Guillem Clua is co-writing with Oriol Paulo the screenplay for the big-screen adaptation of one of the most popular novels of recent decades: The Crooked Lines of God, by Torcuato Luca de Tena. The film will be directed by Paulo, responsible for hits such as The Invisible Guest and During the Storm, and will star Bárbara Lennie.
Jordi Bosch has won the Premi Butaca for Best Actor for his leading role in Mort d’un comediant, which premiered last season at Teatre Romea. It is the fourth time the actor has received the award, after Tots eren fills meus (2023) and Dissabte, diumenge, dilluns (2003) in theatre categories, and El perquè de tot…
La golondrina returns to the stage today to resume its national tour, which will run until December 2019. The play can be seen all this week at Teatro Lope de Vega in Seville (tickets are available here) and features actor Dafnis Balduz as Ramón, a role previously played by Félix Gómez. Carmen Maura continues to…
Several audiovisual projects with scripts by Guillem Clua have been announced in recent weeks. They include three films and a television series at different stages of production, with releases planned between 2026 and 2027. The most imminent release is Viaje al país de los blancos, an adaptation of Ousman Umar’s bestseller of the same name,…
In 2026 Chicago has hosted two plays by Guillem Clua in English at Open Space Arts. In summer, Smiley arrived at the venue as its North American English premiere; in September, The Swallow, the English version of La golondrina translated by Tim Gutteridge, was presented. The production of Smiley, directed by Jack Dugan Carpenter and…
With the latest productions already premiered and those planned for 2024, La golondrina has now surpassed 25 international productions, becoming Guillem Clua’s most successful play internationally, ahead of the first Smiley. The latest destination for La golondrina is the ROH Theatre in Larnaca, Cyprus, where the Greek version translated by Maria Chatzemmanouil will premiere, directed…
On 26 September, Teatro della Limonaia in Florence (Italy) will host the first production of the play Al damunt dels nostres cants, marking the world premiere of the piece, which has not yet premiered in Spain. Under the title La bandera, the play has been translated into Italian by Pino Tierno and is part of…