La nit de les tríbades
By Per Olov Enquist, directed by Oriol Broggi
Starting March 6 at Teatre de Sarrià
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In a small theatre, what seems to be an ordinary rehearsal of The Stronger, by August Strindberg, will turn into a harsh and unforgiving battleground between the actresses and the author. The renowned Swedish playwright, hounded by debt and misery, and Siri Von Essen, the leading actress striving to revive her declining career, have long been in divorce proceedings. The outburst of conflicting emotions and dangerous accusations will exceed all limits due to the presence of Marie Carolina David, the production’s second actress and Siri’s current lover, much to Strindberg’s torment. In the midst of all this, a young director will try to halt the unstoppable...
By
Per Olov Enquist
Directed by
Oriol Broggi
Version
Joan Yago i La Perla 29
Based on the translation by
Jem Cabanes
With
Cristina Arenas
Joan Marmaneu
Clara Mir
Jordi Llovet
Assistant Director
Albert Reverendo
Lighting
Pep Barcons
Sound and costumes
Equips de La Perla 29
Stage manager
Rita Molins
Show tecnician
Maria Vaillo
Poster's design
Aran Broggi inspired by a painting of A. Modigliani
A production of La Perla 29
Just before dawn, an entire night unfolds. This night of the tribades must have marked the characters as much as the actors, and us, the spectators… and it has also marked a whole generation of brave people who learned to create, feel and look at a new kind of theatre. A new theatre that was strong, young, rigorous and free.
Staging this text brings a double feeling of challenge and excitement. The challenge is surely familiar to many of you who also come marked by that legendary production that remains engraved in our memories, after the beautiful explosion of the senses that the first Teatre Lliure represented.
The premiere of La nit de les Tríbades by Fabià Puigserver, first in Girona, then at the Lliure in Gràcia, and later revived once again under the direction of Lluís Pasqual. Those legendary names of those actors and directors who changed our lives.
Our production is a tribute to the masters and at the same time a cry of anger, joy and strength, a cry towards an unceasing new future. A strong gaze towards the things we would like to change. An ongoing struggle. Every new generation needs to shake off the pressure and the ways of the previous ones. To shout in order to affirm themselves and to shout in order to change the world, to make themselves heard. An old story, a long shadow, and young actors pushing to transform the ways and the characters. I –we– feel myself in the middle, trying to reconcile the generations, and I am amazed to feel the strength of those younger than me: a new life, a new proposal, the energy of a generation that also wants to shake off what has not yet changed.
Special thanks to Teatre de Sarrià for allowing us to bring our way of making theatre and for welcoming this production into its theatre, as if it were the Dagmar Theatre in Copenhagen. At La Perla 29 we enjoy working in new spaces –new for us!– and working with and transforming walls that we discover, while receiving their warmth and their history. As in any theatre, as in life, we fight against the walls and with them to find new forms and learn how to live with them.
A warm embrace,
Oriol Broggi
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