A video from the XXI School Theater Awards Ceremony

October 22

  The Community of Madrid has released the official video from the XXI School Theater Awards Ceremony. The Elsinore Jokers performed a short passage from our Lord of the flies adapted for the occasion. For those who missed it and for those who want to enjoy it again, you can do it now by following this […]

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The Awards Ceremony 2014

May 29

Yesterday, The Elsinore Jokers gave the best of themselves at the Awards Ceremony for “XXI Certamen de Teatro Escolar de la Comunidad de Madrid“. They performed a selection of different moments of our play, Lord of the flies. They were amazing! It was also a good opportunity to see other people’s work and to share […]

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Rehearsing for the Awards Ceremony!

May 28

Last night we were rehearsing at the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (RESAD) for the Awards Ceremony, that will take place tonight. The stage is huge so we had to re-think the moving across the boards. These are two short clips I took with my camera Tonight is the night! So say we all!!

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The Elsinore Jokers and La Joven Compañia

May 21

Last night we said goodbye to our Lord of the flies in style. It was the last performance in our theater and we were really fortunate because we counted with the presence of our friends from La joven compañia. They are super nice and down to earth people. We are extremely lucky because the Lord […]

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Winners!!

May 16

Yes!! I’m so happy to announce that our adaptation of William Golding’s Lord of the flies, has been been awarded first place for the “XXI Certamen de Teatro Escolar de la Comunidad de Madrid”. To top it off, we’ve also taken home the Best Scenography award! Alicia, Paloma and I can’t be prouder of our students […]

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Maria Guerrero Theater

May 07

Last Monday The Elsinore Jokers visited María Guerrero Theater. It was a fantastic experience that gave us the chance to see many places not normally open to the general public: the pit, curtains, makeup and dressing rooms… We admired the beautiful interior at the same time we listened to anecdotes of theatrical life. It was […]

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The Elsinore Jokers On The Radio

May 03

Yesterday, we were invited to the show that Marta Gonzalez Novo hosts on Radio Madrid (Hoy por hoy Madrid). It was a fabulous experience from start to finish. Given that “La joven compañía” has recently premiered “Lord of the flies” in Spanish, they wanted both groups to talk about what it was like to perform […]

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La Joven Compañia

April 30

Yesterday we went to see the amazing performance of “El señor de las moscas” by La Joven Compañia. They are a theater company whose philosophy is to meet the needs of young people who would like to grow in any of the areas of work that make up theater world: interpretation, scenery, costume design, art, […]

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“From another planet”

April 03

The Elsinore Jokers did a terrific job last Monday, this time for a panel of judges. We are extremely proud of the way our wonderful team performed! LOU: It’s the hunters! SAM: It’s the beast! LOU: It’s the hunters! It’s… THE ELSINORE JOKERS So say we all!!

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Lord of the flies is in the final

March 27

Just a quick post to let you know that our Lord of the flies is in the final of the 21st edition of Madrid School Theater Contest. Our next performance will be on March 31 at 16:45, in front of a new panel of judges. ELSINORE!!! So say we all!!

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Photos from the premiere

March 25

These terrific photos were taken by Nacho, first-colonial Irene‘s dad. THANK YOU SO MUCH NACHO! So say we all!!

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The Premiere & the judge

March 25

Here are some pictures from the amazing performances on March 22 and 24. We cannot feel prouder of our Elsinore Jokers!! So say we all!!

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Dress Rehearsal

March 21

Dress rehearsal went great. Tomorrow is the big day! Elsinore! So say we all!!

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Lord of the flies art

March 16

Angel Ruiz De La Puente and Pablo Moreno Guadalupe have designed the artwork for Lord of the flies. Angel made the poster and Pablo created the playbill. Amazing job guys! So say we all!!

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First run-through

March 12

Today, we had our first run-through of Lord of the flies, just confirming what I think you already know… this is a very special show!! Of course there were some rocky bits but we will work through it and get the job done. These are some pictures I took to give you a small peek […]

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The Island

February 24

“This is our island! Treasure island! Coral island! Castaways!” This is how we would like our stage to look like this year. The wooden modules arrived today! I’m very happy! By the way, I made this scene using Blender 3D.  I hope you like it So say we all!!

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Lord of the flies gets premiere date

February 20

Just a quick post to let you know that yesterday evening we met up with the other schools participating in the 21st edition of Madrid School Theater Contest. After a drawing of dates, the first two performances of Lord of the flies will take place the following days: Saturday, March 22 at 12:00 Monday, March […]

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Get the rhythm

February 04

We had a great time yesterday practicing the choreography that Erin (one of this year’s Teacher Assistants from the U.S.) has worked out to kindle one of the pivotal moments of our Lord of the flies. Erin is the queen of rhythm! No one could stop dancing! Get the rhythm! So say we all!!

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Piggy isn’t exactly the life of the party

January 22

Piggy is going through a “why” stage these days… Like “why is everyone so rude to me”. Or “why is everyone so negative and cranky”… In our last rehearsals we really have felt sorrow for her. Poor Piggy!! But if we feel this way is only because everyone is doing a great job giving life […]

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Burn

December 21

This is what happened in our last rehearsal… Enjoy So say we all!!

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Costume Meeting 2013

December 18

Last week we had a costume meeting with some of the parents involved in our upcoming play, Lord of the flies. This year our actors and actresses will be wearing school uniforms but we do not want them to look like the ones you would expect to see on the street at 4:00 pm, when […]

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Her real name is Piggy…

November 27

Our rehearsals are going well and our students are beginning to learn their lines off by heart. Lord of the flies is a real challenge in many aspects, as you’ll see. But we are very excited to see our actors so enthusiastic and committed. We can’t wait to see them all in full make-up and […]

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The cast of characters

October 29

Today we announced the cast of characters that will appear in our upcoming production Lord of the flies. The atmosphere this morning was great – everybody was excited. All you could hear was ‘What character will I be playing this year?’, over and over. We were so happy to see that everyone wanted to be […]

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Lord of the flies – The audition

October 21

Today we had the first audition for Lord of the flies. Alicia, Paloma and I were very happy to see that everybody had studied their lines. There was so much competition, so much talent and so much desire to show all they were capable. We couldn’t feel prouder. Congratulations! This is a gallery of the […]

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Lord of the flies

October 08

For the past couple of months we have been thinking and rethinking, planning, wondering, and dreaming. But finally we are very proud to announce that Lord of the flies will be our next production! Paloma, Alicia and I are already writing our own adaptation of William Golding‘s masterpiece. It has been far from easy to decide […]

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