Interviews

  • Theatre / Interviews

    Spain's Sweet Revenge

    Four hundred years after Henry VIII divorced and disgraced Spain's beloved Katherine of Aragon, Spain has the chance to seek sweet revenge on the old rascal by bringing its interpretation of Shakespeare's Henry VIII to the Globe Theatre. We talk to the Spanish Henry VIII himself.

  • Theatre / Interviews

    Che, Enrique IV, que hacé!

    Shakespeare in Argentine? Really? Just the thought of the mischievous Argentine psyche giving a twist to theatre’s most famous human commentator, is enough to make one smile. We talk to theatre director Rubén Szuchmacher, who brings Shakespeare 'a lo Argentino' to London’s Globe Theatre next week.

  • Alternativo / Interviews

    The Demographics of Music

    With a name like Che Sudaka, you can't help but be curious. We talk to the band of Latino immigrants in Spain creating a stir in Europe ahead of their concert this month as part of La Linea Festival, supported by the Cervantes Institute

  • Cuban / Interviews

    Going Back to Move Forward

    If anyone knows the secret to moving ahead by looking back it is Juan de Marcos, the man behind the original Buena Vista Social Club Album and all that followed. He talks to Latinolife with frankness about Music, Cuban Identity, Politics and even the future of Cuba, ahead of his April gig with the Afro-Cuba Allstars in the UK.

  • Film / Interviews

    New Spanish Cinema - Daniel Monzon and Film Philosophy at its best

    On the DVD release of Cell 211, Latinolife interviews Daniel Monzón, one of the new great directors of Spanish Cinema, Daniel Monzón reveals his passions and fears during the making of his film, which ended in some unexpected, life-changing findings.

  • Alternativo / Interviews

    We say Dance. They Say C-C-C-C-C-Cumbia!

    Cumbia meets the Happy Mondays? Candela catches up with the Mexican Institute of Sound's eccentric frontman, Camilo Lara, at his home in Mexico City before he leaps over the Atlantic to play in London's La Linea festival on April 17th

  • Latin House / Interviews

    New York's Ultimate Latin Diva

    The muse of Masters at Work's Little Lou Vega and Kenny Dope, India became the dance floor icon of the 90s when House and Garage ruled clubland. As she returns to London to mark the 10th anniversary of Back to 95, Candela caught up with the ultimate Latin diva

  • Ballet / Interviews

    Acosting Fame

    Carlos Acosta, arguably the best ballet dancer of his generation and London’s most famous Latino, looks back on his thirteen years in London, during which he went from the Royal Ballet's principle dancer to global ballet mega-star, on a par with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyef. With Hollywood studios knocking on his door, Carlos contemplates, exclusively to Candela, how London helped make him the legend he's become, life after the Royal Ballet and Cuba's after Castro.

  • Latin House / Interviews

    Dutchman in da Latin House

    We caught up with the Dutch Latin House Super DJ behind tracks such as "Step by Step", "Vem Rebola" & "Canoa."

  • Football / Interviews

    London's Unlikely Latin Hero

    When they arrived at Tottenham Hotspurs in 1979, hot off their World Cup victory, Ricardo Villa and fellow Argentine Ossie Ardiles, were the first Latin Americans to play in English Football. Today, having just been honoured at the 25th anniversary of Spurs’ FA cup final victory over Man City, in which Villa scored the winning goal, and on the publication of his memoir, we caught up with the man crowned ‘Argy Bargy’, and hence immortalised, by THAT goal.

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