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Magüi Mira Premieres First Stage Adaptation of ‘La Barraca’ in València Ahead of Granada Run

Marta Torres’s version foregrounds the novel’s present-day social urgency.

Overview

  • Magüi Mira launched the production at Teatro Olympia in València, presenting what she described as the first-ever theatrical staging of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez’s 1898 novel.
  • Performances in Granada are scheduled at Teatro Isabel la Católica on October 10 at 20:00 and October 11 at 19:00.
  • A limited allocation of discounted tickets for the Granada dates has been released through Oferplan.
  • The cast presented in València includes Daniel Albadalejo, Antonio Hortelano, Patricia Ross, Jorge Mayor, Antonio Sansano, Claudia Taboada, Elena Alférez and Jaime Riba.
  • The creative team highlights the work’s resonance with rising rents, evictions, poverty, migration and community violence.