Is it a comedy or a drama? A bit of both, because this story about people who are usually silenced contains comic situations as well as distressing ones. Mercè and Silvia, two older women, have summoned their families to give them some very important news: they love each other and are planning to live together, no matter how much of an upheaval this love causes in their own lives, and the lives of those around them. They've decided that they want to be free, and that they have the same right to love each other as the young people around them. This story, the conclusion of two others that were staged in the previous weeks, is a joint work by two playwrights, one from Barcelona and the other from Buenos Aires, who have worked together on this project that has involved collaboration between theatres and cities.
This show is part of a joint collaboration project between authors and directors from Catalonia and Argentina. It's been designed to be staged between three local theatres as part of the 'On el teatre batega' project: El Maldà (La paella del dijous), Sala Flyhard (Silvia) and Sala Versus Glòries (Rovira versus Rodríguez). Each venue will be hosting a different production, but with the same characters: come and see all three, and you'll understand the whole of the story they tell. For now the plays will be shown in Barcelona, with the intention of fostering bilateral artistic relations through the exchange of performing arts professionals in production and co-production projects. In the near future, the shows produced as part of this initiative will also be playing in theatres in Buenos Aires.
An On el teatre batega, Sala Flyhard, El Maldà and Sala Versus Glòries production.
Coproduced by Grec 2023 Festival de Barcelona, el Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya i Iberescena.
Dramaturgy and direction: Cristina Clemente, Nelson Valente. Performing: Jordi Andújar, Gabriel Beck, Lluïsa Castell, Núria Cuyàs, Mayra Homar, Lide Uranga, Julian Ponce. Director assistant: Muguet Franc. Set: Elisenda Pérez. Costumes: Maria Albadalejo. Lighting Design: Xavi Gardés. Soun Design: Damià Duran. Light and sound technician: Maria Martín. Trainee student (direction): Mar Mañez (Timbal). Trainee student (production): Anna Castañé (Formació Xarxa de Productores). Trainee student (scenography): Quim Algora (IT), Production coordination: Montse Farrarons, Clara Cols. Executive production: Jofre Blesa, Marina Marocs, Sergio Matamala. Artistic coordination: Adrià Aubert, Jofre Blesa, Sergio Matamala. Communications and press: Rafaela Rivas, Ester Cánovas, Anna Castillo. Elisenda Riera.
