Says Rafael Alvarez, ‘The Witcher’HE Gods and Goda work presented this Friday Roman Theater An “unusual spectacle” from Murcia, in which one deals with how one clings to mythology when gazing into the abyss of the unknown. it does from Homeowner, Plautus classic; You know, the text that Jupiter, in love with Alcmene, took advantage of the absence of her husband Host, who was at the head of the Theban troops in their campaign against Teleboas, in which he took his physical appearance to deceive his wife and made love to her.
But in fact, the Cordovan actor tells a story that is intertwined with other stories he has represented throughout his long career, jumping from one subject to another, talking about nature, writing, reading, the importance of the word. Host, Mercury, Jupiter and Sosias and Fernando Simón and the pandemic of our politicians… Witcher style. He is the lover and interpreter of our time, who says that “the word is the greatest creative instrument, the instrument that transmits and gives life to the intimate impulse born of the soul”. The word is always above the noise: “There’s too much noise with aggression, tension, and too much information, which leads us to uncertainty.”
Gods and God You say the story of the Mediterranean brotherhood.
Something like this. The work is based on a comedy by Plautus and his comedy, a Greek tragedy that seems to have disappeared. Plautus saw it, it was known in classical antiquity, but only his name remains. it’s called tragedy Heracles and discussed the birth myth of Hercules. Four centuries later, in the 1st century BC, Plautus makes a comedy about it. Homeowner.
What must it take for you to choose a story as your own, decide to put it together?
I made Santa Teresa, Greeks, Spanish classics… Notice that all these themes I chose revolve around the same idea: the transcendent meaning of existence. What I seek is to know the meaning of our existence in the world. For many people, life means working, having a few drinks on your days off, having kids, going to football, watching TV, voting, if you live in a democratic system or fuck yourself and not vote and put up with the incumbent dictator. , but in any case, you’ll eventually die after you retire. What does that mean? What is the message of this movie?
Tell me.
These are the great questions of the classics and they have no dogmatic answers, for example the Church gives you a dogma, the politicians give you a slogan as something unquestionable and so on. This question should be answered by every human being. This is the great challenge and great adventure of mankind, and helping you decipher this enigma is the wisdom of the classics.
You take the classics and deliver them to the public. Does he come out knowing this?
The public doesn’t know about the classics because not all of them are philologists or university professors, but when they leave the show they leave knowing what there is to know about the classics: their distillation, the essence of a particular work, and its application to a particular field. a different moment and a different culture. If you tell Donald Trump all this about culture and classics, he will tell you what he needs is to win an election and make more money. I would say to him, “If you’re always overwhelmed with life, why do you want more money at this age?”
At what point did you discover that the best way to work is alone?
I discovered it out of necessity. I wanted to do theatre, but at the same time, to have free days and work with more people, in a company, you can’t rest on the days you want: you have to fit in with the rest of the team. It was very complex. So I decided to do a monologue. Lazarilloand I did a great job and developed this way of working from there.
meanwhile, your theatre It’s based on meditation, isn’t it?
Almost all of my work revolves around the worldview, a view of life that has a lot to do with worldview, and a view of life in which meditation techniques are supported, not exactly specific meditation techniques.