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Copla: A Spanish Cabaret will be a welcome introduction for audiences to a Spanish musical style that is entrenched in tradition, struggle, oppression, and resilience.

 

This is the first time this year that I have sat down to write a review, and I have struggled to start. Theatre isn’t just a space or a place to see performances, some good, some great, some bad (we must be honest); theatre is the embodiment of societies creative passions and desires. Theatre is about building connections that have already been built on the cultural foundations of creators that come before us.

 

A performer like Alejandro Postigo only needs to walk onto the stage, smile, and take a deep breath for audiences to appreciate and understand that this moment now, the one we’re privy to share with him, is his calling. The journey Postigo has taken to get to this is embedded in the fabric of Copla: A Spanish Cabaret. He takes hold of his audience and guides them through one of the most raw, touching, heartbreaking, and deeply moving narratives I think I’ve ever seen.

 

This is a show that is from a performer who has found and realised the power of their voice, and through the embers of Franco understands that beauty, love, creativity, and the ability to forge connections can never be extinguished.