The Móstoles Actors’ School once again became one of the major highlights of the 2026 May 2nd Festivities, declared a Festival of National Tourist Interest, bringing to a close all the training work developed throughout the year around the historical recreation of the events of 1808.
The festivities, held in Móstoles from April 24th to May 3rd, once again filled the streets with cultural, musical and festive activities, with the historical recreation of the events of 1808 as one of their defining features.
On May 1st, the School brought its traditional costumbrista scenes to different locations in the centre of Móstoles, with the collaboration of the Móstoles Jota Group. Cuartel Huerta, the entrance to the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Santos and the stage in Plaza de España were transported for a few hours back to Móstoles at the beginning of the 19th century, showing audiences what everyday life may have been like for local residents in the days leading up to the events of May 1808.
One day later, on May 2nd at 8:00 p.m., Plaza de España hosted the performance of “1808. Blood and Sand”, a production created around the events that forever changed the history of the city.
The production also featured the collaboration of the La Estrella de Móstoles Band, bringing together 60 musicians on stage and transforming Plaza de España into a huge open-air theatre in which to relive one of the key episodes in the city’s collective memory.
Both days of performances were directed by our colleague David Fernández (Fabu).
At Yllana, we are especially proud of a project that goes far beyond a theatrical performance. The Móstoles Actors’ School, which we run through Producciones Yllana, has as one of its main objectives to combine theatrical training with the recovery and promotion of the city’s history.
Once again, dozens of actors, musicians and collaborators turned that learning process into a major collective experience, taking theatre out into the streets and bringing the history of Móstoles back to life in front of its own residents.
Because May 2nd in Móstoles is not simply something to be told. It has to be experienced.
