CHRISTMAS AT CASA DEL LECTOR

Christmas has come to Casa del Lector reader´s lab with a variety of workshops, storytellers and much more:

Workshop for creating pop-up books: "Dream catching at Christmas"

This workshop experiments with creating books without words through a variety of tools and artistic expressions, like those of the Surrealists and Dadaists, to help stimulate the participants' imagination. 
> Children ages 8 to 12, 27 December, 5 to 7 pm. Registration required

Dramatised reading: Ópera de los residuos, by Antonia Bueno. Directed by José Aurelio Martín
Ópera de los residuos is a comic opera about waste that finds freedom through recycling. This entertaining comedy creatively criticises a world that is increasingly threatened by waste, an increasingly wasted world. The dramatised reading offered by Grupo Simprota Teatro underlines the ecological significance and the fun aspects of the opera. 
> From 6 years, 28 December, 12 noon to 1 pm. Free admission on a first come first served basis

Create your history picture by picture. Stop motion technique using tablets
Participants will discover the stop motion technique (based on capturing different images and projecting them) and will create their own animations by combining the traditional elements of games with the technology of tablets and apps. 
> Children ages 6 to 12, 28 December, 12.30 pm and 5.30 pm. Registration required

Dramatised reading: Lo que no se enseña, by Alberto de Casso. Directed by José Aurelio Martín
A secondary-school pupil, Amal, decides to not remove her hijab, convinced that she does no one any harm, despite the pressure she receives from certain teachers and the authorities. An unexpected twist of events generates a very interesting cultural and sociological debate. 
> From 8 years, 29 December, 12 noon to 1 pm. Free admission on a first come first served basis

Storytelling and workshop: Blanco más blanco igual a cuento, en Navidad
The magic of an illustration coming to life before our very eyes and characters that become real and leave their impression across the pages turn this story, more than a story, into theatre, and more than theatre into a book. In the practical part, we will experiment with what we have experienced during the story. 
> Children ages 2 to 5, 2 January, 11.30 am and 12.30pm. Registration required

Dramatised readings: El Cid by Gisela López. Directed by Daniela Saludes and Pablo Vergne
With over 15 characters on stage, two puppeteers dressed like minstrels sing and tell the fortunes and vicissitudes of Rodrigo de Vivar. Through this version of El cantar de Mío Cid, Gisela López aims to draw children into a story that is full of humour as well as being an ode to respect, tolerance and hope. Based on the adaptation by Rafael Alberti and El Cid ballads, her version offers a new take on the first poem ever written in Spanish. 
> From 6 years, 2 January, 12 noon to 1 pm. Free admission on a first come first served basis

Role-Character. Character creation workshop 
This Christmas Ninini presents a three-dimensional workshop at the Casa del Lector reader's lab which invites participants to create characters by experimenting with recycled materials.
> Children ages 4 to 8, 2 January, 5 to 7.30 pm. Registration required

Workshop: Cuando los cuentos salen marchando
Through this workshop Ninini invites participants to bring storybook characters to life by making a short film of them moving.  
Children ages 7 to 11, 3 January, 11.30 am to 2 pm. Registration required

Dramatised readings: El gran traje by Julia Ruíz Carazo
An oversized suit, almost as wide as a house and with pockets as big as bedrooms: here lived Man and Woman. Along with them also lived Dog, Cat and Bird. One day, Little-Girl was born inside the suit. Little-Girl grew and grew so much that she could no longer fit in the pocket/bedroom of the house/suit. Where would she sleep now? She had turned into Big-Girl. And so she decided to make her own suit, an oversized suit, almost as wide as a house and with pockets as big as bedrooms. 
> From 3 years, 3 January, 5 to 6 pm. Free admission on a first come first served basis

Pupi at Casa del Lector
María Menéndez-Ponte, author of literature for children and teens, including the adventures of Pupi, children's favourite blue alien, will visit the Casa del Lector reader's lab with Pupi to chat with the participants and share a storytelling session. 
> From 4 years, 4 January, 1 noon to 2 pm. Free admission on a first come first served basis

Dramatised readings: Mascando ortigas by Itziar Pascual. Directed by Juan de Lucas
An adult woman. A girl of 7. A ballerina whose body hurts from so much rehearsing and working at the theatre. A girl who dances in secret and can twist her body like a snake. A woman in transit, a traveller with few bags and many escapes. A girl who doesn't want to go to school. A woman who returns to her parents' home. A girl who hides under the table. A woman alone. A girl who believes in imaginary friends. A woman who has barely enough to eat. A girl who devours liquorice. A woman and a girl, the girl who the woman once was, so very long ago. A woman, Pina, comes to sell her parents' coffee and rediscover her own memories. 
> From 8 years, 4 January, 12 noon to 1 pm. Free admission on a first come first served basis

Storytelling and workshop: Un día de nieve
It's a day in the snow, the first for Peter. He goes out on the street to watch the older children throw snowballs at each other. There he discovers the footprints of his feet and how much fun it is to make angels by moving his arms against a pile of snow. Peter learns there are lots of adventures to be had during... a day in the snow. 
> Children ages 2 to 5, 4 January, 5 to 6.30 pm. Registration required

Dramatised readings: Mía by Amaranta Leyva. Directed by Jorge Padín
Mía is a girl of eight who talks to her doll, Sinforoso, about love and heartbreak. With its keen intelligence and sensitivity, Mía offers us a poignant story about the fragility of a child in the face of abuse. But, especially, it opens up a window of hope. Mía has her suitcase ready. The moonlight seems to be calling her. 
> From 6 years, 4 January, 5 to 6 pm. Free admission on a first come first served basis