Teatros del Canal

{{Short description|Performing arts centre in Madrid}}

{{Infobox theatre

| image = Teatros del Canal (Madrid) 07.jpg

| owner = Madrid regional administration

| city = Calle de Cea Bermúdez 1, Chamberí, Madrid, Spain

| architect = Juan Navarro Baldeweg

| opened = {{Start date|2009|02|20|df=y}}

}}

The Teatros del Canal is a centre for performing arts located in Madrid owned by the Madrid regional administration.

Built on a plot formerly occupied by premises of Canal de Isabel II,{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.es/actualidad/espectaculo-noche-canal-abre-teatros.html|website=Público|title=El espectáculo "Una noche en el canal" abre los Teatros del Canal|date=20 February 2009}} the building was designed by Juan Navarro Baldeweg.{{Sfn|Caboalles|2022|p=77}} After a 25% cost overrun, its total cost ended up amounting to about €100 million.{{Cite web|date=20 October 2007|first=Luis Ángel|last=Sanz|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/10/19/madrid/1192812294.html|website=El Mundo|title=La Comunidad de Madrid rescinde el contrato con el arquitecto del Teatro del Canal}} It was opened to the public on 20 February 2009.{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j9x4EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA77|page=77|title=Nuevos espacios. Nuevos formatos. Nuevas dramaturgias. En el teatro hispánico actual|editor-first=Belén|editor-last=Tortosa|editor-first2=Guadalupe|editor-last2=Soria|year=2022|publisher=Editorial Dykinson|location=Madrid|isbn=978-84-1122-209-9|chapter=Teatros del Canal: más allá de la representación escénica. Análisis de los nuevos modelos de mediación cultural|first=Álvaro|last=Caboalles}} The centre has been directed by Albert Boadella, Àlex Rigola, Natalia Álvarez Simó, and Blanca Li.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2019-10-15/blanca-li-directora-teatros-canal_2283808/|website=El Confidencial|title=La coreógrafa y bailarina Blanca Li, nueva directora de Teatros del Canal|date=15 October 2019}}