Two parallel archetypes of North American and Argentine culture are the subjects of ‘Rodeo’, by playwright Agustina Gatto. Halfway through the one-man show, Cody Right, a cowboy with a rimmed hat and a thumb lodged under his belt, sits down on a bench, takes out a thermos, and pours himself a mate.

Tucked away in a colonial house in the suburbs, laughter is heard from behind a folded black curtain. Peeping through the gaps, bright lights shine onto the stage and a positive, relaxed energy emanates. This is a typical night alongside The Suburban Players.

Anna Hill heads down to El Cubo theatre to catch a tango show with a difference. Forget slicked back hair, crisp suits and serious expressions; this 90-minute spectacle brings out a cheeky, fun side of tango you never knew existed.

For over a decade, theatre group ‘Teatro Por la Identidad’ has been holding a series of events in different theatres around Buenos Aires and around the country for a month each year, aiming to keep the memory of the last dictatorship alive. Melanie Henderson finds out more.

Long anticipated, the musical ‘Chicago’ finally took its place at the legendary Lola Membrives Theatre at the end of last year, premiering to rave reviews in November.

Ignored metropolitan locations across the city were overnight transformed into theatrical stages when new performance-art festival, Ciudades Paralelas, arrived in Buenos Aires.

Every third Friday of the month at the Buenos Aires Club, a tap dance group under the name of Chakatá provide an electrifying late-night alternative to this city’s stereotypical staple of tango.

The much-awaited ‘Sweeney Todd’ took to the stage at Teatro Maipo last week. Melanie Henderson went along to see if the play lived up to its hype, and whether Julio Chávez could cut it as the psychopathic protagonist.

On a mild, breezy Wednesday evening, the audience waits patiently in the courtyard of Ciudad Cultural Konex. Standing at the bottom of the stairs the semblance is already set. The doors to the theatre hall open and two dancers walk out.

As the advertisements of Bella y Bestia slowly peel away, cheeky big white Q’s smothered in bright orange fur appear pasted on billboards around town. Avenida Q, the musical has arrived.