The best of independent theater on Corrientes street

This play is one of those that fits in the “gem” category. It is a story that earned Mauricio Dayub all the awards and distinctions from 2019 until today: the ACE Gold, the Estrella de Mar Gold, and even the Konex Award. After a national tour and performances in Spain, Tel Aviv, Miami, and Montevideo, it returns to the Buenos Aires stage for its sixth season.

It is a very personal journey through the family history of its protagonist and, at the same time, the way the author found to capture those sacred moments of his childhood, navigating — with subtle balance and losing it at times — through the characters who saw him grow, his own learnings, with a look full of compassion and understanding of who his ancestors were. Thanks to all of them, he seeks to understand his own human nature, as a way to return to the origin of who we are. The great thing is you will laugh and be moved in equal parts. It’s an experience that works like a true “box of surprises.”

Where: El Nacional Sancor Seguros, Av. Corrientes 960. Tickets, here.

Amelia is a woman who lives at the hectic urban rhythm of Buenos Aires: fast-paced, chaotic, surrendered to the frantic multitasking of her daily life. But after the recent death of her father, she has to return to her childhood town in Corrientes, in the country’s interior, to take care of some paperwork. And that trip, which changes everything in her, is what “What the River Does” tells, the theatrical hit of last year that returns in 2024 for its third season.

To the rhythm of chamamé, with the taste of pacú and the dragged, sung accent of its characters, this is a story that ultimately questions us about time.

Where does time live? How does it slip away from us? In what nooks does it reside within us? How are our memories and childhood recollections constructed? Are we what others remember of us? These are just some of the questions you will encounter during the two hours the play lasts, where time is a succession of emotions, laughs, and winks as personal as they are universal. And the feeling is almost unanimous: you will probably end very touched, having laughed a lot, or even wanting to cry. But you’ll want to hug those characters, those enormous actors and actresses, who are pure magic and heart on stage.

Where: Teatro Astros, Av. Corrientes 746. Tickets, here.

Starring Victoria Baldomir, Julián Cabrera, Paloma Contreras, Marcos Ferrante, and cast. Directed by Santiago Gobernori.

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The wandering spirit of a querandí who died centuries ago reluctantly witnesses a party of friends in a country house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.

With his characteristic sharp and cutting humor, Santiago Gobernori explores the customs and behaviors of a group of upper-middle-class forty-somethings as their conflicts and flaws are revealed throughout the evening.

Where: Teatro Astros. Tickets, here.

Starring Camila Peralta. Written and directed by Martín Bontempo.

The off-Broadway hit that has sold out since its premiere in June 2023 begins its 2025 season at the Metropolitan. After its run at Caras y Caretas and performances in Rosario, the Ezeiza Women's Prison, the Rafaela Festival, CCMunro, and Teatro Roma in Avellaneda, it prepares for a new season on Corrientes Street.

Suavecita creates a myth—a marginal and sticky fantasy. In the hospital where she works, the rumor spreads behind her back: Dr. Rodríguez uses her to test an alternative therapy on terminal patients. Suavecita brings together two worlds: one where a woman discovers a gift for healing patients, and the other, the world of science and traditional medicine in a public hospital in Greater Buenos Aires. In the space between the magical and the earthly, she appears, with a more earthly goal than magical: to earn money to support her daughter and provide her with the best possible living conditions.

Where: Teatro Metropolitan. Tickets, here.