The festival's current phase includes the highly anticipated performance by Paloma San Basilio in the play Dulcinea, who will also receive the Fuente de Castalia Award. The monologued adaptation of El Lazarillo de Tormes by Rafael Álvarez, El Brujo, is also being revived. New creations from the Spanish National Dance Company and the company Losdedae, directed by Chevi Muraday, are other key attractions.
The stage offerings are expanded with theater, dance, circus, and music, exploring the Golden Age legacy through contemporary creation. The festival aims to connect dramatic heritage via new forms of expression.
“"The actress and singer will also receive the 2026 Fuente de Castalia Award recently granted by the Alcalá de Henares City Council, following the first performance on Friday the 26th."
Among the circus proposals is Quixote, by Truca Circus and the Orquesta Ciudad de Alcalá, merging classical music and circus arts. The company Dante A.C. presents El mágico prodigioso by Calderón de la Barca, combining verse, object theater, and video creation to reflect on current issues. Musical innovation is explored in Cotidiáfonos clásicos by Bufa&Sons, and the company Goutas Teatro & Rana Teatro offers Chusma, a tribute to popular theater.
Dance dialogues with the Golden Age through naScencia by the Spanish National Dance Company, choreographed by Mónica Fernández. Meanwhile, Losdedae presents De Oro, revisiting classic characters with a critical look at identity and diversity.
Local Complutense creation is featured in Habla, Numancia by Los Sueños de Fausto and Yo quisiera ser poeta by Evogía, championing silenced female voices. Popular theater inspires Patrañas cervantinas by Quasiclasics and Tuyo Cid by Malaje Sólo. The historic center's streets will host the itinerant artistic intervention Lluvia de palabras by Visitants Escènica.
Concurrently, the 17th ADGAE Performing Arts Management Conference takes place under the title ‘Clásicos en construcción’ (Classics Under Construction), a gathering of professionals to discuss young people's access to classics and new interpretations of dramatic heritage.
