El Niño y la Bestia - Elvira Lindo

A staged narrative by Elvira Lindo that combines spoken word and live music: a dramatised reading about a boy who travels through Madrid in 1939, inspired by her father's life.

Elvira Lindo narrates in this staged narrative an original story inspired by her father's life. It is set in 1939: a nine-year-old boy arrives alone in a city devastated by the war and wanders through it with wonder and fear, attentive to the traces of the conflict and to the poverty of the post-war years. The piece blends tenderness and harshness, memory and humour.

Words and music are presented together. The original score by Jarkko Riihimäki was composed to accompany the story, and four instrumentalists build the soundscape live: María Lindo plays the cor anglais, Olatz Ruiz de Gordejuela the violin, Salvador Bolón the cello and Ander Perrino the double bass.

The direction is by María Lindo and the adaptation by Ander Perrino. The show is staged at the Gran Teatro Pavón, a Madrid venue that hosts concerts and shows.