SYNOPSIS
One night, in a multi-floor building, somewhere in Europe: a Chinese young man suffers a strong grinding grinding in the kitchen of the Thai-Chinese-Vietnamese fast food restaurant, the golden dragon. He has no residence permission, no money and he cannot go to the dentist. The colleagues decide to start it. The young man does not find his missing sister either.
Many residents live in the building. On the balcony about the gold dragon, an old man wants to go back in time while his granddaughter, Grávida, is in front of the ruins of his relationship because his boyfriend does not want children. On the floor below, a man, whom he left his wife, visits his friend, an enigmatic shopkeeper who forces a Chinese girl to prostitution. Two hostesses eat at the restaurant. One of them finds and keeps a mole that fell into his Thai soup.
Interspersed between the scenes is the Fable of the Cicada (which kept nothing in the summer) and asks the Ant to feed it during the winter. She agrees and forces her first to work for free, then to prostitution which the Cicada endures until an old ant (the grandfather) rips off her antennae and then she is seriously injured by a young ant (the groom). The Chinese boy bleeds to death in the Golden Dragon kitchen. His colleagues wrap him in a tapestry and throw him into the river, which takes him home to China, imagining his last dream. Inga, one of the stewardesses, also throws the grindstone into the river.
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ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
AUTHOR:
Roland Schimmelpfenning
TRANSLATION:
Albert Tola
Galician translation:
Catuxa López Pato
DRAMATURGY AND DIRECTION:
Ángeles Cuña Bóveda
LIST:
fine street
Fernando Dacosta
Sabela Stuttering
Fernando González
fran lareu
TECHNICAL SHEET:
Scenery and video art: White Iris
Lighting design: Laura Iturralde
Costume Design: Ruth Diaz Pereira
MOVENING ASESOING: Ruth Balbis
Text Asestection: María Peinado
Sound field: Renata Credica Fountain
Musical composition: Vaum yukuni
Photograph: Rubén Vilanova
DVD gravation: Alba V. Carpentier
Light and Son Technicians: José Bayón / Rubén Dobaño
Graphic Design: Graphic pedestrian
Fulfillment: SANTOS SALGADO
Scenography: Carlos Dominguez
Communication: Alberto Ramos
Production: fine street
Distribution: Carlos M. Carbonell. Cream
DISCHARGES
VIDEO
TEASER
IMPACT ON THE MEDIA
THE PRESS SAYS…
EL PAÍS – Babelia (Javier Vallejo, September 12, 2025): “Sarabela Teatro creates an agile and powerful production of ‘The Golden Dragon’.” The Country
ABC (Review, Sep 18, 2025): “Stories that mix to disturb us… a singular aesthetic experience.” ABC Newspaper
HuffPost (Antonio Hernández Nieto, Sep 14, 2025): “Despite the complexity of characters and locations, it flows.” TheHuffPost
RTVE – El Ojo Crítico (Sep 20, 2025, audio): “Frenic theater in La Abadía: 17 characters, 48 scenes, 70 minutes.” RTVE
RNE – La Sala (Sep 11, 2025, audio): Selection and interview highlighting the validity of the text and the cast of Sarabela Teatro. RTVE
El Cultural (El Español) (Sep 11, 2025): “The great challenge of ‘The Golden Dragon’: 5 actors, 17 characters, 48 scenes in 70 minutes.” THE SPANISH
elDiario.es / EFE (Sep 10, 2025): “The work… portrays the life of the invisible” and highlights the function in Galician. elDiario.es
IMPACTS THE GOLDEN DRAGON – ABBEY THEATER
News | The Golden Dragon | by Ágreda L.M. | Valladolid Tribune | November 18, 2025
https://www.tribunavalladolid.com/noticias/424619/el-dragon-de-oro
News | The Golden Dragon | Tragycom Weekly Ranking: The Golden Dragon #2 (September 15–21)
by Tragycom Editorial Staff | Tragycom (Ranking) | September 21, 2025
https://www.tragycom.com/ranking/
