«Tenemos que dejar de hacer esto», a staged reading by Carlota Gaviño and the 7th Playwriting Awards at La Granja
Espacio La Granja hosts a staged reading of «Tenemos que dejar de hacer esto» by Carlota Gaviño, a comedy of spirits about two siblings who, faced with the over-touristification of their island, call up their father's ghost at the Parador del Teide. It is followed by the 7th CET 2026 Playwriting Competition awards. Wednesday 25 November, 19:00. Free entry, ages 12 and up.
«Tenemos que dejar de hacer esto» (We have to stop doing this) is a play by Carlota Gaviño, written and selected this year in the Playwriting Lab led by Albert Tola, one of the pillars of Canarias Escribe Teatro, the project that has promoted new Canarian playwriting since 2009. Against a backdrop of unsustainable touristification, two siblings face the dilemma of no longer taking part in exploiting the island where they were born, even if it means betraying their family's memory, and together with their mother they ask their dead father's ghost for advice in an improvised séance at the Parador del Teide. It is a comedy of spirits somewhere between the poetic and the metaphysical, partly a road movie. The staging is by the company Grumelot, which the author co-founded; on stage are Carlota Gaviño, Celeste González and Kevin de la Rosa, with sound design and live music by Jose Pablo Polo.
The reading is on Wednesday 25 November from 19:00 to 20:30 at Espacio La Granja, run by the Instituto Canario de Desarrollo Cultural, at Calle Comodoro Rolín 1 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is followed by the awards of the 7th CET 2026 Playwriting Competition, which recognises texts by Canarian writers. Entry is free until full, recommended for ages 12 and up, and the event lasts 90 minutes.
