Pepe Rubianes cancels show in Madrid’s Teatro Español

From El País (in full): ‘Actor who derided Spain’s ‘unity’ forced to pull Madrid theatre show’ | “Did he jump or was he pushed? Actor and stage director Pepe Rubianes on Thursday cancelled the performances of the play Lorca eran todos (Lorca was everybody) scheduled at Madrid’s Teatro Español from September 19 to 24, owing to a bitter and enduring controversy originally sparked by the performer’s scatological comments about the unity of Spain on Catalan television last January.

Yesterday morning, Madrid’s conservative Popular Party mayor, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, told reporters that Rubianes, who has been sued for his remarks on TV3 despite subsequently issuing an apology, ‘will not perform in the Teatro Español’ as City Hall ‘will not contract him.’

Later in the day, it was made known that the prestigious theatre was suspending the scheduled performances, although Teatro Español director Mario Gas insisted that there had been no pressure from Ruiz-Gallardón to do so. Rubianes put his decision to pull the show down to threats and insults received in relation to his televised comments. ‘I was referring to the Spain which killed Lorca, allowed Machado to die of sadness in Colliure, and let Miguel Hernández die in prison,’ Rubianes explained. Mario Gas said yesterday he was considering resigning from his post.”

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