César Bono Returns to Cancún Theater After 25 Years

Cancún, Mexico — With the vitality and charisma that have made him a favorite of the Mexican public, César Bono returns to Cancún for a poignant moment: the reopening of the Cancún Theater. The venue is celebrating its 25th anniversary after a pause to modernize its audio and lighting equipment, and it has chosen to welcome back someone who is already part of its history with the play that has given the actor over two decades of rapport with audiences: "Defending the Caveman."

In an exclusive interview, Bono opened his memory and heart to recall his first encounter with Cancún. "The first time I went with 'El Cavernícola' was because a lady brought me. She came to Mexico City, invited me, and I arrived at a theater that had, instead of a wall, a glass pane looking out to the sea, a beautiful theater," Bono said. "Now, for the 25th anniversary, they also thought of me, which makes me very happy. I love Cancún very much, and it shows that Cancún loves me too."

What he did not know at the time is that the theater, so astonishing to his eyes, is the same one that welcomes him today, renewed for a celebration full of emotion.

The history of "Defending the Caveman" is as unique as life itself. The first time he staged it was in an authentic cave in Veracruz, surrounded by real cave paintings, with no need for scenery. Since then, the play has toured the entire world, has been seen by more than eight million people, and in Mexico, it has now been running for 24 years, becoming a theatrical phenomenon comparable to classics like "The Woman in Black" or "The Vagina Monologues."

"I feel very pleased because at the Teatro Libanés, where I perform in Mexico City, there is a different play every day of the week, and the one that attracts the most audience is 'El Cavernícola.' That fills me with pride because we are still relevant after so many years," he confessed with the humility of someone who knows he has made history, but also with the smile of a man who enjoys each performance as if it were the first.

Talking to César Bono is to meet a warrior of life who has known how to make laughter his banner. "I am an old man, but I'm still going. I was very ill, the doctor told my children to say goodbye, and even the doctors don't know how I'm still alive, because there were many heart attacks in a single night. But here we are, thank God. I am stubborn, besides being a caveman, and I continue to dedicate myself to what I love most: giving joy." The confession, far from sounding dramatic, becomes a lesson in resilience and love for the stage, the kind that moves audiences and makes the artist even greater.

Today, between his Mondays in the theater and his presence on television with "Vecinos," Bono reaffirms that the stage is his home and his driving force. "I will never say that I don't want to do it; these plays don't come along every day. A play that lasts more than 20 years, there are few: 'The Woman in Black,' 'The Vagina Monologues,' and mine. There have been other actors, but they have told me that I am the preferred Caveman," he said laughing, with the slyness of someone who knows the audience adores him.

And so, with the complicity of time, the play that was born in a real cave now arrives at a renovated theater to celebrate its 25 years in Cancún. Among memories, laughter, and gratitude, César Bono will once again meet a city that loves him and which he loves in return, demonstrating that when art is united with a love for life, the years are not a burden, but a cause for celebration.