Clowning around in Nerja – Balcon de Europa’s Muestra de Teatro festival

Nerja welcomes comedy theatre to its iconic Balcon de Europa for the 10th Muestra de Teatro festival this coming weekend, May 29 to 31. Silent performances promise laughs for all ages since no language barriers exist in these gestural comedies. Entry comes without charge on a first-come first-served basis.

David Cebrian presents absurd toilet humour show

David Cebrian takes the stage on Friday, May 29, at 10pm with his solo clown piece titled W.C. Gestural expressions and poetic clown language guide this show in which circus techniques serve the story through Circo Casual.

Object manipulation adopts a juggling perspective while acrobatic moves and trapeze elements on scenic bars create an original discipline. A 48-year-old man realises his lifelong ambition to purchase a property and gain independence only to discover his new small home consists entirely of a bathroom.

Audiences enjoy an absurd hilarious one-act comedy without words full of impossible images and surprising elements suitable for every viewer.

Animasur examines power relations through colour

Animasur appears on Saturday, May 30 at 10pm to present their new work COLOR. Creation follows a similar path to previous pieces with initial artivist actions refined in rehearsals.

Focus falls on power exercise as public members position themselves lower for elevated leaders and strive to provide perfect hospitality. Historical dilemmas around dominance and submission receive attention as characters sculpt each other.

Colours differentiate sides with striking tones for power holders and black for the populace while flesh colour points to an imposing narcissistic gaze from the West.

Conserveras del tiempo recalls 1975 factory experiences

Conserveras del tiempo performs on Sunday, 31 May, at 7pm. Women in a tough, repetitive canning factory discover mutual support amid cold, noisy routines and social pressures.

Set in 1975, this piece captures Franco’s death, the Spanish Transition and the International Year of the Woman using an almadraba fishing trap as a metaphor for nets that limit the protagonists.

Awarded the XIII Premio Jesús Campos for its apt approach to democratic memory with a gender perspective, the production builds a choral portrait through bodies and voices mixing customs with poetry from folklore and collective memory. Viewers receive an invitation to consider which oppressive structures from that era continue today with present-day urgency.