The 'Goat's Bleat' presents 15 to 20 companies a year, performing contemporary Spanish and international work and some dance. The indoor theatre seats 70, and popular open-air...

Programming favours contemporary Spanish work, but it also hosts the Clown Festival in September.

A roomy venue with a good sound system and a varied programme. Its staple fare is new bands doing the rounds on the local scene, but in addition there are DJ sessions from...

Doubling as theatre/dance school and performance space, this is also the site of the long-running La Katarsis del Tomatazo, performed every Friday and Saturday night at 11pm....

The original and probably the best of Madrid's alternative theatres, Triángulo is fiercely independent. There are always several productions going at once, usually including...

The Albéniz puts on a large amount of dance along with its regular theatre programme: from humorous drag-ballet company Les Ballets Trokadero de Monte Carlo to the stunning...

Madrid's renegade theatre, the Alfil has been threatened with closure in previous years, but has battled on, and produces increasingly radical plays - both The Vagina...

Housed inside an abandoned church, the award-winning Abadía dabbles in music and dance as well as theatre. It participates in the Festival de Otoño and Madrid en Danza...

This grand theatre on Plaza Santa Ana dates back to 1745, but that doesn't mean it's old fashioned - in fact it has enjoyed some fairly radical programming in recent years. In...

The theatre in the city's purpose-built cultural centre shows an eclectic mix of concerts, opera, zarzuela, cinema, drama and dance. There are also jazz performances, workshops...

Housed in the Círculo de Bellas Artes, and not to be confused with the unconnected Teatro de Bellas Artes next door, the Fernando de Rojas stages three or four works a season,...

Previously known for its homespun comic theatre (plenty of star names in farcical situations and lots of banging of doors), this comfortable venue has undergone a slight shift...

This beautiful late 19th-century theatre is the home of the state-run Centro Dramático Nacional (CDN). Having reopened after major renovations, it's retained its red velvet...

In recent seasons this venue has welcomed such exciting acts as dancer Joaquín Cortes and the Mayumana dance-percussion troupe. The big show of recent years, however, and still...