More worth your time at the same venue, plus a few nearby picks.
THEATRE
Echo (Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen)
The Italian-Palestinian director Omar Elerian directs this play by the Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, a theatrical experiment that reflects on how we inhabit today’s globalised world.
THEATRE
ORIGánika
On 10 and 11 June, the Conde Duque Cultural Centre is hosting the Madrid première of this modern dance performance directed by Juliana Reyes, which reflects on life, death and the cycles of existence through the real bond between a mother and her daughter.
THEATRE
Bogotá
Andrea Peña will direct a dance-performance show on 26 and 27 June at the Conde Duque cultural centre, which uses the body, brutalist aesthetics and the baroque to explore the death, transformation and resilience of people and identities in a post-colonial world, inspired…
EXHIBITIONS
Eduardo Chillida. Dreaming the Space
The Conde Duque Cultural Centre will host an extraordinary exhibition from 17 February to 21 June 2026, which will review Eduardo Chillida’s career to mark the centenary of the birth of the artist.
EXHIBITIONS
Mariela Scafati. Naming the World
The Conde Duque Cultural Centre will host the first solo institutional show in Spain by the Argentinian artist, Mariela Scafati, in the Vaults Room from 24 April to 19 July, reviewing her artistic career.
OUTDOOR
Soundset Festival
The South Courtyard (Patio Sur) of the Conde Duque Cultural Centre will host a new edition of the Soundset Festival on 12 and 13 June. This innovative festival is transforming this year and will take on a new format that maintains its essence but expands the experience and moves…
INTERNATIONAL
CÚBIT. Science + Art
The Condeduque Contemporary Culture Centre will host from 23 to 30 May the first edition of CÚBIT. Science + Art, a festival that reflects on the role of artificial intelligence in culture.
MUSICAL
Romeo y Julieta
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at Teatro Real presents two young lovers from feuding Verona families whose forbidden romance leads to their downfall, exploring themes of love, family conflict, and fate.