Description
Stage director Marta Pazos asks us what can we do, from where we stand today, to hold back that moment (“Now there are no pauses, it’s too late.”) in which the Moor of Venice murders Desdemona. How can we hold back that “hell” in Othello? A hell that continues to rage unabated after four hundred years, Shakespeare’s tragedy brings to the stage a number of issues we continue to discuss today, such as racism, xenophobia, violence against women, gender construction, manipulation or post-truth (yes, Iago is the “fake news” prophet). In this scenic and dramaturgic rereading by Galician company Voadora, Desdemona neither dies (“I simply held my breath for long enough to pass unnoticed.”) nor forgets. The show uses comedy (of a quite musical and choreographic sort) as a device to handle this core of pain and rage. “A theatre that is necessary and urgent. Beautiful and brave”, someone wrote in daily newspaper El Confidencial.
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Credits
based on the work by William Shakespeare
directed by Marta Pazos
adapted by Fernando Epelde lighting design Nuno Meira set design Marta Pazos costumes Silvia Delagneau original music Hugo Torres choreography María Cabeza de Vaca elocution Miguel Cubero direction assistance Lucía Díaz-Tejeiro general production Montse Triola
artistic production Jose Díaz
cast Mari Paz Sayago, Chumo Mata, Ana Esmith, Hugo Torres, Diego Anido, Pablo Chaves
co-produced by Voadora, Teatro de La Abadía, MIT Ribadavia, Teatro Nacional São João
opening 15 May 2021 Teatro de La Abadía (Madrid)
playing time 1:30 Ages 16 and up
The show is included in the 45th edition of FITEI – Festival Internacional de Teatro de Expressão Ibérica.
Show in Castilian, Portuguese subtitles.
Sessions
Teatro São João
· sáb · 18:00 | ||
· dom · 15:00 |