El Brujo - El Lazarillo de Tormes

Rafael Álvarez, El Brujo, performs alone as Lázaro, the protagonist of El Lazarillo de Tormes, in a version by Fernando Fernán Gómez that updates the language without altering the original.

The show brings to the stage one of the central novels of Spanish narrative through the voice and performance of Rafael Álvarez. The production takes the form of a monologue, so that a single performer carries the entire show on the stage of the Teatro Alcázar in Madrid.

The text is based on the adaptation signed by Fernando Fernán Gómez, which respects the structure and content of the original and renews the vocabulary so that the story is accessible to today's audience. It is a work of updating that maintains the clarity and transparency of the narrative, with its direct tone and its humour.

The performance is aimed at those who want to approach a classic of Spanish literature from the stage, with a register of speech and acting in which the performer's voice is the centre of the production.