parrot Ernesto, the deceased’s pet, in addition to the actors Jaume Baucis, Xavi Tena, Toni Torres, Nuria Benet, Àlex González, Babeth Ripoll, Montse Amat, Toni Sans, Edu Ferrés and Virginia Melgar, who distribute up to 80 characters in a show “with surreal touches” that includes public participation.
Unlike what La Cubana is used to, ‘Adiós Arturo’ premiered in Valencia and not in Barcelona, in May 2018, after which it has toured the stages of Pamplona, Torrelavega (Cantabria), Vitoria, Bilbao, Logroño, Castellón, Altea (Alicante), Elche (Alicante), Elda (Alicante), Murcia, Zaragoza, Jeréz (Cádiz), Málaga, Sevilla, Cáceres, Cádiz, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Alicante, Albacete, El Ejido ( Almería), Córdoba, Gandía (Valencia), Palma de Mallorca and Gijón.
After the Valladolid capital, the ‘Goodbye Arturo’ tour will continue through Vigo, La Coruña and Madrid before concluding in late 2020 in Barcelona.
In Valladolid, it can be seen at the Calderón tables this Thursday 5 at 8:30 p.m., Friday 6 and Saturday 7 with two passes at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., Sunday 8 at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 at 8:30 p.m., on Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th again with a double function at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. and Sunday the 15th at 6:30 p.m.
The show lasts 120 minutes without a break and tickets, which range between 20 and 35 euros, can be purchased at the theater box office, in addition to its website (www.tcalderon.com) or on the phone 983 426 436.
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