Musical premiere The Last Horseman

On December 5th takes place Madrid premiere of The Last Horseman, a London West-End like musical about the story of a young Bedouin whose lifelong trip is to find a horse to ride into battle and glory and, according to a desert legend, to conquer a kingdom.

Andrés Vicente Gómez and Arabian Horses Productions produce this musical. Arabian Horses Productions collaborates for the first time in a European cultural Project gathering Arab art and culture with Western ones.
The art crew is formed by acknowledged world figures from the music, theatre and British and Spanish musical environments, with names such as Víctor Conde, the director; Ray Loriga, the writer; John Cameron, Albert Hammond, Barry Mason and Ranjit Bolt, music and lyrics; and others such as Chris Egan, Morgan Large, Karen Bruce or Yvonne Blake.
Screenings from December 6th to January 6th 2013, at Sala Roja at Teatros Canal de Madrid (c/Cea Bermúdez, 1). Tuesdays and Thursdays at 20.00, Fridays and Saturdays at 18.00 and 21.30, and Sundays at 18.00.

Synopsis

The Last Horseman is the story of Tirad, a young Bedouin whose lifelong dream is to find a horse to ride into battle and glory and, ultimately, to conquer a kingdom. The horse he seeks is no ordinary one. According to desert legend, for each rider there is a horse and only until they are united can the circle of destiny be complete.
Pursuing the horse of his dreams with the help of an immortal poetess, Al Khansa, who recites the elegies of the fallen warriors, Tirad travels through Arabia to Egypt, a turbulent country caught between tribal wars and foreign military interests of the late 19th century. There, he will get to know his homeland and himself. He will discover, the hard way, that a dream, like a kingdom, cannot be conquered in one day.

Along his way, he meets Lady Laura, a beautiful English woman who loves adventure and noble Arabian horses. She procures the horse of Tirad's dreams and makes it the jewel of her stables in the outskirts of London. Learning this, Tirad travels thousands of miles, from Cairo to Victorian London where he confronts a strange, new world.
Tirad finds himself at odds with Laura over what he believes is his horse although, at the same time, he cannot help being fascinated by her. He also feels threatened by this hostile society and lost in a vast city. Nevertheless, he rises to the challenge and fights for the horse the desert had promised him, in order to go back home and build a kingdom.