The traditional Continuous Reading of Don Quixote celebrates its twentieth edition in 2016. This uninterrupted reading will take place over forty-eight hours, and its open nature provides citizens with a lively forum for participation.

The reading will begin at 18: 00 pm of the viernes 22 and will end around 14:00 pm on Sunday the 24rd. The opening of the event will be led by Fernando del Paso, Cervantes Prize 2015. Prominent figures from the world of politics and culture will also participate.

You can follow it in direct from this website and through Radio Círculo (www.radiocirculo.es).

Live and pre-recorded telephone and video conference connections with: Córdoba and Buenos Aires (Argentina), Havana (Cuba), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Brasilia and Curitiba (Brazil), Yumbei (Chile), Asunción (Paraguay), Lima (Peru), Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Guajimalpa (Mexico), Santa Ana (El Salvador), New York (USA), Sofia (Bulgaria), kyiv (Ukraine), London (United Kingdom), Naples (Italy), Belgrade (Serbia), Bucharest (Romania), Rabat (Morocco), Kuwait (Kuwait), Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), and various locations in Spain such as Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, La Rioja, Azuqueca de Henares (Guadalajara), Córdoba, Villanueva de los Infantes (Ciudad Real), Villamayor de Santiago (Cuenca), Zaragoza, and the Picasso Museum in Málaga, among others.

Book a reading time on the phone 913605414From 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00 hours Monday to Thursday, and from 10:00 to 14:00 on Fridays. until April's 21 (except holidays).

Students from the Alicia Alonso University Institute of Dance (Rey Juan Carlos University) will perform excerpts from Don Quixote.

Sign language translation
Sign language interpretation service during the reading.
[In collaboration with the Pío Baroja Secondary School Institute, Madrid]

Magnetic loop throughout the reading
Live subtitling from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Friday, April 22, 2016, and at the closing ceremony.
[In collaboration with the Spanish Confederation of Families of Deaf People (FIAPAS)]

Parallel activities

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Cervantes & Shakespeare. Double anniversary
22.04.16 > 23.04.16 • cinema studio
Henry V (The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battle Fought at Agincourt in France)
Richard III
[Entrance €5,5 – members, seniors over 65, youth card holders, UC members €4]
[+ info]

The Complete Walk
22.04.16 from 18:00 to 00:00h • 23.04.16 from 11:00 to 00:00h • 24.04.16 from 11:00 to 15:00h • Antonio Palacios Room
El Círculo de Bellas Artes This initiative, spearheaded by the British Council in collaboration with The Globe Theatre, brings together more than 10 Spanish institutions to organize the first urban tour of all the plays written by William Shakespeare. It will take place simultaneously with the Complete Walk along the banks of the Thames.
The Complete Walk is a journey through 37 short films, each corresponding to one of Shakespeare's 37 plays. el Círculo de Bellas Artes will be projected Julius Caesar; Pericles, Prince of Tyre; Henry IV, Part I; Henry IV, Part II; y Henry v.

projection of Quixote and the Invincibles
23.04.16>24.04.16 • 09:30 • Antonio Palacios Room
Coinciding with Book Day, the CBA presents the DVD edition of the show which Erri de Luca represented in el Círculo In 2009, the book accompanying the recording includes essays by the Italian writer on Don Quixote, an interview with César Rendueles, and a transcript of everything spoken, sung, and recited in the performance. Those who, “always defeated, rise again to fight once more.” They are the focus of Erri de Luca’s theatrical and literary reflection. They are the invincible ones.

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Dramatized reading of Farce and justice of the corregidor by Alejandro Casona 
23.04.16 • 18:00 • Valle-Inclán Room
In charge of the “Platero” Declamation Group of the Ministry of Development.
[CBA collaborates]

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Whisperers
22.04.16> 24.04.16
Whisperers This project, from the Arts Classroom, part of the Vice-Rectorate for Communication and Culture at Carlos III University of Madrid, is based on an urban performance art intervention conceived by Sergio Blanco. A person occupying a chair in a space at the CBA (Centro de Bellas Artes) will invite anyone who wishes to sit beside them and whisper powerful texts in their ear.
[Organized by the Arts Classroom of the Carlos III University of Madrid]
[CBA collaborates]

#ShakespeareLives reading with Soledad Puértolas
23.04.2016 • 19:30h • Ramón Gómez de la Serna Room
On the occasion of the publication of Lunatics, Lovers and PoetsIn twelve stories inspired by Shakespeare and Cervantes (Galaxia Gutenberg), Soledad Puértolas will offer us a unique reading of the short story that the academic has written for this anthology, in which twelve authors (Spanish and English speaking) have participated.
[Organized by the British Council]
[In collaboration with Galaxia Gutenberg and CBA]

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Storytelling Workshop with Peppa Pig
23.04.16 • 11:00h • Valle-Inclán Room
Storytelling for the little ones.
[Organized by Penguin Random House Editorial Group]
[CBA collaborates]

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Construction toys. School of modern architecture
18.02.2016 > 15.05.2016 • picasso room
[+ info]
[Organized by: CBA and ACCIONA]

Anton Lamazares. Dolphin Alphabet
04.02.2016 > 22.05.2016 • Goya Room
[+ info]

Francisco González San Agustín. Danube
02/11/2016 > 05/22/2016 • Minerva room
[+ info]
[Organized by: CBA and Romanian Institute of Culture]

[alert color="red"]Exhibition hours (Tuesday to Sunday) from 11:00 a.m. to 14:00 p.m., and from 17:00 p.m. to 21:00 p.m.[/alert]

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Radio Círculo The complete continuous reading of Don Quixote will be broadcast. It can be listened to online at www.radiocirculo.es

Hosted by:                                                        

Technological collaboration of:

CEV Higher School of Communication, Image and Sound Studies