La Cubana: Adiós Arturo

La Cubana returns to Bilbao this summer to offer its latest creation, Adiós Arturo, a mad comedy, with surrealist touches, that will draw a smile on the mouths of all those who come to the Arriaga Theatre. Adiós Arturo is a song to life and an appeal to live it intensely. This comedy is in line with the ingredients that characterise La Cubana, with its typical and inimitable style full of surprise and humour, and the participation of the audience, etc.

Adiós Arturo talks about the theatre. About the theatre in our daily life; the theatre in the street, in the markets, at work, in our families, with our friends and why not socially, where we deploy our performance skills in all kinds of  acts, “pretences”, parties, weddings, christenings, communions and burials.

 Since the death, at the age of 101, of the mufti-faceted international artist, Arturo Cirera Mompou, born in Bilbao in 1917, audiences will discover  the true script of the life of this well-known writer, painter, sculptor, art collector, poet, musical composer, playwright, actor and director from Bilbao.

 La Cubana is one of the most successful theatre companies, with a history of 38 years and 18 theatre shoes under its belt. It was created in 1980 by Vicky Plana and Jordi Milán (current director). It was founded in Sitges with a clearly amateur vocation, although it turned professional in 1983.

 The audience at the Arriaga has been able to enjoy several of its shows, with the most recent ones being Campanadas de Boda, which was performed at the Arriaga in the summer of 2013, and Mamá Quiero Ser Famoso, nine years earlier, in 2004. They were both big hits with the critics and public alike. Older audiences will also remember gems like Cómeme el Coco, Negro or Cegada de Amor, which could also be seen at the Arriaga Theatre.