Review | The Golden Dragon | 'The golden dragon': interrogating the everyday
by Diego Doncel | ABC | September 19, 2025
https://www.abc.es/cultura/teatros/dragon-oro-interrogar-cotidiano-20250918191250-nt.html
Audio | The Golden Dragon | 'The Golden Dragon', frenetic theater in La Abadía (El Ojo Crítico)
by Editorial 'El Ojo Crítico' | RTVE – RNE | September 19, 2025
https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/el-ojo-critico/ojo-critico-dragon-oro-teatro-frenetico-abadia/16736763/
Review | The Golden Dragon | The tragedy, door to door
by Raúl Losánez | The Reason | September 18, 2025
https://www.larazon.es/cultura/teatro/critica-dragon-oro-tragedia-puerta-puerta_2025091868cb83da37083b1b01b72679.html
News | The Golden Dragon | Godot Ranking: The Golden Dragon enters the weekly ranking
by Godot Magazine (editorial) | Godot Magazine (Ranking) | September 15, 2025
https://www.instagram.com/revistagodot/
Review | The Golden Dragon | A tragically current fable (recommendation)
by Bea López | Madrid Theater | September 15, 2025
https://teatromadrid.com/recomendacion/el-dragon-de-oro-bea-lopez-284761
Review | The Golden Dragon | The golden dragon. Abbey Theater
by Gema Colado | Theatrical View | September 15, 2025
https://www.vistateatral.com/2025/09/el-dragon-de-oro-teatro-de-la-abadia.html
Review | The Golden Dragon | The Golden Dragon (3/5)
by Carlo Ferri | Time Out Madrid | September 15, 2025
https://www.timeout.es/madrid/es/teatro/el-dragon-de-oro
Review | The Golden Dragon | The golden dragon, a fable for the 21st century
by Antonio Hernández Nieto | The HuffPost | September 14, 2025
https://www.huffingtonpost.es/life/cultura/el-dragon-oro-fabula-siglo-xxi.html
Audio | The Golden Dragon | Labor and sexual exploitation, the reality of many immigrants
by Daniel de la Fuente | Cadena SER (The Extra Hour) | September 14, 2025
https://cadenaser.com/audio/20250914/la-hora-extra/
Review | The Golden Dragon | The Golden Dragon
by Ángel Esteban Monje | Krityl | September 14, 2025
https://kritilo.com/2025/09/14/el-dragon-de-oro/
Review | The Golden Dragon | Theater review: The Golden Dragon
by Sergio Hernandez | I'm not what you think | September 14, 2025
https://nosoycomopiensas.wordpress.com/2025/09/14/resena-de-teatro-el-dragon-de-oro/
Review | The Golden Dragon | 'The Golden Dragon', the tribulations of a Chinese man in a Chinese restaurant
by Carlos Valadés | New Tribune | September 14, 2025
https://www.nuevatribuna.es/articulo/cultura—ocio/teatro-dragon-oro-tribulaciones-chino-restaurante-chino/20250914190829242246.html
Review | The Golden Dragon | The Golden Dragon: harassment of immigrants in a great theatrical game
by Horacio Otheguy Riveira | Culturemas | September 13, 2025
https://www.culturamas.es/2025/09/13/el-dragon-de-oro-acoso-de-inmigrantes-en-un-gran-juego-teatral/
Review | The Golden Dragon | Five Asians at '13, Rue del Percebe'
by Javier Vallejo | EL PAÍS – Babelia | September 12, 2025
https://elpais.com/babelia/2025-09-12/cinco-asiaticos-en-13-rue-del-percebe.html
Review | The Golden Dragon | Theater: “The Golden Dragon” by Roland Schimmelpfennig…
by PS Editorial | Social Press | September 12, 2025
https://prensasocial.es/teatro-el-dragon-de-oro-de-roland-schimmelpfennig-con-dramaturgia-y-direccion-de-anxeles-cuna-boveda/
News | The Golden Dragon | 'The golden dragon': a toothache is to blame
by Julio Bravo | ABC | September 12, 2025
https://www.abc.es/cultura/teatros/dragon-oro-culpa-dolor-muelas-20250911054248-nt.html
Audio | The Golden Dragon | 'The Golden Dragon', by Roland Schimmelpfennig and Sarabela Teatro
by ‘La Sala’ Team (RNE) | RTVE – RNE ‘La Sala’ | September 11, 2025
https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/la-sala-rne/sala-dragon-oro-roland-schimmelpfennig-sarabela-teatro/16725206/
