Who is me. Pasolini (Poeta de las cenizas)

Shortly after he was murdered in 1975, among Pier Paolo Pasolini’s papers an unfinished poem appeared entitled Poeta delle ceneri (Poet of the Ashes), which constitutes an impressive posthumous testimony. With this production, €lex Rigola aims to bring us closer to this text and its author, presenting them on stage inside one of those boxes designed to protect very valuable works of art. From here, it will tell us about the ethical and aesthetic ideas of the author of Teorema, about politics, love, literature and of course film. All this is based on a brutal, no-holds-barred text, a confession designed to be a reply to an imaginary interviewer from the USA, in which the artist addresses the American public, who are not very familiar with his work. This is why it looks back at moments in his past that were fundamental in his creations: his mother, his brother’s murder at the hands of communist militants, his relationship with a father who sympathized with fascism. Just about to turn 45, this Pasolini who has come out of a box settles old scores with himself in front of the audience’s eyes. It is an intimate proposal, for about 30 spectators, with a solo performance by the Argentine actor Gonzalo Cunill.

€lex Rigola, one of the Catalan directors best known internationally, directs a studio theatre production with an austere stage setting. Rigola’s work includes such well-known productions as 2666, an adaptation for the stage of Roberto Bolaño’s novel, and more recently El Público by Federico García Lorca and the stage adaptation of Joan Sales’s novel Incerta glòria.

Autoria: Pier Paolo Pasolini; Traducció: Fernando González García; Direcció i adaptació: €lex Rigola; Dramaturgista: Carlota Subirós; Interpretació: Gonzalo Cunill; Escenografia: Max Glaenzel; Vestuari: Silvia Delagneau ; Ajudantia de direcció: Alba Pujol ; Producció: Jordi Puig "Kai"; Distribució: Artrepublic (Elise Garriga i Iva Horvat);