Don Quijote is a universal character who has received multiple adaptations over the years, and children's theater was not going to be left out. "Don Quijote gallops for his dreams" is a puppet play aimed at the smallest of the house and can be seen until December in Madrid.
"Don Quijote Galopa for his dreams" is based on the work of Miguel de Cervantes. A work in which the acting interpretation, the magic of the puppets and the shadow theater are mixed, bringing from the Golden Age to the present day the best novel of all time.
With music by J. H. Schmelzerl, Bertali and Francisco Correa de Arauxo, the work presents several scenes of the work, from the famous windmills turned into giants To the lion's adventure. We will meet characters like Master Pedro, Dulcinea, the Knight of the White Moon ... and of course Sancho Panza:
Surrounded by cavalry books, Don Quijote dreams. A dream that lasts centuries and now reaches us. With his faithful squire Sancho Panza, he will again face giants and lions, again the wicked charmers will snatch him from the simpar Dulcinea and will have to face the Knight of the White Moon again. We will also know the Altarpiece of Maese Pedro and his fortune teller monkey, who in turn will open his magical theater of shadows, and will tell us that romance in which Melisendra is liberated by her beloved Gaiferos ... Wonderful adventures that these puppets bring us, and that they will do Don Quijote gallops for his dreams, taking his eternal and fun adventures to children big and small.
"Don Quijote gallops for his dreams" is a children's show of the theater company La Pajarita de Papel, creation of Sayo Almeida and Concha Roales-Nieto and can be seen from October 12 to December 22 on Saturdays at 12 noon in the Narrow Gate Theater, in Madrid.
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