Image: Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre, Madrid
Rafael Álvarez, known as El Brujo, will return to the role of Lázaro in 'El Lazarillo de Tormes' at Centro Niemeyer in Avilés, Spain, on 9 August 2026. The performance is scheduled for the venue’s auditorium at 20:00 and is listed with an approximate duration of 90 minutes without an intermission.
Centro Niemeyer’s event listing presents the production as a stage work in Spanish, with a version by Fernando Fernán-Gómez and direction and performance by Álvarez. Tickets are priced at 25 euros, with availability through the centre’s box office and website. The listing also notes a Club Cultura rate of 20 euros, limited to a maximum of two tickets per card and capped at 200 seats, and a reduced price of 5 euros for under-30s who present identification at the box office on the day of the event, subject to availability.
The source describes the performer’s return to the character as a continuation of one of his best-known creations. According to the event text, El Brujo has embodied the legendary Lazarillo over a long artistic career, and the role has remained one of the most acclaimed in his repertoire. The production is presented under the title 'El Lazarillo de Tormes', a classic narrative that has continued to circulate in Spanish cultural life through stage adaptations and reinterpretations.
The Centro Niemeyer listing also includes a statement attributed to Álvarez on the work’s themes. He characterises the play as addressing a universal problem, linking it to ambition and power in the present day. The text places the story in a historical context of sharp social imbalance between the court and a world marked by hunger, while suggesting that its concerns remain legible now because lives under strain are connected to one another.
The event page identifies Spain as the country of origin and Spanish as the language of performance. It also gives practical access information for audiences with reduced mobility. The performance is one of the centre’s programmed stage arts events, appearing within its wider listings alongside cinema, music, talks and exhibitions.
For Centro Niemeyer, the production adds another entry to a summer programme that includes live performance at its Avilés site. 'El Lazarillo de Tormes' is scheduled for Sunday, 9 August 2026, at 20:00 in the auditorium.
