El imitador

One-man theatre show in which Julián Fontalvo, actor and singer, traces a personal story through the impersonation of voices of international artists and the songs that accompany them.

El imitador is a one-man show that Julián Fontalvo presents at the Gran Teatro Pavón. The piece is structured as a narrative in which the protagonist crosses paths with several characters who accompany him on his journey. The songs do not appear as isolated numbers: they are woven into the story and serve as a thread to tell it.

To bring those songs to life, Julián Fontalvo imitates the voices of seventy international artists, among them Sting, Bob Marley, David Bowie, Andrea Bocelli, Edith Piaf, Amy Winehouse and Tina Turner. Through this combination of singing, impersonation and narration, each audience member can piece together their own journey and recognise in the songs fragments of their own musical memory.

The text raises universal questions about triumph and disillusion, the pursuit of dreams, love and the role music plays in our memories. This is the eighth season of the production, which is staged at the Gran Teatro Pavón in Madrid.