Maker / Creadora

2023 - 2024 AURIC (Mystical Ecstacy) Created and Performed by Paula Rodriguez. Music by Arthur Astier. Fest Int de Teatro Clásico de Almagro, Voila! Festival, London. 

2020-24 AURIC (Songs of the Golden Age): Created and performed by Paula Rodríguez. Music by Arthur Astier. Featured at Bush Theatre, FesteLon Festival, Brighton Fringe, Cervantes Theatre (London), International Festival of Classical Theatre in Almagro, Clásicos en Alcalá, Jornadas de Teatro Clásico (Málaga), exlimite (Madrid), Noche de Juglares (Zaragoza), and more.

2017 -2024 The Other Solos, Shakespeare: Series of monologues by Shakespeare on the migrant experience performed by migrant actors. Created by Paula Rodríguez. Digital theater, YouTube.

2021 Palabra Abierta: Radio show created by Paula Rodríguez and Juan Ayala. Theater La Abadía (Madrid).

2019-20 Wonders: Created and performed by Paula Rodríguez and Sandra Arpa. Production by Teatro Inverso. Based on texts by Cervantes. Featured at Exlimite (Madrid), Festival Tercera Semana (Valencia), and more.

2015-19 Rosaura: By Paula Rodríguez and Sandra Arpa. Production by Teatro Inverso. Based on Life is a Dream by Calderón de la Barca. Featured at Corral de Comedias de Alcalá, International Festival of Almagro, Festival de Olite, Festival FesteLon, Women War (London), University of Canterbury (Kent), University of Delaware (Ohio), international tour.

Artistic Director in educational projects 

2023 Mad for Love: Contemporary adaptation of La Dama Boba by Lope de Vega. Translation by John Farndon. Dramaturgy and direction by Paula Rodriguez. British America Drama Academy, London.

2021-2022 Our New Gold International Digital Storytelling Festival: aimed at university students to engage with texts from the Spanish Golden Age in order to explore modern day social and political justice. Sponsored by The Association for Hispanic Classical Theatre (AHCT), US, Ohio Wesleyan University, and MacEwan University, Toronto.

2020 Medieval Ballads in Miniature: Shadow of Myself. An interdisciplinary student show which modernises medieval Spanish romances through original music, adapted narration, and puppetry. Funded by Hispanic Theatre Internship, supervised and produced by Prof. Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas from Ohio Wesleyan University.

2019 Frenesí - Ilusión: a version of Teatro Inverso's show Rosaura, made by students based on Life is A Dream by Calderón de la Barca. Funded by Hispanic Theatre Internship, supervised and produced by Prof. Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Workshops

2022 -2024 Reinventing the Classics an in-person and online workshop exploring classics with fresh eyes and creating new tales inspired by our heritages, focusing on marginalised voices such as those of women and migrants. 

2022 Shakespeare workshops for Ukrainian refugee children. With Flute Theatre at Sofia, Bulgaria.

2022 - #MeToo Movement and the Comedia. Exploring feminist approaches towards the reinvention of Spanish Golden Age stories. Supervised and produced by Prof. Ana Mendez at Syracuse University, New York.

2020 - 2022 Coriolanus. Exploring the political relevance of Shakespeare's play in Spain today. Working with the RCSSD Director Ben Naylor at Jornadas de teatro Clásico Málaga 2022 and Teatro Pavón Kamikaze 2020.

2018 - 2022 Reinventing Spanish Golden Age classics today. Examining the foundations of Spanish Golden Age theatre, working with verse, meter, translation, adaption, performance and the staging of these texts in the present day, with a view to social and political transformation. Queen Mary's University Belfast, Corral de Comedias, Alcalá de Henares, Almagro International Classical Theatre Festival (Spain) Association for Hispanic Classical Theatre,US, FesteLon Theatre Festival, Women and War Festival, London.

2018-2022 Shakespeare workshops for young people with autism and special needs. With Flute Theatre at Teatrul Gong, Sibiu, Romania,, Sweden, Metis, Katowice, Poland, Alpha Fundacja, Lublin, Poland, and Heart of America Festival Kansas, US.

2015- 2019 Rosaura's Journey. Working with students on a feminist approach to the character of Rosaura through text analysis, creative writing, storytelling, and physical theatre. Canterbury University, Golden Age Festival of Ciudad Juárez, México, Instituto Cervantes Roma, University of Pisa, Città del Teatro de Cascina, and Teatro di Bo’ Santa Maria A Monte, Italy, The Renaissance Society of America Annual meeting, Toronto, and Nuevo Siglo Drama Festival Chamizal, Texas, USA.

2017-18 Actor training. Lead teacher. Collaborating with The Spanish Theatre Company training their company members. These sessions covered ensemble work, physical training and text analysis. At Cervantes Theatre, London.

Talks

2022 - Master-class Reinventing Spanish Golden Age classics today. Organised by Professor Maria Dominguez, Arizona State University, US and Professor Ted Bergman at St. Andrews  University, Scotland. 

2022 - Panel speaker at Creating Experiential Learning Projects in the Classroom. The Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (AHCT) annual conference at Almagro International Classical Theatre Festival, Spain.  

2019 Tell Thy Story. Presenter, producer and director. An event focusing on Global Shakespeare, celebrating migrants across the UK. In collaboration with 1 Day Without Us and Deli Theatre.

Translation, adaptation & dramaturgy

2023 Mad for Love: Contemporary adaptation of La Dama Boba by Lope de Vega. Translation by John Farndon. Dramaturgy and direction by Paula Rodriguez. British America Drama Academy, London.

2022 - Translator and dramaturg of the play Blood Wedding by Lorca, for the Classical Acting MA final production directed by Ben Naylor at the RCSSD, London. 

2021 -2022 Translation and adaptation of scenes from Coriolanus for workshops at Teatro Pavón Kamikaze, Madrid.

2020- 2022 Translation and adaptation of Spanish Golden Age poetry for Auric, self-led project, premiered at the Cervantes Theatre, London.

2019 Translation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night for Flute Theatre's production at Almagro International Classical Theatre Festival, Spain.

Assistant director 

2021 Pericles directed by Kelly Hunter, Flute Theatre, Folkteatern i Gävleborg, Sweden.  Supporting the absorption of the company's method throughout rehearsals and performances for a cast of 8 Swedish actors.

2020 Midsummer's Night Dream, Flute Theatre, Illure Teatra, Barcelona, Spain. Providing support throughout rehearsals and performances to a cast of 8 Catalan actors. Translating Shakespeare to Catalana and Spanish. 

2019 El Juez de los divorcios. Directed by Jorge de Juan, Cervantes Theatre London. Involving: collaborative planning, active engagement in rehearsals, overseeing production logistics, coordinating with technical teams, and providing support during performances.

2012 Todo No Basta, directed by Nuria Alkorta, Compañia Delabraca, LAVA Valladolid. Active engagement in rehearsals, overseeing production logistics and contributing creatively to the directorial vision.

Academic writing

Medieval Ballads in Miniature and Our New Gold: Collaborative Theatre Projects in the Digital Era # 85 by Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas, Hannah Treadway, Jasmine Lew and Paula Rodríguez. Comedia Performance vol.19 · 2022