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Warum Warum (Why Why), directed by Peter Brook and based on texts by Artaud, Meyerhold and Shakespeare among other authors, will be staged on Friday, October 7 and Saturday, October 8 at the Sala Casacuberta of Teatro San Martín. This inclusion makes up for the cancellation of Patrice Chéreau lit “Le Grand Inquisiteur” (Patrice Chéreau reads “El Gran Inquisidor”), as its protagonist was unable to travel to Buenos Aires for health reasons. For those who are interested in attending Brook’s stage production, you will have to go to the Teatro San Martín one hour before showtime to exchange your tickets. It is worth mentioning that you will keep the original seats.

La amante fascista by Chilean author Alejandro Moreno, one of Latin America’s major contemporary playwrights, will staged today (Wednesday) and tomorrow (Thursday) at 8 p.m., at Teatro Margarita Xirgu in San Telmo (Chacabuco 875). The play stars Paulina Urrutia, Andrés Reyes and Horacio Valdés, and is directed by Víctor Carrasco. There are tickets available for the two nights, at affordable prices (starting at 30 pesos), which can be purchased on this website or in person at Teatro San Martín (Av. Corrientes 1530), from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

La amante fascista, by Chilean author Alejandro Moreno – one of Latin America’s major contemporary playwrights – will be on stage from today, Tuesday, to Thursday 29 (8 p.m.) at Teatro Margarita Xirgu in San Telmo (Chacabuco 875). The play stars Paulina Urrutia, Andrés Reyes and Horacio Valdés, and is directed by Víctor Carrasco. There are tickets available for the three nights, at affordable prices (starting at 30 pesos), which can be purchased on this website or in person at Teatro San Martín (Av. Corrientes 1530), from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The talk titled “Vinculaciones entre festivales, productores, curadores y artistas” (Relations between festivals, producers, curators and artists) – to be held today, Tuesday, at 11.30 a.m. at Teatro San Martín, with free admission – will aim at finding common ground between the type of search carried out by producers and festivals and artists’ expectations. The meeting will feature the participation of Gerardo Kleinburg (Mexico), Guillermo Heras (Spain), Carolina Pecheny (France), Guillermo Gallardo Prat (Chile), Guy Pierre Couleau (France) and Argentine Joaquín Bonet and Luis Garay. It will be moderated by artist and cultural manager Alberto Ligaluppi.

Today, Monday, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., Centro Cultural Recoleta’s Sala 6 hosts the exhibition “Obra Gráfica para Teatro” by designer Gonzalo Martínez, featuring a retrospective of his works for independent productions of the Buenos Aires theater scene from 1994 until now: programs, posters and an entire graphic system especially designed for the plays. The exhibition is free and can be visited until October 2 from Monday to Friday, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Tonight is the night: at 9 p.m., Estrella Morente makes her debut in Buenos Aires at Teatro Coliseo (M. T. de Alvear 1125). The participation of the Spanish flamenco singer is one of the highlights of the Festival’s international program, for the full weight of her artistic stature and for being heiress to a lineage of flamenco artists, less than a year after the sorrowful death of her father, Enrique, a true visionary of the music genre. Tickets, starting at 30 pesos, are on sale at the box office of Teatro San Martín (Av. Corrientes 1530), until 7 p.m.; and since 8 p.m. at the Coliseo.

Tonight at the Sala Casacuberta of Teatro San Martín, the irreverent Spanish actress, director and playwright Angélica Liddell will perform her solo show Yo no soy bonita, a provocative response to what the author and leading actress calls “a misogynist, androcentric society.” There are tickets available for tonight, Sunday, which can be purchased on this website or in person at Teatro San Martín (Av. Corrientes 1530), from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Flamenco running through her blood, singer Estrella Morente (daughter of the great Enrique) will make her debut in Buenos Aires tomorrow, Monday, at 9 p.m. at Teatro Coliseo. She is one of the best voices in the Spanish traditional music scene nowadays, a growing artist in what is commonly called “global music”. Tickets remain for her shows, which can be purchased on this website or in person at Teatro San Martín (Av. Corrientes 1530), today – Sunday – and tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The Sao Paulo Companhia de Dança will stage the choreographic pieces “Gnawa”, “Sechs Tänze” and “Prélude à l’aprés-midi d’un faune” tonight ant tomorrow, Sunday, at 9 p.m. at Teatro Presidente Alvear. Tickets for both shows, starting at 30 pesos, are on sale on this website, or can be purchased in person at Teatro San Martín (Av. Corrientes 1530), today and tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The prestigious Italian company Motus will present Alexis, una tragedia greca, today, Saturday, at 8 p.m. at Teatro Regio. This documentary-theatrical piece includes testimonies and documents about a real event – the death of Alexandros Andreas Grigoropoulos (Alexis), a young 15-year-old protester murdered by the Greek police at a demonstration in December 2008 – and dialogues from Bertolt Brecht’s Antigone. Remaining tickets, at very affordable prices (starting at 30 pesos), are on sale on this website or at Teatro San Martín (Av. Corrientes 1530), from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tomorrow, Sunday, there will be another performance at the same place and time – with tickets available for purchase.