The experience of the 4th year students of Performing Arts and Audiovisual Interpretation of TAI in Conde Duque

At the University School of Arts TAIThe concept of the actor-creator is not just a slogan: it's a daily practice, a pedagogical principle, and a way of understanding the craft. For four years, students learn to act, yes, but also to write, direct, produce, design, and sustain a stage project from the initial intuition to the premiere. The culmination of this journey is showcased each year in the 4th-year Final Showcases, where students present their stage and audiovisual creation projects in a professional venue in Madrid.



This year, the Conde Duque Centre for Contemporary Culture hosted nine original works, created, directed and produced entirely by students of the Degree in Performing Arts and Audiovisual Interpretation.

The figure of the actor-creator implies assuming that the performer is not an executor, but an artist capable of generating discourse. In TAIThis approach translates into:

  • Creative autonomy: Each group conceives its work from scratch.
  • Artistic responsibility: Dramaturgy, direction, production, communication, design… everything falls to the team.
  • Collaborative work: The projects are based on listening, negotiation, and collective construction.
  • Real professionalization: Premiering in a space like Conde Duque demands rigor, planning and excellence.

The result is a learning process that not only trains performers, but also creators capable of sustaining a complete work.


The nine works premiered at Conde Duque

Over three days—February 14, 18, and 19—the public was able to immerse themselves in works that addressed themes such as structural violence, memory, identity, contemporary loneliness, the end of the world, and the impossibility of love. Each piece was an artistic statement and an exercise in creative maturity.

The nine works:

  • They'll call us maids
  • Lost Persons Area
  • ROUTES
  • Light through a prism
  • The souvenir collector
  • I dream of the end of the world
  • Love (Im)possible
  • The hour of the star

The experience from the inside: voices of the creators

Nothing reflects the impact of this process better than the words of those who lived through it. Two of the groups share their experiences here.

Lost Persons Area


“Having the opportunity to build upon and bring to fruition the ideas that most obsess us is a tremendous privilege. During the process, we have been able to consolidate all the knowledge that TAI It has provided us during these four years of training and has allowed us to prove to ourselves that we are prepared to go out into the real world with a backpack of resources, ideas and dreams, and with the certainty of being able to carry out quality projects.

We believe that Area of ​​Lost People has been an ambitious and complex project. As it is absurdist theatre, we have had to find a way to express our vision of the modern world through the creation of images and metaphors, creating characters very different from ourselves.

As a group, as colleagues, and above all, as friends, we couldn't be more proud of the result and we feel privileged to have had the opportunity to present it in such a fantastic space as Conde Duque.”

The souvenir collector


“Putting on The Collector of Memories from scratch and premiering it at Conde Duque has been a profoundly challenging and transformative experience. We started from a blank page and built, scene by scene, our own universe: characters, relationships, times and spaces that took shape through collective work.”

The process involved standing by decisions, resolving unforeseen events, and assuming responsibilities beyond what was expected, understanding that a work is not built solely from the idea, but from daily commitment.

“Seeing her finally on stage, in front of the public, was the confirmation of that entire journey and the effort that made it possible for her to exist.”

The Final Showcases at Conde Duque are not just a showcase: they are a rite of passage. Fourth-year students face a real audience for the first time with a work they have built from the ground up. They discover their strengths, their limitations, their obsessions, and their artistic voice.

And, above all, they verify that they are prepared.