Cervantes National Theatre is Argentina’s national theatre and one of the country’s most important cultural institutions. Located in Buenos Aires, it is renowned for high-quality productions of drama, classical and contemporary works, and for its key role in promoting Argentine theatre and culture.

María Guerrero Room

The María Guerrero Hall is the main one. With its classic Italianate design, it seats 860 spectators, distributed among the stalls' elegant armchairs—seating 348 people—the lower boxes, balcony, and upper boxes, and the balcony, gallery, and upper gallery in the stalls. The doors to the boxes are designed in the style of old Spanish abbeys. Small bronze oil lamps illuminate the aisles. Rayon damask curtains separate the boxes from the anterooms. "In the anterooms, we've created a miniature antechamber in the style of Philip IV," the Spanish actress María Guerrero enthusiastically described to a journalist during an interview in July 1920, recounting her theater project. These small rooms are furnished with mirrors, coat racks, and a bench with a backrest, and initially, they also included a writing desk for box owners or subscribers to store their personal belongings.

The stage

It measures 16 x 28.50 meters, including the chapel. It has a central rotating disc 12 meters in diameter at stage level. The disc's floor is made of 1 x 1 meter wooden boards. Seventy-two of these are removable to allow for the creation of different levels. 3.30 meters below this disc is another similar, intermediate one, to facilitate work on the main disc.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROOM

Lifting stage: In front of the proscenium, a 12 x 2.70 meter lifting stage allows the stage to be extended, the seating area to be enlarged, or the orchestra pit to be created. It consists of three independently operating lifts, electrically coupled for coordinated movement. The total travel distance is 2.05 meters.

A safety curtain measuring 12.20 x 9.90 meters is mechanically operated from the safety cabin in case of emergencies.

Orestes Caviglia Room

The Orestes Caviglia Hall, known as the Argentina Hall until 1996, originally functioned as a confectionery and bar. It was later repurposed as a venue for theatrical performances. Ideal for chamber works and intimate shows, it features three rows of Mudéjar-carved chairs with seating for 165 spectators. Its semicircular layout frames the stage area at floor level, where the actors perform.

The stage area is three-quarters full and has a fixed structure for hanging lighting fixtures. It does not have a grid, borders, or side legs. The back of the stage has a central entrance, and there are two side entrances for actors and audience access.

The stage

It measures 5.47 m from line 0 to the back and 10.40 m wide. Material: 25 mm thick black phenolic multi-layered fabric subfloor.

Luisa Vehil Room

The Luisa Vehil Hall, inspired by the Maria Luisa Hall of the Royal Palace of Madrid, seats 67 spectators. Also known as the Golden Hall, it is steeped in the typical ornamentation of Spanish Baroque architecture that characterizes the Cervantes National Theatre. The space is dominated by a golden patina and velvet curtains that form the backdrop of the stage.

The Luisa Vehil Hall has no stage or seating area, and allows for its adaptation according to the needs of the show, conference or other type of event that one wishes to hold.

The room does not have a black box and no grid for hanging suspended elements. It has two modular side structures for front lighting, two modular structures for side lighting, a rod for backlighting, and a structure for front projection.