Maker / Creadora
Artistic director and Theatre-maker
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 theatre, 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.
2019 LA MASA/A SIMPLE RECIPE: A short film by Ella May Kirby. Serendipity Productions. Participating as an actor in the role of Sara, supporting the script devise and production.
2012 TODO NO BASTA: Performance based on texts by Beckett and Calderón. Directed by Nuria Alkorta, Cia Delabarca, performed, devised and co-produced with Paula Rodríguez. LAVA Valladolid.
Mystical Ecstacy
Éxtasis Mistico
An accessible performance paying homage to the female writer of the Spanish Golden Age.
Un espectáculo accesible que rinde homenaje a las autoras del Siglo de Oro.
Songs from a Golden Age Canciones del Siglo de Oro
Music and spoken-word to reinvent classics.
Música y poesía para reinventar clásicos.
A simple recipe
La Masa
To sisters looking for to reconnect with their roots
Dos hermanas que buscas sus raices
Artistic Director in educational projects
2021-2024 OUR NEW GOLD INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL: Aimed at university students to engage with Spanish Golden Age texts to explore modern-day social and political justice and sponsored by The Association for Hispanic Classical Theatre (AHCT), US, Ohio Wesleyan University, and MacEwan University, Toronto.
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.
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.
Fenesí- Ilusión
Delaware Ohio Production
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 - 2024 #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 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.
2017-2018 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, a 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.
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.