Monólogos de la vagina (Coño) Santander 2015

By some reason, I’ve never seen The Vagina Monologues in English, even though some years ago the play made it as far as Saffron Walden. At last, I made up for it. Tonight’s show in Naútica was sold out. I was lucky to buy my ticket (only €5!) couple of weeks ago at Bar Bolero, c/San Celedonio, 35. All proceeds are going to the charities, Asociación Centro de Asistencia a Víctimas de Agresiones Sexuales (CAVAS) and Asociación Ciudadana Cántabra Antisida (ACCAS).

With theatre, you never know. I expected the show to be engaging and provoking. But I frankly did not expect the cast of volunteers to act so professionally. Nor did I expect me understanding almost everything they were saying. Mind you, there is a lot of serious stuff in the play, some of the monologues would make you angry, or even make you cry, but most of them were unashamedly hilarious. The final one, La mujer que amaba hacer felices a otras vaginas, was performed by Esther García-Lago, who was conducting a “choir” (the rest of the troupe) having their different types of orgasms. And of course, I did not expect to find me myself shouting Coño! from the first row of the auditorium (Reconquistando el coño). Only now I realise how long I was waiting for this moment. Orgasmafantastic.

Los Monólogos de la Vagina Santander 2015

Por orden de aparición, los siguentes monólogos y actrices / Monologues and actresses, in order of appearance:

• Narradora — Beatriz Morán
• Introducción — Carmen Martín, Lucía Lopez-Areal & Miriam Bustillo
• Pelos — Noelia Fernández
• Lista del “usaría y diría” — Alicia Riva, Isabel González & Beatriz Riva
• La inundación — Gloria Ferrer
• El taller de la vagina — Eva María Prado, Carmen Higuera & Isabel Fernández
• Feliz dato vaginal — Paula Navarro
• Porque le gustaba verla — Beatriz de León
• Dato vaginal no tan feliz — Kim Ingebritsen
• Mi vagina furiosa — Carla San Miguel
• Mataron a la mujer dentro de mí — Miriam Bustillo, Mª Lucía Iglesias & María García
• Mi vagina era mi aldea — Gema Martínez & Raquel Miramón
• La paparrucha en el país de las maravillas — Celina Rizzi & Cristina Pérez
• Reconquistando el coño — Pilar Iglesias
• Se le preguntó a una niña de seis años — Ana Rodríguez
• Mi falda Corta — Carmen Martín
• Yo estaba allí — Alicia Riva
• La mujer que amaba hacer felices a otras vaginas — Esther García-Lago