Madrid‘s Fall Season Ignites with “Madrid Arises in Autumn” – A Showcase of Avant-Garde Performing Arts
Madrid, Spain – The Madrid region is set to become a hub for experimental theater this fall with the launch of “Madrid Arises in Autumn,” a performing arts festival spotlighting both established and emerging artists. Presented Monday by Minister of Culture,Tourism and Sports,Mariano de Paco Serrano,alongside coordinators Alberto García and natalia Ortega,the festival will run from September 25th through October 12th,utilizing a diverse range of venues across Madrid,Alcorcón,and Navalcarnero.
the festival boasts a robust programme including premieres such as ‘Fury Fast Intervention Unit’ (October 10 & 11),‘feather’ (September 25 & 26),‘2150’ (September 25 & 26),‘Applause to Teresa’ (September 28 & 29),‘Araraquara’ (September 27 & 28),‘Weddings without blood’ (October 2 & 3),and ‘Don quijote to you’ (starting October 2).
Notably, the festival will feature productions of classic works like Medea and Fuenteovejuna, staged at the Sala replika alongside other venues including The Fourth Wall, Viewpoint, the Neighborhood Theater, Chance, and The Spring threshold.
“Every fall, the region becomes the scene of the avant-garde of international performing arts in this exhibition that unites aesthetic research and experimentation with social current arguments,” stated Minister Serrano.
The festival also includes an international dimension, in collaboration with hispanidad 2025, featuring Spanish-American creations like ‘Living in a house on fire’ by Julieta koop and Danae Cisneros, and a plastic intervention titled ‘of the theater to the mural’.
A dedicated “Emerging” section will showcase seven novel companies and creators, including performances like ‘_Mov (i) ment in.com (bat)’ and ‘Virtual choreographies: Tiktok and future movement (s)’. The Transverse Activities section will highlight less-programmed genres and experimental work.
According to coordinator Alberto García, option scenic spaces have “completely mutated their rules of the game… They are no longer only places, but authentic shelters of creation. Laboratories where new and consecrated artists find themselves to give life to unique proposals, with the freedom to risk and get out of the conventional.”
