July 17 to 26 The annual Theatre Week in Caravaca includes a Friends musical!
Seven varied events at the open-air venue of the bullring in Caravaca de la Cruz
The program has been unveiled for the 44th annual Theatre Week in Caravaca de la Cruz, which is being held from July 17 to 26, with the highlight for non-Spanish speaking audiences perhaps being the staging of “Friends, a Musical Parody” on Saturday 25th.
The seven events included in the 2025 edition of the event are a blend of the classics and the contemporary, as can be seen below;
Thursday July 17: “La gramática”, written and directed by Ernesto Caballero and starring well-known actress María Adánez. Starts at 22.30.
Friday July 18: “Abrefácil”, starring Pablo Puyol. Starts at 22.30.
Saturday July 19: “Ifigenia”, based on the classical Greek tragedies and inviting the audience to reflect on the topic of violence and women. Starring Juanjo Artero and María Garralón, who worked together on the legendary Spanish TV series 'Verano azul' many years ago and have since been seen in “El comisario” and “Farmacia de guardia”, among others. Starts at 22.30.
Sunday July 20: “Caperucita y Feroz”, a family show based on the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood, a modern version with some unexpected plot twists! Starts at 21.00.
Thursday July 24: “Querida Agatha”, a drama concerning a fictional meeting between the writers Agatha Christie and Benito Pérez Galdós, starring Carmen Morales and Juan Meseguer. Starts at 22.30.
Friday July 25: The Broadway musical “Friends, a musical parody”, based on the unforgettable TC show of the 1990s and early 2000s. Starts at 22.30.
Saturday July 26: “El Aspirante”, a tragi-comedy concerning the themes of fate and personal achievement. Starts at 22.30.
Season tickets for the 6 events starting at 22.30 are on sale at 60 euros online here, as well as at the tourist information point in Plaza del Arco and at the ticket office of the bullring two hours before each show.
Tickets for individual events will be on sale online in the near future.
The poster for the Theatre Week, designed by José Manuel Puebla, pays tribute both to the bullring of Caravaca (where all of the performances are staged) and to some of the greatest writers in history, such as Shakespeare, Calderón de la Barca, Lope de Vega and Federico García Lorca.
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Caravaca de la Cruz, in the north-west of the Region of Murcia, is one of only 5 Holy Cities in the Roman Catholic world, a centre of pilgrimage, along with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Santo Toribio de Liebana, and is home to the Cross of Caravaca, the Vera Cruz.
The status of Holy City was bestowed by Pope John Paul II in 1998, granting the City a Permanent Jubilee year every 7 years for perpetuity, the first one held in 2003 and the next in 2024.
The strategic and natural advantages of Caravaca de la Cruz have attracted the attention of settlers for more than 800,000 years, the Cueva Negra yielding remains of Homo Heidelbergensis, forbears of the Neanderthals and the municipality also houses important archaeological remains from the Argaric, Iberian and Roman cultures. many of these can be seen in the Municipal Archaeological Museum.
As a border town caught between the Catholic forces of Castille and the last remaining Moorish stronghold in Spain, Granada, Caravaca had a turbulent medieval history, but it was during this period that the legend of the Cross of Caravaca was born, bringing the religious orders which shaped the structure of Caravaca today, with its impressive hilltop castle and eclectic collection of churches and monasteries, religious tourism today being a backbone of the town´s economy.
Caravaca de la Cruz is a municipality with important natural resources, including extensive forests, part of which have protected status due to their wealth of flora and fauna, and due to the abundant water supplies is also a major area for canned fruit production, apricots in particular being an important crop.
Caravaca is renown for its important May Fiestas, held in honour of the Vera Cruz, which also incorporate the Moors and Christians celebrations and the Running of the Wine Horses.
Caravaca de la Cruz is also the home of Europe´s largest collection of ethnic instruments at Barranda, the Museo de Música Étnica Barranda and is the location of the Barranda festival de Cuadrillas, which celebrates the Region's ethnic music traditions.
The municipality is home to around 26,000 inhabitants and shares boundaries with Moratalla, Cehegín, Lorca, Puebla de Don Fadrique in the province of Granada and Vélez-Blanco in the province of Almería.
Opening times:
Weekdays: 10.00 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 19.30
Saturdays: 10.30 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 19.30
Sundays and public holidays: 10.30 to 14.00
Click for map, Caravaca de la Cruz Tourist Office
