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Juan Martínez, a Madrid native born in Burgos, a dancer and variety artist, and his partner, Sole, embark on a unique life and career journey just days before the outbreak of the Great War in 1914.
The Maestro Juan Martínez Who Was There is an immeasurable lesson in courage, in the instinct to overcome, in the acceptance of the great and chaotic mechanisms of history and how they crush the small lives of ordinary people.

Director's Notes
Can you imagine being told the great episodes of history in a cabaret style?
Can you imagine the great revolutions of the early 20th century being narrated to the rhythm of flamenco heels and castanets?
Can you imagine how one could survive the Russian Civil War between the Tsarists and the Bolsheviks as a variety artist?

We can discover all of this in the stage adaptation of Manuel Chaves Nogales's monumental novel, The Maestro Juan Martínez Who Was There.

Chaves Nogales is leading one of the most striking literary revival discoveries to have recently taken place in Spain.

The publication of his complete works has generated an enormous amount of passion and admiration for a writer who had not occupied his rightful place.

The uniqueness of his El maestro Juan Martínez que estaba ahí connects him with the great tradition of Spanish picaresque. The echoes of Lazarillo, those of the exemplary novels of Cervantes, and of Quevedo continue to fuel a marvelous look at history and the survival capacity of indirect protagonists who suffer the dictates of the powerful.

70 minutes of life, courage, history, theater, passion, and cabaret.
Xavier Albertí

THEATER
DURATION: 1 HOUR 10 MIN.
PRICE: 2015/23/12