Leonora
Play: Leonora
Directed by: Alberto Conejero
Production: A Teatro del Acantilado production
Cast: Natalia Huarte
Trailer: Click here to watch it
Please note: This performance is in Spanish and will include English surtitles
Running time: 60 mins followed by a 20 minute Q&A with an English-Spanish interpreter
Age guidance: 14+
Venue: 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, SE16 7AR View map
Synopsis:
Leonora is a poetic journey into the world of surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, focusing on her youth and years in Spain after the Civil War. Rather than a conventional biography, it evokes fragments of her luminous spirit, resistance, and longing for freedom. Inspired by her diary Memories from Below, the piece explores her artistic awakening, psychiatric violence, and imagination’s power to transcend time.
Carrington’s life and creations continue to captivate, revealing the light and shadow of an era. “If this stage were not a stage, it would be a canvas.”
The play “LEONORA” features an award-winning actress and playwright. NATALIA HUARTE: Max Award for Best Actress Actors and Actresses Union Award (2026) Ercilla Theatre Award (2019) ALBERTO CONEJERO: National Dramatic Literature Award (2019) Max Award for Playwriting (2016) Ceres Award for Best Playwright (2015)
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Sinopsis:
Leonora es un viaje poético al universo de la artista surrealista Leonora Carrington, centrado en su juventud y en los años que vivió en España tras la Guerra Civil. Más que una biografía convencional, la obra evoca destellos de su espíritu indómito, su resistencia y su inquebrantable anhelo de libertad.
Inspirada en su diario Memorias de abajo, la pieza recorre su despertar artístico, la violencia psiquiátrica que sufrió y el inmenso poder de la imaginación para trascender el tiempo y la realidad.
La vida y la obra de Carrington siguen fascinando por su capacidad para iluminar, desde la poesía y el misterio, las luces y las sombras de toda una época.
«Si este escenario no fuera un escenario, sería un lienzo».