Loco for Lorca: British theatre fuels passion for Spanish

Actors take part in a performance at the Cervantes Theatre in south east London. Photo: AFP

"That Lorca is completely bonkers," says the actress in Spanish, prompting laughter from a group of British teenagers at London's Cervantes Theatre.

Artistic director Paula Paz, who co-founded the theatre with the actor and director Jorge de Juan, said Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca is a firm favourite with audiences in Britain.