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Uruguay’s Sodre National Ballet One of Latin America’s longest-standing ballet companies, Sodre will be performing El Mesias, inspired by Handel. Since 2010, the group has been following an ambitious...
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Where to go: Theatres
Güerfanitos A fun black comedy that touches on themes of loneliness, family and orphans. Brother and sister Carmelo and Lola, in their 40s, are the last orphans left at the Ven Por Mi orphanage, where...
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Where to go: Galleries
Tu Casa, Tu MAMBo A unique and unprecedented concept sees objects and works of art from ordinary people’s homes displayed in Bogota’s modern art museum, MAMBo, while those whose pieces have been chosen...
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What to see: Theatre
7 shots de teatro – 7D For the bargain price of $10,000 COP Casa Ensamble is putting on seven 15-minute plays every evening from seven different film directors. Choose from comedy, drama, suspense or...
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English language theatre comes to Bogota with Miss Julie
As Miss Julie, the first show of The Bogota Anglo Theater (The BAT), opens in the city, Azzam Alkadhi takes in a performance and catches up with the cast
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Interview with Colegio del Cuerpo founder Alvaro Restrepo
Famed choreographer, and director of dance school Colegio del Cuerpo, Álvaro Restrepo talks about the power of dance and social transformation with Emma Newbery
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Llegar a Marte Popular comic Andrés López begins his new show Llegar a Marte at the Gimnasio Moderno. Teatro Gimnasio Moderno, Carrera 9 #74-99. Fridays at 5pm and Saturdays at 5pm and 8pm. Until June...
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O origem da felicidade The centro de educación y rehabilitación Santa María de la Providencia, who have over 48 years experience working with disabled people in remote communities, presents O origem da...
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Blue Man Group get the green light in Bogota
Despite cancelling the Latin American leg of their 2014 tour, the legendary Blue Man Group are set to dazzle audiences in the capital, with newly confirmed 2015 tour dates. The group, consisting of...
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What to see: Theatre
Maté a mi madre a cacerolazos… A failing actress and kitchen tools collide in this play. Teatro Ditirambo, Calle 45a #14–37. July 30 & 31 at 8pm. Tickets $28,000. La bailarina y la escopeta Chekhov...
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Ositos de goma A black comedy that provocatively explores the limits and human conflicts that exist in the workplace. La Casa del Teatro Nacional, Carrera 20 #37-54. Thursday to Saturday at 8pm. Until...
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Burlesque – Is Bogota ready?
Burlesque. From the Italian/Spanish burlesco, meaning “mocking”: a parody, a comically exaggerated imitation of something. Today the word is most commonly associated with a certain style of...
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Una Relación Pornográfica Philip Blasband’s work touches on co-habitation, love, lust, affairs and how to keep that “spark” going as a couple. Teatro Nacional Fanny Mikey, Calle 71 #10-11. Thursday and...
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Tío Vania Popular Palermo theatre and café La Maldita Vanidad continues their Chekhov-inspired season with a new take on classic Uncle Vania. La Maldita Vanidad, Carrera 19 #45a-17. Reservations and...
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Primo Rojas en la prueba de la existencia de Díos Colombia might be one of the happiest nations on the planet, breaking and creating new sporting records, but has anyone in the Latin American nation...
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Bogotá theatre month
March sees the city go theatre crazy, with dozens of venues and public spaces getting taken over by thespians. Azzam Alkadhi explores two alternative theatre festivals in the capital.
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Theatre takes centre stage
Every two years, Bogotá gets overtaken by theatre in all its forms, as one of the continent’s largest festivals of its kind takes to the streets, theatres and parks of the city. The Bogotá Post takes a...
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Theatre: Dance Tribute to Ping Pong
On a sunny afternoon in central Bogotá, we sent Oliver Pritchard down to the Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño to see a preview of A Dance Tribute to Ping Pong by the Jo Strømgren Kompani The lights...
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Theatre: Song of The Goat – Songs of Lear – Grzegorz Bral
Director of both Songs of Lear and the Song Of The Goat theatre association, Grzegorz Bral, kindly took some time out between rehearsals in the Auditorio Leon de Greiff to talk to The Bogotá Post about...
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Your last chance to watch the Finnish version of The Lower Depths
The Finnish National Theatre brings a moving representation of the classic by the five-time Nobel Prize nominee Maxim Gorky, Los bajos fondos (The lower depths). Written about lower classes in Russia...
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