More worth your time at the same venue, plus a few nearby picks.
THEATRE
Microtheater: Off to the Vegetable Patch
Four microtheatre pieces by Peripatéticas Vallecanas lasting roughly 90 minutes. Works by Emilio Mahugo Serrano and Almudena Pérez Cruz explore unexpected connections between plants, emotion, and mystery. For adult audiences.
FESTIVAL
The Secret Agent
Director Kleber Mendonça Filho. 1977 Brazil: a fugitive teacher returns to Recife seeking refuge but finds the city under military dictatorship, pursued by government forces and death threats. Oscar nominee for Best International Film, Cannes winner for Best Direction.
CINEMA
On Duty
Film by Petra Biondina Volpe. Floria is a dedicated surgical nurse in a Swiss hospital, but one hectic night shift tests her professionalism when the emergency ward is overwhelmed and understaffed.
PAINTING
Diverse Women
Pastel paintings by Carmen Elorza at Centro Cultural Buero Vallejo celebrating the diversity and complexity of female experience. Self-taught artist captures women's beauty and strength across different facets of life.
CINEMA
Homo Argentum
Film by Lucía Puenzo comprising 16 interconnected stories using humour and satire to explore Argentine cultural identity, customs, and national attitudes. Recommended from age 12.
FESTIVAL
The President's cake
Director Hicham Lasri. A nine-year-old girl in Saddam Hussein's Iraq must gather ingredients for the dictator's birthday cake or face imprisonment. Winner of the Marrakech Film Festival jury prize.
THEATRE
Elementía
Participatory theatre by Compañía Pálpito Cultural. In the magical land of Elementía, nature spirits need help restoring an imbalance. Audiences join an adventure through trials and puzzles to recover lost gems.
THEATRE
The Would-Be Gentleman
Grupo Oberón stages the story of Jourdain, a middle-aged man determined to gain acceptance at court by hiring tutors in dance, weapons, philosophy, and music. A farce exposing the con artists who fleece him while he attempts to buy his way to refinement.