News | The Golden Dragon | The great challenge of 'The Golden Dragon' comes to La Abadía: 5 actors, 17 characters and 48 scenes in just 70 minutes
by Marta Ailouti | El Español – El Cultural | September 11, 2025
https://www.elespanol.com/el-cultural/escenarios/teatro/20250911/gran-reto-dragon-oro-llega-abadia-actores-personajes-escenas-solo-minutos/1003743918366_0.html
News | The Golden Dragon | Sarabela brings her production of “The Golden Dragon” to Madrid
by Álvaro R. de Uña | The Region (Ourense) | September 11, 2025
https://www.laregion.es/ourense/sarabela-lleva-madrid-montaje-dragon_1_20250911-3976172.html
News | The Golden Dragon | 'The Golden Dragon', Schimmelpfennig's work portrays the lives of the invisible
by EFE Agency | elDiario.es | September 10, 2025
https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/dragon-oro-obra-schimmelpfennig-retrata-vida-invisibles_1_12593559.amp.html
News | The Golden Dragon | Roland Schimmelpfennig's The Golden Dragon opens season at the Abbey Theater
by Artezblai Editorial Staff | Artezblai | September 9, 2025
https://www.artezblai.com/el-dragon-de-oro-de-roland-schimmelpfennig-abre-temporada-en-el-teatro-de-la-abadia/
News | The Golden Dragon | Sarabela Teatro: four decades of commitment
by Ka Penichet | Godot Magazine | September 9, 2025
https://www.revistagodot.com/sarabela-teatro-cuatro-decadas-de-compromiso/
News | The Golden Dragon | The Teatro de La Abadía will host 'The Golden Dragon' from Thursday...
by Servimedia | The Vanguard | September 7, 2025
https://www.lavanguardia.com/sociedad/20250907/11036587/teatro-abadia-acogera-jueves-dragon-oro-reflexion-sobre-inmigracion-prostitucion-agenciaslv20250907.html
News | The Golden Dragon | Roland Schimmelpfennig: “I am curious about what is happening in Spain”
by Daniel Verdú | THE COUNTRY+ | September 2, 2025
https://elpais.com/espana/madrid/2025-09-02/roland-schimmelpfennig-tengo-curiosidad-por-lo-que-pasa-en-espana.html
IMPACTS THE GOLDEN DRAGON
Review | Or Dragon of gold | The wonderful and the terrible
by Afonso Becerra | Artez Blai | March 3, 2024
https://www.artezblai.com/lo-maravilloso-y-lo-terrible/
Review | The Golden Dragon | Sarabelian Schimmelpfennig Calidoscope (Galician)
by Afonso Becerra | Erreguete | March 3, 2024
https://erreguete.gal/2024/03/03/o-dragon-de-ouro/
News| The Golden Dragon | Sarabela succeeds with "The Golden Dragon" (Galician)
Vigo Lighthouse | Feb 24 2024
https://www.farodevigo.es/ourense/2024/02/24/sarabela-triunfa-o-dragon-ouro-98591579.html
News| Or Dragon of gold | To hallucinate (Galician)
by Afonso Becerra | Times Digital |
https://temposdixital.gal/cultura/escena/sarabela-teatro-dragon-ouro.html
Audio| The Golden Dragon | (Galician)
Begoña Vázquez – Afonso Becerra | Voces Expertas- Performing arts l Radio Galega | March 1, 2024 (from min. 2)
https://agalegaaudio.gal/videos/126562-o-dragon-de-ouro
Audio | Or Dragon of gold | Sarabela premieres O dragon of ouro, 23 characters in 48 scenes (Galician)
by Lucía Abarrategui | Cadena Ser February 22, 2024
https://cadenaser.com/galicia/2024/02/22/sarabela-estrena-o-dragon-de-ouro-23-personajes-en-48-escenas-radio-ourense/
Audio| Interview Ángeles Cuña |'The golden dragon', by Sarabela Teatro (Galician)
by Ana Romaní | Radio Galega cultural diary | February 22, 2024
https://agalegaaudio.gal/videos/124962-roland-schimmelpfennig-crea-niveis-de-narratividade-moi-novos-reinventa-a-posta-en-abismo
News| Or Dragon of gold | Five actors for 25 characters, Sarabela's new challenge in the adaptation of “Odragon de ouro” (Galician)
Vigo Lighthouse | Feb 16 2024
https://www.farodevigo.es/ourense/2024/02/16/cinco-actores-25-personajes-nuevo-98230663.html
