This event is in the past.It took place on February 7, 2026 at Teatro Cánovas.
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PlayKing Berenguer has an hour and a half to live, and he's not taking it well. Ionesco's absurdist tragicomedy starts with biting humor as the dying monarch clings to power, then slowly transforms into something devastating: a meditation on mortality that rivals Shakespeare's finest soliloquies.
Theater of the Absurd
Existential tragicomedy
Literary drama
Intimate theatre
Tips
👑Eugene Ionesco pioneered the Theater of the Absurd
🎭expect laughs, then a surprisingly moving finale
El rey se muere
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PlayPlayKing Berenguer has an hour and a half to live, and he's not taking it well. Ionesco's absurdist tragicomedy starts with biting humor as the dying monarch clings to power, then slowly transforms into something devastating: a meditation on mortality that rivals Shakespeare's finest soliloquies.
Theater of the Absurd
Existential tragicomedy
Literary drama
Intimate theatre
Tips
👑Eugene Ionesco pioneered the Theater of the Absurd
🎭expect laughs, then a surprisingly moving finale
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